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2 Pounds - Charles III HMS Belfast (2025)
"HMS Belfast £2"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2025 |
| Denomination | 2 Pounds |
| Face value | £2 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring |
| Weight | 12.000g |
| Diameter | 28.4mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled: · PRO · TANTO · QVID · RETRIBVAMVS |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Martin Jennings |
| Rev. artist | Gary Breeze |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·
Image of HMS Belfast, a globe and legend
HMS BELFAST
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Realised auction prices · ⭐ Pro Expand rows for individual sale records| Grade | Latest | Median | 30d Δ | All-time range | Sales (1yr) | Total sales | Last sale | |
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| UNC | £10.79 🔒 eBay | £12.50 | – | £10.79 – £27.00 | 4 | 4 | 24-08-2026 | |
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| BU | £11.99 🔒 eBay | £12.00 | – | £5.45 – £20.30 | 43 | 43 | 17-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £3.84 🔒 eBay | £651.92 (2) | – | £3.84 – £1,300.00 | 1 | 2 | 27-03-2026 | |
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| MS-69 | £118.79 🔒 eBay | £118.79 (1) | – | £118.79 – £118.79 | 1 | 1 | 02-04-2026 | |
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About the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III HMS Belfast
The 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III HMS Belfast is a collector 2 pounds coin, struck in bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring. It weighs 12g and measures 28.4mm across. Reverse design: Image of HMS Belfast, a globe and legend.
Common questions
How much is the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III HMS Belfast worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III HMS Belfast run from £12.00 to £652 across 4 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Is the HMS Belfast £2 in circulation?
No. The coin is not in the Royal Mint's circulating mintage data, which lists 2025 figures for the 5p, 20p, 50p and £1 but no £2 at all for that year. The Royal Mint sold it as a Brilliant Uncirculated coin in a pack and as a silver proof.
How many HMS Belfast £2 coins were made?
The Royal Mint has not published a figure for the Brilliant Uncirculated coin, and its coin sales pages do not yet cover 2025. The only number it gives is for the silver proof, which has a maximum coin mintage of 3,510.
What does the edge inscription on the HMS Belfast £2 mean?
PRO TANTO QVID RETRIBVAMVS is the ship's motto in Latin. The Royal Mint translates it as "For so much, how shall we repay?" It is cut into the milled edge in incuse letters, with dots between the words.
Who designed the HMS Belfast £2?
Gary Breeze, a sculptor whose earlier Royal Mint work includes the Captain Cook £2 coins of 2018 to 2020. The Royal Mint says his design shows the warship as it appeared from the 1960s onwards. The King's portrait on the obverse is by Martin Jennings.
Why is HMS Belfast on a £2 coin?
The Royal Mint issued the coin as a tribute to the ship and to those who served in it during 25 years of active duty, which took in the Second World War, the Korean War and the Cold War. It was developed with the assistance of Imperial War Museums.
How do I identify the 2025 2 Pounds - Charles III HMS Belfast?
Check the weight 12g and diameter 28.4mm and the metal (bimetallic: copper-nickel center in nickel brass ring) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
HMS Belfast is the Royal Navy cruiser moored on the Thames in London, and this 2025 £2 is the first United Kingdom coin to show it. The Royal Mint issued the coin as a tribute to the ship and to those who served in it over 25 years of active duty, and developed it with the assistance of Imperial War Museums, which has run the ship since 1978.
The Royal Mint's own timeline gives the outline. The keel was laid at Harland & Wolff in Belfast in December 1936, the ship was launched on 17 March 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. It took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape in 1943, bombarded the Normandy beaches on D-Day and later served in the Korean War. It opened to the public in London on 21 October 1971.
The coin was not struck for circulation. It is absent from the Royal Mint's circulating mintage data, which records no £2 coins of any design for 2025.
The reverse is by the sculptor Gary Breeze and, according to the Royal Mint, shows the warship as it appeared from the 1960s onwards. The proclamation describes it simply as a depiction of HMS Belfast accompanied by the inscription HMS BELFAST.
The edge is milled and carries the ship's motto in incuse letters: PRO TANTO QVID RETRIBVAMVS, with dots between the words. The Royal Mint translates it as "For so much, how shall we repay?"
The obverse has the portrait of the King by Martin Jennings with the inscription CHARLES III D G REX F D 2 POUNDS and the date 2025. As on other recent commemorative £2 coins, the denomination is on the portrait side.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
The base-metal coin was sold singly, struck to Brilliant Uncirculated standard in a pack with an account of the ship's history. The Royal Mint has published no figure for it. Loose examples have come out of those packs and should be checked for handling marks.
The proclamation also provides for silver, silver piedfort and gold versions, and gives the gold coin a plain edge with the same lettering. The Royal Mint's silver proof has a maximum coin mintage of 3,510.
Breeze also designed the RRS Discovery £2 of the same year.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of two pound coins in gold, standard silver, silver piedfort and cupro-nickel and nickel-brass, notice 4707729, 4 October 2024, The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Annual Coin Sales, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- HMS Belfast 2025 UK £2 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Sailing through History, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- HMS Belfast: Life on Board, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- HMS Belfast Two Pound Coin Collection, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- HMS Belfast 2025 UK £2 Silver Proof Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK £2 Mintage Figures (last updated 27 August 2026), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- £2 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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