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5 Pence - Charles III Oak Sprig (2023–2026)
"Oak Tree Leaf 5p"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2023–2026 |
| Denomination | 5 Pence |
| Face value | 5p |
| Mintage | 32,400,000 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Circulating |
| Composition | Nickel plated steel |
| Weight | 3.250g |
| Diameter | 18.0mm |
| Thickness | 1.70mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Martin Jennings |
| Rev. artist | The Royal Mint |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend and date around.
· CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · FID · DEF ·
Oak sprig with leaves and acorns, denomination over royal cypher design at left.
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About the 2023 5 Pence - Charles III Oak Sprig
The 2023 5 Pence - Charles III Oak Sprig is a circulating 5 pence coin issued from 2023 to 2026, struck in nickel plated steel. It weighs 3.25g and measures 18mm across. Reverse design: Oak sprig with leaves and acorns, denomination over royal cypher design at left.
A mintage of 32,400,000 is recorded for one date of this type; figures for each year are not held.
Common questions
How much is the 2023 5 Pence - Charles III Oak Sprig worth?
The 2023 5 Pence - Charles III Oak Sprig has a price in one grade on MyCoinage so far: £1.16 in VF, the median of its verified sales.
How many Oak Tree Leaf 5p coins were made?
The Royal Mint's figures show 32,400,000 dated 2023 struck for circulation, none dated 2024 and 19,000,000 dated 2025. Coins of each date were also struck for collector sets, and those are not included in the circulating figures.
Is the Oak Tree Leaf 5p rare?
Not in absolute terms, with tens of millions struck. Within the 5p series both dates are low, though. The Royal Mint says the 2025 coin, at 19,000,000, has the lowest mintage of its type, and the 2023 figure is the fourth lowest in the Mint's data.
When did the Oak Tree Leaf 5p enter circulation?
On 23 October 2025, when the Royal Mint announced that 23.2 million of the King's first 5p coins, all dated 2023, were being released because of demand for the denomination. It was the third denomination with his portrait to circulate, after the 50p and £1.
Who designed the Oak Tree Leaf 5p?
The Royal Mint credits the reverse to its own team, which worked with the Royal Mint Advisory Committee and external artists, with support from the RSPB and the Royal Horticultural Society. The portrait of the King on the obverse is by Martin Jennings.
Why is there an oak leaf on the 5p?
The Royal Mint says the oak signifies a rich habitat for biodiversity in British woodland and supports more life than any other native tree species. It also points to the tree's long link with monarchy: ancient kings of Britain and Roman emperors wore crowns of oak leaves.
How do I identify the 2023 5 Pence - Charles III Oak Sprig?
Check the weight 3.25g and diameter 18mm and the metal (nickel plated steel) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
The Oak Tree Leaf 5p is the definitive 5p of King Charles III, one of eight new designs from the 1p to the £2 that the Royal Mint unveiled on 12 October 2023 on a theme of British plants and animals. The 5p was among the first of them to be struck when production began that November, alongside the £1 and the 50p.
The coins then waited almost two years. On 23 October 2025 the Mint announced that 23.2 million of the King's first 5p coins, all dated 2023, were entering circulation because of demand for the denomination. It was the third denomination with his portrait to circulate, after the 50p and £1, and the first change of design on a circulating 5p in 17 years.
The Royal Mint's figures show 32,400,000 dated 2023, none dated 2024 and 19,000,000 dated 2025. The Mint says the 2025 coin has the lowest mintage of any 5p, below the 24,308,000 of 1977. The 2023 figure is the fourth lowest in the Mint's data.
The reverse shows a sprig of oak, which the Royal Mint describes as a leaf taken from an oak tree, with the inscription 5 PENCE and a large numeral. Behind it is a repeating pattern of three interlocking C's that runs across all eight coins and refers to the cypher of Charles II. The Royal Mint says the oak signifies a rich habitat for biodiversity in British woodland, supporting more life than any other native tree species, and has a long association with monarchy: ancient kings of Britain and Roman emperors wore crowns of oak leaves.
The Mint credits the reverse to its own team, which worked with the Royal Mint Advisory Committee and external artists, with support from the RSPB and the Royal Horticultural Society. The obverse carries the King's coinage portrait by Martin Jennings with the inscription CHARLES III DEI GRA REX FID DEF and the date. The coin is nickel-plated steel with a milled edge.
Varieties and errors
There are two versions of the 2023 coin. Those sold in the Royal Mint's 2023 definitive sets carry a small Tudor Crown privy mark on the obverse, which the Mint describes as exclusive to that set. Coin Hunter records that the coins struck for circulation have no privy mark.
No mint errors are documented for this coin.
Collecting notes
Check the date. In the Mint's figures the 2025 coin is the scarcer of the two circulating dates, at 19,000,000 against 32,400,000 for 2023. A coin dated 2024 can only have come from a collector set, as can a 2023 coin with the crown privy mark.
For the 2025 release the Mint sent a special allocation to Post Office branches with "Oak" in their name, among them Four Oaks in Sutton Coldfield and County Oak in Brighton. The Mint describes the 2025-dated coins as issued too, so both dates can turn up in change.
The proclamation also provides for gold, silver, silver piedfort and platinum versions, which do not count towards the circulating figures. The first of the set to circulate was the Atlantic Salmon 50p.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2023 Definitives: His Majesty King Charles III's First Definitive Coins, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2023 / 2024 Oak Tree Leaf 5p, Coin Hunter (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Rarest Denominations from the £2 to the 1p, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of two pound, one pound, fifty pence, twenty pence, ten pence, five pence, two pence and one penny coins, notice 4456084, 13 October 2023, The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Royal Mint unveils new coins of the nation, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- By Royal Approval: The United Kingdom's New Definitive Coins, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The United Kingdom Brilliant Uncirculated First and Last Coin Sets, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 5p Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- A Royal Milestone: King Charles III's First 5p Coins Enter Circulation, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Royal Mint begins production of new £1 coin featuring British Bees, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Five Facts About the 5p, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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