5 Pounds - Charles III Celtic Cross (2023–2024)
"Celtic Cross £5"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2023–2024 |
| Denomination | 5 Pounds |
| Face value | £5 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 28.280g |
| Diameter | 38.6mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Martin Jennings |
| Rev. artist | Norman Sillman |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·
A Celtic cross charged at the centre with an annulet, therein a Pimpernel flower and overall an ancient Torque, denomination below.
FIVE POUNDS
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About the 2023 5 Pounds - Charles III Celtic Cross
The 2023 5 Pounds - Charles III Celtic Cross is a collector 5 pounds coin issued from 2023 to 2024, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 28.28g and measures 38.61mm across. Reverse design: A Celtic cross charged at the centre with an annulet, therein a Pimpernel flower and overall an ancient Torque, denomination below.
Common questions
How much is the 2023 5 Pounds - Charles III Celtic Cross worth?
No verified sale of the 2023 5 Pounds - Charles III Celtic Cross has been logged on MyCoinage yet.
Where was the Celtic Cross £5 sold?
The Royal Mint sold it at The Royal Mint Experience, its visitor centre in Llantrisant, as part of a £5 base proof range called The Four Nations: Coins for a Kingdom. It was an Experience exclusive rather than a coin issued into change.
Who designed the Celtic Cross coin?
Norman Sillman. The Royal Mint credits him with the Celtic Cross £1 of 1996 and 2001, and says the Four Nations range reuses his classic £1 designs. The obverse carries Martin Jennings's portrait of King Charles III.
What does the Celtic Cross design mean?
The proclamation describes a Celtic cross charged at the centre with an annulet containing a pimpernel flower, with an ancient torque over all, symbolising Northern Ireland. It was the Northern Ireland design in the Royal Mint's 1990s round pound series.
How many Celtic Cross £5 coins were made?
The Royal Mint has not published a figure. Its commemorative sales pages do not list this coin, and the Experience page opened gives no issue limit, so any number quoted elsewhere comes from outside the Mint.
How do I identify the 2023 5 Pounds - Charles III Celtic Cross?
Check the weight 28.28g and diameter 38.61mm and the metal (copper-nickel) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
The Celtic Cross £5 belongs to The Four Nations: Coins for a Kingdom, a range of £5 base proof coins sold only at The Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant. The Royal Mint describes five coins, one for the United Kingdom and one for each of its four countries. Four of them reuse classic designs by Norman Sillman from the £1 coins of the mid to late 1990s, and this is the coin for Northern Ireland.
The design first appeared on the round pound in 1996 and again in 2001. Those were large circulating issues: the Royal Mint's figures give 89,886,000 Celtic Cross £1 coins for 1996 and 63,968,065 for 2001. The £5 version, by contrast, was never issued into change and the Mint has published no figure for it.
A proclamation that came into force on 16 February 2023 authorised the five Four Nations designs on a cupro-nickel £5 with the King's portrait. The same designs had been set out for Queen Elizabeth II in 2020.
The proclamation describes the reverse as a celtic cross charged at the centre with an annulet, therein a pimpernel flower, and overall an ancient torque, symbolising Northern Ireland, with the inscription FIVE POUNDS.
Norman Sillman designed it for the £1. On the round pound the edge carried DECUS ET TUTAMEN; the £5 has a plain milled edge, which the proclamation calls a grained edge.
The obverse carries the portrait of King Charles III by Martin Jennings, with CHARLES III D G REX F D 5 POUNDS and the date.
Collecting notes
The Royal Mint calls this a base proof: a proof striking in cupro-nickel rather than precious metal. Proof surfaces show fingerprints and hairlines easily, so a coin still sealed in its original packaging is the one to look for.
It was sold over the counter at the visitor centre rather than as a standard online release. It sits with the Four Nations £5, which carries Gregory Cameron's design of four heraldic beasts, and the Welsh Dragon £5 from the same range.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- The Royal Mint Experience Exclusives (archived copy, 24 February 2024), The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of gold coins, silver coins, silver piedfort coins and five pound cupro-nickel coins (notice 4277741, 17 February 2023), The Gazette (read 10 Oct 2026)
- £1 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- £5 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of five pound coins in gold, silver and cupro-nickel (notice 3489337, 14 February 2020), The Gazette (read 10 Oct 2026)
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