5 Pounds - Charles III Liberty's Department Store (2025)
"150 Years of Liberty £5"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2025 |
| 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 | Liberty Design Team |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend and date around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·
A depiction of Liberty London Department Store with a decorative paisley style motif
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About the 2025 5 Pounds - Charles III Liberty's Department Store
The 2025 5 Pounds - Charles III Liberty's Department Store is a collector 5 pounds coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 28.28g and measures 38.61mm across. Reverse design: A depiction of Liberty London Department Store with a decorative paisley style motif.
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How much is the 2025 5 Pounds - Charles III Liberty's Department Store worth?
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What does the Liberty £5 coin commemorate?
The 150th anniversary of Liberty, the London department store founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in 1875. The Royal Mint released the coin in May 2025 in collaboration with Liberty and described it as the first time a fashion house had been celebrated on an official UK coin.
Who designed the Liberty £5 coin?
The Royal Mint credits the reverse to the Liberty Design Team, and its press release names Liberty's Design Manager, Pere Bruach, as the creator of the design. It was made in the Liberty Design studio. The obverse portrait of King Charles III is by Martin Jennings.
How many Liberty £5 coins were made?
The Royal Mint has not published a struck or sold figure. Its product page gives a maximum coin mintage of 7,500 for the colour-printed Brilliant Uncirculated coin, which is an issue limit. No limit is stated for the plain Brilliant Uncirculated coin.
Is the Liberty £5 coin legal tender?
Yes, crowns authorised by royal proclamation are legal tender. It was sold as a collector coin and not issued into change. The Royal Mint says £5 crowns are intended as souvenirs, that banks are not required to accept them, and that it is best to check with a bank first.
How do I identify the 2025 5 Pounds - Charles III Liberty's Department Store?
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
Liberty was founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in 1875 and grew into a London department store known for its Tudor style building and its floral and paisley prints. For the store's 150th anniversary the Royal Mint worked with Liberty on a commemorative £5 crown, unveiled on 9 May 2025 and on sale from 12 May.
The Mint said it was the first time a fashion house had been celebrated on an official UK coin. The coins went on display at Liberty's flagship store from 12 May as part of an anniversary archive exhibition, alongside a single 1.5kg medallion carrying the same design that the Mint's craftspeople took about three weeks to make.
This is a collector coin. The Royal Mint says crowns have not been struck to a circulating standard since 2008, and it has published no struck or sold figure for this one.
The reverse was created in the Liberty Design studio, not at the Mint, and the Mint credits the Liberty Design Team, naming Liberty's Design Manager Pere Bruach as its creator. It shows the flagship store's architecture with a decorative paisley style motif. Bruach said the coin "features a beautiful hand-painted snapshot of The Liberty Stage print created to mark our 150th anniversary", so the pattern comes from the anniversary fabric collection.
The royal proclamation describes the reverse as a depiction of Liberty London with a decorative paisley style motif and the inscriptions LIBERTY. and 150 YEARS.
The obverse has Martin Jennings's portrait of King Charles III with the inscription CHARLES III D G REX F D 5 POUNDS and the date 2025. The edge is milled.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
Two cupro-nickel versions exist, each 28.28g and 38.61mm. The plain coin has no stated issue limit. The colour-printed coin has a maximum coin mintage of 7,500, which is a ceiling on production and not a sales figure. The Mint presented the range in bespoke packaging that tells the story of the store's heritage, and a coin still in its pack is the one to look for.
The same design was struck as a silver proof and a gold proof £5, and the proclamation also provides for a gold coin of 25 pounds face value. The crown is legal tender, although the Mint says banks are not required to accept crowns.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- £5 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Minted in Style: Royal Mint Strikes Chic UK Coin for Liberty (press release, 9 May 2025), The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of twenty-five pound and five pound gold coins, five pound standard silver coins, five pound silver piedfort coins and five pound cupro-nickel coins (notice 4847403, 4 April 2025), The Gazette (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 150 Years of Liberty 2025 £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 150 Years of Liberty 2025 £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Commemorative Coin Striking Numbers, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 150 Years of Liberty (range page), The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
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