5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait Gold Proof (2026)
Circulating version: 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2026 |
| Denomination | 5 Pounds |
| Face value | £5 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Gold (.91667) (917/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 39.940g · 1.1771 t oz |
| Diameter | 38.6mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend around.
Fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.
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About the 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait – Gold Proof
The 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait – Gold Proof is a collector 5 pounds coin, struck in 91.67% gold. It weighs 39.94g and measures 38.61mm across. Reverse design: Fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.
Common questions
How much is the 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait – Gold Proof worth?
No verified sale of the 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait – Gold Proof has been logged on MyCoinage yet. Its gold content is worth about £3,542 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait, not the coin found in change. At 39.94g of 91.67% gold it is heavier than the 28.28g nickel circulating coin, so weighing it is the quickest check.
How do I identify the 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait – Gold Proof?
Check the weight 39.94g and diameter 38.61mm and the metal (91.67% gold) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
This is a collector version of the 5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Jody Clark Portrait. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
Portraits of a Queen is the Royal Mint's set of five £5 crowns dated 2026, the centenary year of Queen Elizabeth II's birth. Each coin brings back one of her five definitive coinage portraits. This fifth and final release revives the effigy by Jody Clark, introduced in 2015, the year she became Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
Clark's portrait came out of a closed competition held by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee in 2015. Designers at the Royal Mint were among those invited, and every entry was submitted anonymously so it could be judged on its merits. The winning design was approved by the Treasury and by the Queen herself. The Royal Mint notes that this made Clark the first Royal Mint designer in more than 100 years to create the definitive portrait, the last being George William de Saulles with Edward VII in 1902.
Clark said every entrant received the same reference images, and that he also searched for more natural, unposed pictures of the Queen and studied the earlier effigies so that his design would sit with them as a set.
The reverse carries Clark's portrait, remastered by Gordon Summers, Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint, on a field of engraved radial lines that the Mint says catch the light as the coin turns. The Queen wears the Royal Diamond Diadem from her coronation. The Royal Mint Museum says Clark chose it to link his design to the past, as it had also appeared on Raphael Maklouf's portrait. The proclamation gives the inscription as PORTRAIT OF A QUEEN 2015-2022.
The obverse has Martin Jennings's portrait of King Charles III, the inscription CHARLES III D G REX F D 5 POUNDS and the date 2026, which the Mint presents as uniting mother and son. The edge is milled.
Sources
- £5 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Portraits of a Queen - Elizabeth II The Fifth Effigy 2026 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of gold, standard silver, silver piedfort and five pound cupro-nickel coins (notice 4894491, 13 June 2025), The Gazette (read 10 Oct 2026)
- The Coinage Portraits of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: the Artists' Stories, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Elizabeth II on coins, The Royal Mint Museum (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Commemorative Coin Striking Numbers, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Annual Coin Sales, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Portraits of a Queen Coins (range page), The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)