5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait Millennium (1999–2000)

One row for each year the 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait – Millennium was struck. Prices are medians of verified sold listings matched to that year from the listing: circulated is worn condition up to Extremely Fine, uncirculated is About Uncirculated or better. A count in brackets means fewer than three sales behind the figure; a grey figure marked "type" is the median across every year, shown where that year has no sale of its own yet. Most types have been searched year by year only since October 2026, so later years are still filling in. Use the grade table below for a price by condition across all years.

About the 1999 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Millennium

The 1999 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Millennium is a collector 5 pounds coin issued from 1999 to 2000, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 28.28g and measures 38.61mm across. Reverse design: A representation of the British Isles with a pair of clock hands, pivoted on Greenwich and set at twelve o'clock, commemorative dates either side, denomination below.

Mintage figures are recorded for 2 years between 1999 and 2000, 6,897,739 coins in all. 2000 is the scarcest date, with 3,197,739 struck.

Common questions

History and design

The Millennium crown marks the turn from 1999 to 2000. A royal proclamation given at Buckingham Palace on 17 November 1998 ordered £5 coins in gold, silver and cupro-nickel "to commemorate the Millennium". It appeared in the London Gazette of 30 November 1998 beside the proclamation for the Diana memorial crown.

The coin was issued through banks and post offices. The Royal Mint's 1999-2000 annual report says demand was strong, "particularly as the new millennium drew closer", and that issues of this and the Diana crown together reached about five million by March 2000. Its 2000-01 report records a second issue in 2000 "in continuation of the 1999-2000 dual-dated Millennium design". The Mint publishes no figure for this design alone: its striking totals of 5,396,300 for 1999 and 3,147,092 for 2000 each cover two designs.

Jeffrey Matthews designed the reverse. The proclamation describes the dial of a clock with the hour and minute hands set at 12 o'clock, incorporating a map of the British Isles, with the dates 1999 and 2000, the words ANNO DOMINI and the value FIVE POUNDS. The Mint's annual report calls it a symbolic clock face with the hands at twelve between the two dates.

The obverse carries Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen with the date of the year, so the same reverse appears on coins dated 1999 and 2000. The edge is plain with the incuse words WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE; the gold and silver versions have the words in raised letters.

Collecting notes

Beyond the banks and post offices, the Mint even sold the coin set into an Edinburgh Crystal clock. It said it did not expect these crowns "to appear in circulation in significant numbers, if at all", so uncirculated coins are the norm. Check the map and clock hands for contact marks and the edge lettering for completeness.

Gold and silver proofs were struck. A December 1999 proclamation added a silver coin "with gold-coated sections" for 2000, which the Mint describes as a silver proof with the map and clock hands picked out by gold spray. Coins struck on the Mint's press at Greenwich carry a small globe mark: see the Dome privy mark crown.