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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 5th portrait Year of The Ox (2021)
"Year of the Ox £5"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2021 |
| 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 | Jody Clark |
| Rev. artist | Jody Clark |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Fifth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.
· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · FID · DEF · 5 POUNDS
Image of an Ox in a field with trees, legend and date above.
YEAR OF THE OX · 2021
Year of The Ox £5 Crown market value
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Realised auction prices · ⭐ Pro Expand rows for individual sale records| Grade | Latest | Median | 30d Δ | All-time range | Sales (1yr) | Total sales | Last sale | |
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| UNC | £37.10 🔒 eBay | £31.90 (2) | – | £26.70 – £37.10 | 2 | 2 | 03-10-2026 | |
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| BU | £37.10 🔒 eBay | £29.99 | – | £8.99 – £62.95 | 35 | 35 | 25-09-2026 | |
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| VF | £15.08 🔒 eBay | £21.07 | – | £9.58 – £45.33 | 11 | 11 | 30-09-2026 | |
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About the 2021 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Year of The Ox
The 2021 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Year of The Ox is a collector 5 pounds coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 28.28g and measures 38.61mm across. Reverse design: Image of an Ox in a field with trees, legend and date above.
Common questions
How much is the 2021 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Year of The Ox worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2021 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Year of The Ox run from £21.07 to £31.90 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
How many Year of the Ox £5 coins were sold?
The Royal Mint's 2021 sales figures list 11,859 Brilliant Uncirculated coins in the standard pack and 6,000 in trade packaging, 17,859 in all. These are sales, not a striking figure. No figure for a circulating issue exists because none was made.
Who designed the Year of the Ox £5?
Jody Clark designed the reverse. He also made the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, which the Royal Mint used on its £5 crowns from 2015 to 2022, so this coin is his work on both sides.
Is the 2021 Ox £5 legal tender?
Yes. The proclamation makes the cupro-nickel coin legal tender for any amount in the United Kingdom. The Royal Mint adds that banks are not required to accept crowns and that the coins are meant as souvenirs, so it was never issued into change.
Is the Year of the Ox £5 rare?
It sold in smaller numbers than the lunar crowns that followed it. The Royal Mint's sales pages give 17,859 for the Ox against 31,396 for the 2022 Tiger and 31,080 for the 2023 Rabbit, counting standard and trade packs together.
How do I identify the 2021 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Year of The Ox?
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 Year of the Ox £5 is the second coin in the Royal Mint's Lunar series of crowns, which marks the animals of the Chinese calendar. The Mint's table of £5 designs lists the Lunar Year of the Rat in 2020 before it, followed by the Tiger in 2022 and the Rabbit in 2023.
The coin was authorised by a proclamation that came into force on 22 July 2020, months ahead of the year it marks. The same proclamation set out the Ox for a family of gold coins up to a thousand pounds face value and silver coins up to five hundred pounds, with the cupro-nickel £5 as the everyday member of the range.
It was never issued into change. The Royal Mint sold 11,859 Brilliant Uncirculated coins in its standard pack and 6,000 in trade packaging, 17,859 in all. That is well below the 31,396 recorded for the 2022 Tiger and the 31,080 for the 2023 Rabbit, which makes the Ox the lowest seller of those three lunar crowns in the Mint's figures.
Jody Clark designed the reverse. The proclamation describes it as a depiction of an Ox with the inscription YEAR OF THE OX · 2021 and the Chinese lunar symbol for an Ox, so the coin carries both Latin and Chinese script.
Clark was also the author of the obverse. His portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was used on £5 crowns from 2015 to 2022, which makes this one of the crowns that is his work on both faces. The obverse reads ELIZABETH II D G REG FID DEF 5 POUNDS, and the edge is milled, which the proclamation calls a grained edge.
Collecting notes
All of these coins left the Mint in packaging. Examples still in the original card pack are the easiest to check, since loose crowns pick up contact marks on the large open fields around the ox. The Royal Mint's 2021 figures separate the standard pack from trade packaging supplied to dealers, but both hold the same coin.
The coin is legal tender for any amount under the proclamation. The Royal Mint is careful to add that "while crowns are legal tender, banks are not required to accept them", and that the coins are intended as souvenirs.
The gold and silver Ox coins sold alongside it carry different face values in the proclamation, so they are separate issues rather than precious-metal versions of this £5. Collectors building the lunar run can compare it with the 2022 Year of the Tiger and the 2020 Year of the Rat.
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)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of one thousand pound, five hundred pound, one hundred pound and twenty-five pound gold coins; five hundred pound, ten pound and two pound silver coins; and five pound cupro-nickel coins (notice 3593902, 24 July 2020), The Gazette (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 2021 Dated UK Commemorative Coin Sales, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Commemorative Coin Striking Numbers, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 2022 Dated UK Commemorative Coin Sales, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 2023 Dated UK Commemorative Coin Sales, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
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