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50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus (2024)
"Diplodocus 50p"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2024 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 8.000g |
| Diameter | 27.3mm |
| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Martin Jennings |
| Rev. artist | Robert Nicholls |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend and date around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 50 PENCE ·
Image of a Diplodocus with legend above and below.
50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus 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 | £9.53 🔒 eBay | £7.92 | – | £3.95 – £18.95 | 8 | 8 | 29-08-2026 | |
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| BU | £9.08 🔒 eBay | £7.59 | – | £4.21 – £21.50 | 34 | 34 | 18-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £12.94 🔒 eBay | £12.94 | – | £3.72 – £26.70 | 11 | 11 | 01-10-2026 | |
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Image of a Diplodocus with legend above and below.
Common questions
How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus run from £7.59 to £12.94 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Can you find the Diplodocus 50p in your change?
Not as an issued circulating coin. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures do not list it, and the Mint announced the dinosaur series as collectable 50p coins sold from its website. A coin found in change would be one that a buyer chose to spend.
How many Diplodocus 50p coins were minted?
No figure has been published. The coin has no circulating mintage, and the Royal Mint's coin-sales pages do not yet cover 2024. The standard Brilliant Uncirculated coin had no stated limit, while the colour Brilliant Uncirculated edition was limited to 15,000.
Who designed the Diplodocus 50p?
Robert Nicholls, a British palaeo-artist, designed the reverse with guidance from Professor Paul Barrett at the Natural History Museum. He designed all three coins in the 2024 set. The obverse carries the coinage portrait of King Charles III by Martin Jennings.
Is the Diplodocus 50p about Dippy?
Yes, in part. The Royal Mint's collection page invites buyers to celebrate Dippy the Diplodocus, and the coin's packaging tells the story of the Natural History Museum's Diplodocus replica. The museum's head of licensing said the series included a nod to the nation's favourite dinosaur.
Is the Diplodocus 50p legal tender?
Yes. The royal proclamation that authorised the design makes the cupro-nickel 50p legal tender for payments up to ten pounds anywhere in the United Kingdom. In practice the coin was made for collectors and was sold in a pack, not issued through banks.
How do I identify the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus?
Check the weight 8g and diameter 27.3mm and the metal (copper-nickel) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
The Diplodocus 50p closes the Royal Mint's three-coin collection of 2024 built around famous dinosaur specimens, following the Tyrannosaurus and the Stegosaurus. The Mint announced the set with the Natural History Museum on 14 December 2023 as a series of collectable 50p coins, and Coin Hunter records the Diplodocus going on sale on 14 March 2024.
The subject was chosen with one specimen in mind. The Mint's collection page invites buyers to celebrate Dippy, the museum's Diplodocus replica, and the museum's head of licensing described the series as including "a nod to the nation's favourite dinosaur, Dippy".
It was not issued for circulation. The coin is missing from the Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures, and no sales figures for 2024 coins have been published.
Robert Nicholls, the palaeo-artist behind the Mint's earlier Tales of the Earth coins, designed the reverse. Professor Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum gave expert guidance, and the Mint says both the coin and the pack illustrations are based on scientifically accurate reconstructions. The royal proclamation describes the design simply as a depiction of a Diplodocus with the inscription DIPLODOCUS JURASSIC.
The Mint's director of commemorative coin said its craftspeople had reproduced Nicholls' technical drawings so that each dinosaur appears in fine detail.
The obverse carries the portrait of King Charles III by Martin Jennings, with the King's titles, 50 PENCE and the date 2024. The edge is plain.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
Five 50p editions were offered. The standard Brilliant Uncirculated coin came in a pack aimed at children and had no stated limit. A colour-printed Brilliant Uncirculated coin was limited to 15,000, a colour silver proof to 5,000, a plain silver proof to 500 and a gold proof to 100. These are the limits the Mint set, not the numbers it sold.
The colour-printed coins are a separate Royal Mint edition, not the standard coin with colour added later. An example outside its pack should be checked for wear and handling marks.
The set's other coins are the Tyrannosaurus 50p and the Stegosaurus 50p.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- A Roar-some Reveal: The Royal Mint unveils new 50p coins featuring Iconic Dinosaur Specimens, including T-Rex, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Diplodocus 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of two hundred pound, twenty-five pound and fifty pence gold coins and fifty pence silver, silver piedfort and cupro-nickel coins (notice 4456072, 13 October 2023), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 50p Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Diplodocus (collection page listing every edition and its limit), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2024 Dinosaur Diplodocus 50p Brilliant Uncirculated, Coin Hunter (read 9 Oct 2026)
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