50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus Silver Proof Colour (2024)
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2024 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (925/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 8.000g · 0.2379 t oz |
| Diameter | 27.3mm |
| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend and date around.
Image of a Diplodocus with legend above and below.
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus – Silver Proof Colour
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus – Silver Proof Colour is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 92.5% silver. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Image of a Diplodocus with legend above and below.
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How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus – Silver Proof Colour worth?
No verified sale of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus – Silver Proof Colour has been logged on MyCoinage yet. Its silver content is worth about £8.72 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How do I identify the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus – Silver Proof Colour?
Check the weight 8g and diameter 27.3mm and the metal (92.5% silver) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
This is a collector version of the 50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
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.
Sources
- 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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