Exceptional: fewer than 1,000 minted.
50 Pence - Charles III Life and legacy of the Queen Platinum Proof (2022)
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2022 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mintage | 170 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Platinum (.9995) (1000/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 19.100g · 0.6138 t oz |
| Diameter | 27.3mm |
| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Obv. artist | Martin Jennings |
| Rev. artist | Edgar Fuller, Cecil Thomas |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
| Tags | Cat or feline Crown Flower Coat of Arms |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend around.
CHARLES III·D·G·REX·F·D·50 PENCE · MJ
Four quarters of the Royal Arms depicted within a shield around central crown with national flower emblems in angles, divided date below.
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The 2022 50 Pence - Charles III Life and legacy of the Queen – Platinum Proof is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 99.95% platinum. It weighs 19.1g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Four quarters of the Royal Arms depicted within a shield around central crown with national flower emblems in angles, divided date below.
170 were struck.
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How much is the 2022 50 Pence - Charles III Life and legacy of the Queen – Platinum Proof worth?
No verified sale of the 2022 50 Pence - Charles III Life and legacy of the Queen – Platinum Proof has been logged on MyCoinage yet. Its platinum content is worth about £694 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How do I identify the 2022 50 Pence - Charles III Life and legacy of the Queen – Platinum Proof?
Check the weight 19.1g and diameter 27.3mm and the metal (99.95% platinum) 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 Life and legacy of the Queen. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
This 50p commemorates the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, and it was the first coin to carry the portrait of King Charles III into circulation. The Royal Mint unveiled the King's effigy in 2022 on two memorial coins, a crown piece and this 50p, and said the 50p would enter circulation so that everyone could hold a piece of history.
Collector versions went on sale on 3 October 2022. Production of the circulating coins began at Llantrisant later that month, and they reached the public on Thursday 8 December 2022 through Post Office branches. The first 4.9 million were spread across 9,452 branches during December.
The Royal Mint's figures give a circulating mintage of 9,600,000, close to the 9,500,000 Royal Shield 50p coins of the same date.
The reverse was not new. It is the design made for the 1953 Coronation Crown, by the herald painter Edgar Fuller and modelled by Cecil Thomas. The proclamation describes the four quarterings of the Royal Arms, each in its own shield and arranged in saltire, with a rose, a thistle, a sprig of shamrock and a leek between them, the Crown in the centre and the date 2022 at the base.
The obverse is by the sculptor Martin Jennings. The King faces left, the opposite direction to Queen Elizabeth II, in keeping with tradition. The inscription reads CHARLES III D G REX F D 50 PENCE. The edge is plain.
Sources
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Memorial 50p Collection, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Royal Mint releases 50 Years of UK Pride 50p into circulation, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 50p Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Royal Mint unveils official coin effigy of His Majesty King Charles III, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and design for a new series of fifty pence coins in gold, gold piedfort, standard silver, silver piedfort, platinum and cupro-nickel (notice 4170148, 7 October 2022), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Royal Mint begins circulating the first coins bearing His Majesty King Charles III effigy, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Royal Mint begins production of the first circulating coins featuring King Charles III, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Coins Sales, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Commemorative Coin Sales 2022, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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