50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins Gold Proof (2025)
Circulating version: 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2025 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Gold (.9167) (917/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 15.500g · 0.4568 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.
Mary Poppins with an umbrella and carpet bag accompanied by inscription below
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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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| FDC | £1,450.00 🔒 | £1,450.00 (1) | – | £1,450.00 – £1,450.00 | 0 | 1 | 01-06-2025 | |
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About the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins – Gold Proof
The 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins – Gold Proof is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 91.67% gold. It weighs 15.5g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Mary Poppins with an umbrella and carpet bag accompanied by inscription below.
Common questions
How much is the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins – Gold Proof worth?
The 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins – Gold Proof has a price in one grade on MyCoinage so far: £1,450 in FDC, the median of its verified sales. Its gold content is worth about £1,369 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins, not the coin found in change. At 15.5g of 91.67% gold it is heavier than the 8g nickel circulating coin, so weighing it is the quickest check.
How do I identify the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Mary Poppins – Gold Proof?
Check the weight 15.5g and diameter 27.3mm and the metal (91.67% gold) 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 Mary Poppins. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
The Mary Poppins 50p is a 2025 collector coin for P. L. Travers' nanny, who in the Royal Mint's words "first blew in on an east wind" to Number Seventeen, Cherry Tree Lane more than 90 years ago. The Mint says it is the first time the character has appeared on a UK coin. Its subject is the Mary Poppins of the eight-book series and its illustrations, and the Mint's pages note that the illustrations are licensed by HarperCollins.
It was not issued for circulation. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures list only the Atlantic Salmon 50p for 2025, and the Mint sold this design as a Brilliant Uncirculated coin with colour, silver and gold versions. Coin Hunter gives the release date as 25 February 2025. The Mint has published no figure for the number of standard coins sold.
The reverse is credited to Emma Noble, a product designer at the Royal Mint. She remastered an original illustration by Mary Shepard, who drew the pictures for the books. It shows Mary Poppins making her way on the east wind with her umbrella and carpet bag in hand, heading for the Banks children. The proclamation describes it as "a depiction of the character Mary Poppins with an umbrella and carpet bag accompanied by the inscription MARY POPPINS".
The denomination is on the obverse, which carries Martin Jennings' portrait of King Charles III with the inscription CHARLES III D G REX F D 50 PENCE and the date 2025. The edge is plain.
Sources
- Mary Poppins 2025 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 50p Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of two hundred pound, twenty-five pound, ten pound and fifty pence gold coins; five pound and fifty pence standard silver coins; fifty pence silver piedfort coins; and fifty pence cupro-nickel coins (notice 4707731, 4 October 2024), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Mary Poppins 2025 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Mary Poppins Commemorative Coins, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Mary Poppins 2025 UK 50p Silver Proof Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2025 Mary Poppins 50p Brilliant Uncirculated, Coin Hunter (read 9 Oct 2026)
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