50 Pence - Charles III Red Arrows Silver Piedfort (2025)
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2025 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (925/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 16.000g · 0.4758 t oz |
| Diameter | 27.3mm |
| Thickness | 1.78mm |
| 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.
Depiction of the underside of three Red Arrows’ BAE Systems Hawk T1 aircraft in flight, accompanied by the coloured trails as used in the team’s aerial displays.
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About the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Red Arrows – Silver Piedfort
The 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Red Arrows – Silver Piedfort is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 92.5% silver. It weighs 16g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Depiction of the underside of three Red Arrows’ BAE Systems Hawk T1 aircraft in flight, accompanied by the coloured trails as used in the team’s aerial displays.
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No verified sale of the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Red Arrows – Silver Piedfort has been logged on MyCoinage yet. Its silver content is worth about £19.06 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How do I identify the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III Red Arrows – Silver Piedfort?
Check the weight 16g 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 Red Arrows. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
The Red Arrows 50p celebrates the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, 60 years after its first display season in 1965. The Royal Mint revealed the design on 27 December 2024 as one of five commemorative coins in its 2025 Annual Set, which went on sale on 2 January 2025. The coin was then launched on its own on 6 February 2025.
The Mint's account of the team's history says the Red Arrows first performed for the press on 6 May 1965 at RAF Little Rissington, and that by the start of 2024 they had flown nearly 5,000 displays in 57 countries. The Folland Gnat they began with was replaced by the BAE Systems Hawk T1 for the 1980 season.
This is a collector coin. It is not in the Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures, which list only the Atlantic Salmon 50p for 2025.
The reverse is by Nigel Tudman at Tuch Design. It shows the underside of three Hawk T1 aircraft in close formation with their trails behind them, and the proclamation gives the inscription as RED ARROWS. Tudman has said that early concepts had the jets diving and that the Royal Mint Advisory Committee suggested they fly upwards, overhead. He also tried formations of nine, seven and five aircraft before settling on three. The Royal Mint's Emma Noble modelled the final design.
The obverse 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
- The Royal Mint Soars to New Heights with a Red Arrows 50p Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Red Arrows 2025 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Red Arrows 2025 UK 50p Silver Proof Colour 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 fifty pence coins in gold, standard silver, silver piedfort and cupro-nickel (notice 4623989, 24 May 2024), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- First Coins of 2025 Revealed by The Royal Mint, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Red Arrows 2025 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Behind the Design with Nigel Tudman at Tuch Design, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2025 United Kingdom Brilliant Uncirculated Annual Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Celebrating Over 60 Years of the Red Arrows, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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