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50 Pence - Charles III RNLI (2024)
"RNLI 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 | John Bergdahl |
| 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 ·
RNLI flag, legend above, dates below.
200 YEARS 1824 2024
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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 | £15.08 🔒 eBay | £7.99 | – | £3.19 – £15.08 | 18 | 18 | 19-09-2026 | |
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| BU | £11.99 🔒 eBay | £7.73 | ▲23.6% | £1.99 – £49.99 | 101 | 101 | 16-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £7.57 🔒 eBay | £7.57 | – | £4.21 – £59.99 | 21 | 21 | 11-07-2026 | |
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: RNLI flag, legend above, dates below.
Common questions
How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI run from £7.57 to £7.99 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Is the RNLI 50p in circulation?
No. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures do not include it. The Mint issued it as a commemorative coin, first in its 2024 Annual Set and then singly from 5 February 2024. Coin Hunter records it as not struck for circulation, and Change Checker shows no circulating mintage.
How many RNLI 50p coins were made?
No total has been published. There is no circulating mintage, and the Royal Mint's sales pages do not yet cover 2024 coins. The standard Brilliant Uncirculated coin had no stated limit, while the colour Brilliant Uncirculated edition was limited to 7,500.
Who designed the RNLI 50p?
The reverse is by John Bergdahl, whom the Royal Mint describes as an experienced coinage artist. Royal Mint product designer Daniel Thorne translated his plaster model onto the coin. The portrait of King Charles III on the obverse is by Martin Jennings.
What does the RNLI 50p commemorate?
The 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which has been saving lives at sea since 1824. The anniversary fell on 4 March 2024. The Royal Mint donated a percentage of the price of each coin to the charity and gave a coin to each of the 238 lifeboat stations.
Was the RNLI 50p in the 2024 Annual Set?
Yes. The Royal Mint unveiled the design on 28 December 2023 as one of five commemorative coins in the 2024 Annual Set, alongside the Team GB and ParalympicsGB 50p. The sets went on sale on 2 January 2024, and the RNLI 50p followed as a single coin in February.
How do I identify the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI?
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 Royal National Lifeboat Institution has been saving lives at sea since 1824, and its 200th anniversary fell on 4 March 2024. The Royal Mint marked it with a 50p, unveiled on 28 December 2023 as one of five commemorative designs in the 2024 Annual Set. The sets went on sale on 2 January, and the coin was launched on its own on 5 February 2024.
At the launch the Mint said it would give each of the 238 RNLI lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland a coin of its own, and that a percentage of the price of every coin sold would go to the charity.
The coin was not issued for circulation. It is absent from the Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures, and the Mint has published no sales figures for 2024 coins.
The reverse is by John Bergdahl, an experienced coinage artist whose earlier work includes designs for the Coronation of King Charles III. It shows the RNLI flag encircled by a lifebuoy, with the inscriptions 200 YEARS and 1824 2024. Bergdahl, who grew up in a dockland area and is a keen angler, said the charity was "a subject close to my heart".
His design began as a plaster model. The Mint's craftspeople scanned it to make a 3D file, and product designer Daniel Thorne refined it to fit a 50p without losing detail.
The obverse carries the portrait of King Charles III by Martin Jennings with his titles, 50 PENCE and the date 2024. The edge is plain.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
The standard coin came two ways: in the 13-coin Brilliant Uncirculated Annual Set for 2024, and as a single Brilliant Uncirculated coin in a pack about the charity's history, with no stated limit. The Mint also made a colour-printed Brilliant Uncirculated coin limited to 7,500, a colour silver proof limited to 4,000, a colour silver proof piedfort limited to 1,824 and a gold proof 50p limited to 150. These are issue limits, not sales totals.
A coin without colour is the standard edition described here. Colour appears only on the colour-printed RNLI 50p and on the silver proofs.
Since none were released to banks, an example in change has been spent by a buyer. Loose coins should be checked for handling marks.
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)
- King Charles III 50p: RNLI, Change Checker (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2024 United Kingdom Brilliant Uncirculated Annual Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Celebrating 200 Years of Courage: The Royal Mint launches 50p for the RNLI, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Royal Mint reveals 2024 coins, celebrating key events and anniversaries of the upcoming year, 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)
- 200 Years of the RNLI 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 200 Years of the RNLI (collection page listing every edition and its limit), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2024 RNLI 200 Years 50p Brilliant Uncirculated, Coin Hunter (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Behind the RNLI Design with John Bergdahl, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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