50 Pence - Charles III RNLI Gold Proof (2024)
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2024 |
| 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.
RNLI flag, legend above, dates 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 | £1,175.00 🔒 | £1,020.00 | – | £900.00 – £1,175.00 | 0 | 4 | 06-09-2025 | |
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI – Gold Proof
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI – Gold Proof is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 91.67% gold. It weighs 15.5g 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 – Gold Proof worth?
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI – Gold Proof has a price in one grade on MyCoinage so far: £1,020 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 do I identify the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III RNLI – 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 RNLI. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
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.
Sources
- 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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