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50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake (2024)
"Harry Potter Black Lake 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 | Warner Bros |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 50 PENCE · 2024
The boy wizard during the Triwizard Tournament with legend below.
THE BLACK LAKE
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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 | £6.88 🔒 | £8.07 | – | £6.88 – £9.72 | 4 | 4 | 02-08-2026 | |
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| BU | £8.65 🔒 eBay | £10.99 | ▼21.5% | £2.95 – £29.82 | 23 | 24 | 14-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £12.94 🔒 eBay | £9.79 | – | £7.00 – £13.99 | 7 | 7 | 10-09-2026 | |
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: The boy wizard during the Triwizard Tournament with legend below.
Common questions
How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake run from £8.07 to £10.99 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Is the Black Lake 50p in circulation?
No circulating issue is recorded. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures list no commemorative 50p dated 2024, and the Black Lake coin was sold by the Mint as a collector coin in base metal, silver and gold. One found in change has been spent by a previous owner.
How many Black Lake 50p coins were made?
No figure has been published for the standard Brilliant Uncirculated coin. The Royal Mint's product pages give maximum coin mintages of 20,000 for the colour Brilliant Uncirculated coin, 2,510 for the colour silver proof and 60 for the gold proof. These are limits, not sales figures.
Who designed the Black Lake 50p?
The Royal Mint credits the reverse to Warner Bros. Its product pages say Bella Biggs, a product designer at the Royal Mint, remastered a stylised illustration of Harry in the depths of the Black Lake for the coin. Martin Jennings designed the King's portrait on the obverse.
What scene does the Black Lake 50p show?
The second task of the Triwizard Tournament from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, set in Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts. The royal proclamation describes the design as Harry Potter being captured by three Merpeople, with the inscription THE BLACK LAKE.
How do I identify the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake?
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 Black Lake 50p is the second Harry Potter 50p dated 2024. The Royal Mint presented it as the follow-up to the Winged Keys coin and made it, like that coin, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products.
Its subject comes from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts he competes in the Triwizard Tournament, and the second task takes him into the waters of the Black Lake. The Mint says the design celebrates his courage and bravery in that task.
This is a collector coin. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures list no commemorative 50p dated 2024, and the Mint sold the Black Lake coin only as a collector piece. No mintage has been published for the standard base metal coin.
The Royal Mint credits the reverse to Warner Bros. Its product pages say Bella Biggs, a product designer at the Mint, remastered a stylised illustration of Harry in the depths of the lake. The proclamation is more specific about what is happening: it describes Harry Potter being captured by three Merpeople, accompanied by the inscription THE BLACK LAKE.
The obverse carries Martin Jennings's portrait of King Charles III with the inscription CHARLES III D G REX F D 50 PENCE and the date 2024. The edge is plain.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
The Mint sold the standard coin as a Brilliant Uncirculated piece, and because it was never issued for circulation it normally survives in Mint packaging. Check a loose coin for handling marks. One that has been carried in a pocket or spent no longer has an uncirculated finish, whatever the listing says.
Two colour-printed versions exist, so check which coin is being offered. The colour Brilliant Uncirculated coin has a maximum coin mintage of 20,000, and the colour silver proof, sold in an acrylic block, has a maximum of 2,510. The gold proof 50p has a maximum mintage of 60, the smallest in the range.
The coin it follows is the Winged Keys 50p, which shows a scene from Harry's first year.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- Harry Potter - Black Lake 2024 UK 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 fifty pence coins in gold; two pounds and fifty pence coins in silver; and fifty pence cupro-nickel coins (notice 4623988, 24 May 2024), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Black Lake (collection page), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Harry Potter - Black Lake 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Harry Potter - Black Lake 2024 UK 50p Silver Proof Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Harry Potter - Black Lake 2024 UK 50p Gold Proof Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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