50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake Gold Proof (2024)
Circulating version: 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2024 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Gold (.91667) (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 around.
The boy wizard during the Triwizard Tournament with legend below.
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake – Gold Proof
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake – Gold Proof is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 91.67% gold. It weighs 15.5g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: The boy wizard during the Triwizard Tournament with legend below.
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How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake – Gold Proof worth?
No verified sale of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake – Gold Proof has been logged on MyCoinage yet. Its gold content is worth about £1,373 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake, 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 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Black Lake – 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 The Black Lake. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
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.
Sources
- 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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