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50 Pence - Charles III The King's Trust (2026)
"King's Trust 50p"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2026 |
| 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 | Jessica Gregorio |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 50 PENCE ·
Logo of trust above with various depictions of young people doing activities, legend at centre and 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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| UNC | £12.99 🔒 eBay | £17.95 | – | £12.53 – £19.95 | 13 | 13 | 07-10-2026 | |
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| BU | £12.93 🔒 eBay | £16.06 | – | £10.80 – £32.86 | 17 | 17 | 08-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £19.89 🔒 eBay | £15.86 (2) | – | £11.83 – £19.89 | 2 | 2 | 29-06-2026 | |
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| PR-65 | £21.49 🔒 eBay | £26.70 | – | £16.19 – £34.99 | 5 | 5 | 25-06-2026 | |
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About the 2026 50 Pence - Charles III The King's Trust
The 2026 50 Pence - Charles III The King's Trust is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Logo of trust above with various depictions of young people doing activities, legend at centre and below.
Common questions
How much is the 2026 50 Pence - Charles III The King's Trust worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2026 50 Pence - Charles III The King's Trust run from £15.86 to £26.70 across 4 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Can you find the King's Trust 50p in change?
It was not issued for circulation. The Royal Mint said on 2 January 2026 that the King's Trust 50p is available exclusively as part of its 2026 Annual Set. Every example therefore began in a set, and one found in change would have been broken out and spent.
Can you buy the King's Trust 50p on its own?
Not from the Royal Mint. Its announcement of the 2026 coins said the other four commemorative designs would be sold individually during the year, but the King's Trust 50p would only be available in the Annual Sets. Single coins on the secondary market come from broken sets.
Who designed the King's Trust 50p?
The reverse is by Jessica Gregorio, whom the Royal Mint describes as a graphic designer and a former beneficiary of the Trust. The obverse carries the portrait of King Charles III by Martin Jennings, with the denomination and date in the inscription around it.
What does the King's Trust 50p commemorate?
It marks 50 years of The King's Trust, formerly The Prince's Trust. The Royal Mint says the charity grew from community projects that the then Prince of Wales funded in 1976 with his Navy severance pay, and that it has since helped more than 1.2 million young people.
How many King's Trust 50p coins were made?
No figure has been published. The coin exists only in the Royal Mint's 2026 Annual Sets, so its numbers depend on set sales. The base-metal Proof Coin Set is labelled as limited to 6,500 and the Premium Proof Coin Set to 2,000, while the Brilliant Uncirculated set has no stated limit.
How do I identify the 2026 50 Pence - Charles III The King's Trust?
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 King's Trust 50p marks 50 years of the charity founded by King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales. The Royal Mint's account is that in 1976 he used his Navy severance pay to fund several community projects, which became the foundations of what was long known as The Prince's Trust. The Mint says the charity has since helped more than 1.2 million young people across the UK to get ready for work, find a job or start a business.
The coin was revealed on 2 January 2026 as one of five commemorative designs in the Royal Mint's 2026 Annual Sets. It is the odd one out. The Mint said the other four would also be sold individually during the year, but the King's Trust 50p is available only as part of the sets. It was not issued for circulation, and no figure for the number struck has been published.
The reverse is by Jessica Gregorio, a graphic designer who was herself helped by the Trust. The Royal Mint says it reflects the journey and hopes of the young people the charity supports: a flowing stream recalls the Royal Navy origin of the Trust's first funds, the sun stands for optimism and the clouds for dreams and ambitions.
The royal proclamation describes "four people undertaking computing, bicycle repair, medicine and sailing with The King's Trust logo", with the inscriptions THE KING'S TRUST and 50 YEARS WORKING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. The obverse has the portrait of the King by Martin Jennings with CHARLES III D G REX F D 50 PENCE and the date 2026. The edge is plain.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
Because it was never sold singly, the cupro-nickel coin comes in two finishes according to the set it left the Mint in. The Brilliant Uncirculated Annual Coin Set holds a Brilliant Uncirculated example. The Proof Coin Set, labelled as limited to 6,500, and the Premium Proof Coin Set, limited to 2,000, hold examples struck to Proof standard. A loose coin offered as a proof should show that finish and no handling marks.
Single coins on the market have been taken out of sets. That is worth knowing when comparing this with the other 2026 50p designs, which the Mint also sold in individual packs.
The design was also struck in sterling silver, as a double-weight silver piedfort and in gold for the precious-metal Annual Sets. Those sets are labelled as limited to 550, 250 and 52 respectively.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- First Coins of 2026 Revealed by The Royal Mint (2 January 2026), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 50p Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2026 United Kingdom Brilliant Uncirculated Annual Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and design for a new series of fifty pence coins in gold, standard silver, silver piedfort and cupro-nickel (notice 4991959, 14 November 2025), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2026 United Kingdom Proof Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2026 United Kingdom Premium Proof Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2026 United Kingdom Silver Proof Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2026 United Kingdom Silver Proof Piedfort Commemorative Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The 2026 United Kingdom Gold Proof Commemorative Coin Set, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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