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50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman Gold Proof (2024)
Circulating version: 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman
| 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.
The Snowman with Christmas Trees
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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 | £1,500.00 🔒 | £1,200.00 | – | £1,100.00 – £1,500.00 | 2 | 5 | 06-06-2026 | |
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – Gold Proof
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – 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 Snowman with Christmas Trees.
Common questions
How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – Gold Proof worth?
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – Gold Proof has a price in one grade on MyCoinage so far: £1,200 in FDC, the median of its verified sales. 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 Snowman – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman, 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 Snowman – 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 Snowman. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
The Royal Mint has issued a Snowman 50p for Christmas every year since 2018, and the 2024 coin was the seventh. It was launched on 14 October 2024 in collaboration with Snowman Enterprises and under licence from Penguin Ventures, and it was the second Snowman coin to carry the portrait of King Charles III.
The coin celebrates Raymond Briggs's wordless picture book The Snowman, first published in 1978, and the animated film first shown on Channel 4 on 26 December 1982.
The Mint's launch statement was explicit about its status: this is a collectable coin and would not be entering general circulation. It does not appear in the Mint's circulating mintage figures, and no mintage has been published for the standard base metal coin.
The reverse is by Robin Shaw, an animator and illustrator who was art director on the sequel film The Snowman and The Snowdog and who has drawn the Snowman coins for several years. It shows The Snowman placing a star at the top of a Christmas tree. The proclamation describes it in the same terms and gives no inscription for the reverse.
Shaw said of it that the coin "captures the magic of Raymond Briggs' most enduring creation".
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
- THE SNOWMAN makes a magical return on a 50p (press release, 14 October 2024), 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, standard silver, silver piedfort and cupro-nickel (notice 4623989, 24 May 2024), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Snowman 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Snowman 2024 UK 50p Gold Proof Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Snowman 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Snowman 2024 UK 50p Silver Proof Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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