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50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman Gold Proof (2025)
Circulating version: 2025 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2025 |
| 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 a boy and a Christmas Tree
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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 | £1,450.00 🔒 | £1,450.00 (2) | – | £1,450.00 – £1,450.00 | 2 | 2 | 05-09-2026 | |
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About the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – Gold Proof
The 2025 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 a boy and a Christmas Tree.
Common questions
How much is the 2025 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – Gold Proof worth?
The 2025 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – Gold Proof has a price in one grade on MyCoinage so far: £1,450 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 2025 50 Pence - Charles III The Snowman – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2025 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 2025 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 every Christmas since 2018, and the 2025 coin is, by its count, the eighth in the series. It celebrates Raymond Briggs' wordless picture book The Snowman, first published in 1978, and the animated film first broadcast on Channel 4 on 26 December 1982. The coins are made in collaboration with Snowman Enterprises and licensed by Penguin Ventures.
Like the earlier Snowman coins, this is a collector issue. The Mint's circulating mintage figures list only the Atlantic Salmon 50p for 2025, and no Snowman 50p from any year appears in them. The Mint sold the 2025 design as its official Christmas coin, in a Brilliant Uncirculated pack and in colour, silver and gold versions. It has published no sales figure.
The reverse is by Robin Shaw, the illustrator and animator credited with the Mint's Snowman designs since 2020. The proclamation describes it as "a depiction of the snowman and the boy from the book The Snowman, with a decorated Christmas tree and lights". The Mint's range page headlines the coin "The Snowman Lights Up Christmas". The 2024 coin had shown The Snowman alone, placing a star on top of the tree.
There is no inscription on the reverse. The denomination is on the obverse, which carries Martin Jennings' portrait of King Charles III with the inscription CHARLES III D G REX F D 50 PENCE and the date 2025. The edge is plain.
Sources
- The Snowman 2025 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 gold coins; a new series of five hundred pound and fifty pence silver coins; and a new series of fifty pence cupro-nickel coins (notice 4894492, 13 June 2025), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Snowman: A Magical Journey on Coins, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Snowman 2025 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- THE SNOWMAN makes a magical return on a 50p (14 October 2024), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2025 The Snowman 50p Brilliant Uncirculated, Coin Hunter (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Snowman (range page), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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