50 Pence - Charles III The Winged Keys Gold Proof (2024)
Circulating version: 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Winged Keys
| 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 around.
The boy wizard flying a broomstick to catch a winged key.
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Winged Keys – Gold Proof
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Winged Keys – 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 flying a broomstick to catch a winged key.
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How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Winged Keys – Gold Proof worth?
No verified sale of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Winged Keys – 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 Winged Keys – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III The Winged Keys, 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 Winged Keys – 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 Winged Keys. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
The Winged Keys 50p, dated 2024, returned Harry Potter to the 50p after the Royal Mint's four earlier designs dated 2022 and 2023. It was made in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, and the Mint's packaging for it explores the theme of friendship in the stories. A second 2024 coin, The Black Lake, followed it.
The coin marks a scene from Harry's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in which he takes to a broomstick to catch a winged key.
This is a collector coin. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures list no commemorative 50p dated 2024, and the Mint sold the Winged Keys only in collector packaging and in precious metal. No mintage has been published for the standard base metal coin.
The Royal Mint credits the reverse to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Its product page says the design is an original illustration, remastered for the coin by Bella Biggs, a product designer at the Mint. The proclamation describes it as the character Harry Potter riding a broomstick, attempting to catch a flying key, with the inscription THE WINGED KEYS.
The Mint's design list credits the four earlier Harry Potter 50p coins to Jim Kay and Ffion Gwillim, so the 2024 coins carry a different credit.
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 Winged Keys 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 gold coins; two pound and fifty pence silver coins; and fifty pence cupro-nickel coins (notice 4479548, 17 November 2023), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Winged Keys (collection page), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Winged Keys 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Winged Keys 2024 UK 50p Silver Proof Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Winged Keys 2024 UK 50p Gold Proof Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Black Lake (collection page), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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