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50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus (2024)
"Tyrannosaurus 50p"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2024 |
| 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 | Robert Nicholls |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend and date around.
· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 50 PENCE · 2024
Image of a Tyrannosaurus with legend above and below.
TYRANNOSAURUS CRETACEOUS
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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 | £6.88 🔒 | £7.23 | – | £5.98 – £17.21 | 6 | 6 | 02-08-2026 | |
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| BU | £7.50 🔒 eBay | £7.49 | ▼17.3% | £3.31 – £17.22 | 42 | 43 | 09-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £19.92 🔒 eBay | £9.99 | – | £4.21 – £19.92 | 15 | 15 | 19-09-2026 | |
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Image of a Tyrannosaurus with legend above and below.
Common questions
How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus run from £7.23 to £9.99 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Can you find the Tyrannosaurus 50p in your change?
Not as an issued circulating coin. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures list no commemorative 50p dated 2024, and the Tyrannosaurus was sold as a commemorative coin in packs and precious-metal editions. An example in change has been spent by someone who bought it.
How many Tyrannosaurus 50p coins were made?
The Royal Mint has published no figure for the standard Brilliant Uncirculated coin, and its sales pages stop at coins dated 2023. It set limits for the precious-metal editions: 500 silver proof, 5,000 colour silver proof and 100 gold proof presentations.
Who designed the Tyrannosaurus 50p?
Palaeo-artist Robert Nicholls, who also designed the Royal Mint's 2020 and 2021 dinosaur 50p coins. He worked with the Natural History Museum, and the Mint names Professor Paul Barrett as the museum's expert adviser on the collection. Martin Jennings designed the King's portrait.
Why does the coin say CRETACEOUS?
It names the period in which the animal lived. Robert Nicholls told the Royal Mint that on this collection the time period replaced the surname of the scientist who described the species, which had appeared on his earlier dinosaur coins. The Stegosaurus and Diplodocus coins say JURASSIC.
Which coins go with the Tyrannosaurus 50p?
The Stegosaurus and Diplodocus 50p coins, both dated 2024 and both by Robert Nicholls. The Royal Mint called the Stegosaurus the second coin of the three, and described the set as the third collection in its Tales of the Earth series.
How do I identify the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus?
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 Tyrannosaurus 50p, dated 2024, opened a three-coin dinosaur collection that the Royal Mint produced with the Natural History Museum. The Stegosaurus followed as the second coin and the Diplodocus completed the set. The Mint counts it as the third collection in its Tales of the Earth series, after the 2020 dinosaur coins and the 2021 Mary Anning coins.
The Mint says the design is based on a Tyrannosaurus jawbone specimen held at the museum. According to the Mint, the first known remains were found in Wyoming by the fossil hunter Barnum Brown in 1900, and the bones were sold to the museum in the 1960s.
This is a collector coin. The Royal Mint's circulating mintage figures list no commemorative 50p dated 2024, and the Mint sold the Tyrannosaurus only as a commemorative coin. No mintage has been published for the base metal version.
The reverse is by palaeo-artist Robert Nicholls, who designed both earlier Tales of the Earth collections. The proclamation describes a depiction of a Tyrannosaurus Rex with the inscription TYRANNOSAURUS CRETACEOUS.
Nicholls told the Mint that the brief changed for this set. The period in which the animal lived replaced the name of the scientist who described it, a whole skeleton replaced the single fossil shown on earlier coins, and he swapped the plants at the sides for a hint of the animal's environment.
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.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
The Brilliant Uncirculated coin came in a pack with educational packaging aimed at younger collectors, developed with the Natural History Museum. A colour-printed Brilliant Uncirculated version was sold only by the Mint, and all three coins of the set were offered together by subscription. A loose coin should be checked for handling marks.
The precious-metal versions share the design. The Mint's pages give limited edition presentations of 500 silver proof coins, 5,000 colour silver proof coins and 100 gold proof coins.
The other coins in the set are the Stegosaurus 50p and the Diplodocus 50p.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- Tyrannosaurus 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Tyrannosaurus 2024 UK 50p Silver Proof Colour Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Tyrannosaurus 2024 UK 50p Gold Proof 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 two hundred pound, twenty-five pound and fifty pence gold coins; fifty pence standard silver coins; fifty pence silver piedfort coins; and fifty pence cupro-nickel coins (notice 4456072, 13 October 2023), The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Tyrannosaurus: The Last King of the Dinosaurs (collection page), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Unearthing Tyrannosaurus, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Celebrating Iconic Specimens (interview with Robert Nicholls), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- The Stegosaurus Charges its way onto Royal Mint 50p coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Tyrannosaurus 2024 UK 50p Silver Proof Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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