50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus Gold Proof (2024)
Circulating version: 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus
| 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.
Image of a Tyrannosaurus with legend above and below.
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About the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus – Gold Proof
The 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus – Gold Proof is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 91.67% gold. It weighs 15.5g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Image of a Tyrannosaurus with legend above and below.
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How much is the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus – Gold Proof worth?
No verified sale of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus – 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 Tyrannosaurus – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2024 50 Pence - Charles III Tyrannosaurus, 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 Tyrannosaurus – 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 Tyrannosaurus. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
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.
Sources
- 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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