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Fastest-Rising UK Coins, Last 30 Days
The 25 British coins with the biggest 30-day percentage gains in realised auction price. Auto-generated from our price database, never editorial picks, never asking prices. As of 3 August 2026.
Methodology
For each coin we take the highest-performing grade across all sales in the last 30 days, comparing
against the same coin's price 30 days earlier. Coins must have a current price ≥ £5 to qualify (filters
out noise on bullion 1p/2p variation). Data refreshes daily via our price aggregator pulling from
Spink,
Baldwin's,
Noonans and
sold listings from eBay UK.
1
2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Charles Dickens
+1,102.0%
30 days
2
2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Rugby World Cup
+641.7%
30 days
3
1 Farthing - Edward VII
+499.1%
30 days
4
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; NHS 50th Anniversary
+477.7%
30 days
5
50 Pence - Charles III Diplodocus
+345.0%
30 days
6
Columbia Farthing
+327.4%
30 days
7
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Harry Potter
+324.8%
30 days
8
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Kanga and Roo
+243.3%
30 days
9
2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Magna Carta
+231.7%
30 days
10
2 Pounds - Charles III JRR Tolkien
+215.4%
30 days
11
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait; D-Day Anniversary
+213.9%
30 days
12
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Squirrel Nutkin
+204.1%
30 days
13
1 Pound - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Forth Bridge
+181.5%
30 days
14
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; 50 years of Pride UK Colour
+172.3%
30 days
15
5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; London Olympics
+161.6%
30 days
16
50 Pence - Charles III RNLI
+152.3%
30 days
17
2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; DNA Double Helix
+149.2%
30 days
18
2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Olympic Handover
+147.7%
30 days
19
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Team GB Olympics
+145.5%
30 days
20
50 Pence - Elizabeth II Sherlock Holmes; Silver Piedfort
+142.2%
30 days
21
1 Pound - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait; English Oak
+141.3%
30 days
22
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait; Megalosaurus
+138.4%
30 days
23
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Paddington at the Palace
+131.5%
30 days
24
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Tailor of Gloucester
+127.4%
30 days
25
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait; Paddington at St Paul's
+126.4%
30 days
What drives a UK coin's price up?
Price rises in the realised-auction data usually have one of three causes:
- A landmark sale. A single high-profile auction realisation can pull the rolling 30-day average up sharply for that grade. Once that sale ages out of the window, the figure usually normalises.
- Mintage discoveries or revisions. When new mintage information surfaces (e.g. a historical low-mintage variant becoming widely-known), demand jumps and prices follow.
- Cultural moments. A film, news event or anniversary referencing a particular coin typically lifts realised prices for 4-12 weeks. Royal events and TV documentaries are common drivers.
This list is auto-generated; we don't editorialise the rankings. The most-loved coin won't always be on top, sometimes a quirky variant shoots up because of a single big sale.
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