Christopher Le Brun
British painter, former President of the Royal Academy, and designer of the most famous modern UK coin: the 2009 Kew Gardens 50p. His pagoda design, celebrating 250 years of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, was struck for circulation with a mintage of just 210,000, the lowest of any 50p until the 2023 Atlantic Salmon. The Kew Gardens 50p singlehandedly created the modern UK 50p collecting craze.
£1,175
Highest realised work:
50 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1/2 oz Fine Gold
11
Coins in catalogue
2
Decades active
Notable works
2009 Kew Gardens 50p
Mintage 210,000, the iconic modern rarity.
Various Royal Academy presidential coinage
Several Royal Mint commemoratives commissioned through his RA tenure.
Christopher Le Brun coins in our catalogue (11)
Coins where Christopher Le Brun is credited as the obverse or reverse designer. Click any coin for full grade-by-grade prices, mintage, and reference images. Grouped by decade.
2000s 9 coins
10 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1/10 oz Fine Gold
10 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1/10 oz Fine Platinum
100 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1 oz Fine Gold
100 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1 oz Fine Platinum
25 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1/4 oz Fine Gold
25 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1/4 oz Fine Platinum
50 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1/2 oz Fine Gold
50 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; 1/2 oz Fine Platinum
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Kew Gardens