Reference
UK Coin Mintage Figures
Every Royal Mint mintage figure for every UK denomination, sortable by year, design and mintage. Use these tables to spot key dates, low-mintage rarities and the difference between a £5 face-value coin and a £500 collectable.
Heptagonal commemoratives
50p
191 issues with mintage data
Bimetal commemoratives
£2
70 issues with mintage data
Round and 12-sided
£1
39 issues with mintage data
Heptagonal
20p
10 issues with mintage data
Cupronickel and steel
10p
10 issues with mintage data
Cupronickel and steel
5p
10 issues with mintage data
Bronze and copper-plated steel
2p
10 issues with mintage data
Bronze and copper-plated steel
1p
21 issues with mintage data
Commemorative crowns
£5 Crown
142 issues with mintage data
How to read mintage figures
Mintage is the total number of coins struck for a given issue. For UK circulation coins, mintage is set by HM Treasury and the Royal Mint based on demand from banks and the Post Office. For commemoratives, mintage is set by collector demand and Royal Mint product strategy. Lower mintage does not always equal higher value — design popularity, condition and demand all factor in.
- Under 250,000: genuinely rare, almost always commands premium (e.g. 2009 Kew Gardens 50p, 2023 Atlantic Salmon 50p)
- 250,000 - 1,000,000: scarce, usually trades 5-30× face value in good condition
- 1m - 5m: uncommon — premium depends on design popularity
- 5m - 10m: common but with collector interest
- 10m+: mass-circulated, face value unless in high grade