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It is stressed that the following prices are a guide only, and in UK pounds. I can take no personal responsibility for their accuracy, although every effort has been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly.
The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazine
Coin News,
and is reproduced by the kind permission of
Token Publishing Ltd, 40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE
Coins of lower condition than BU have not been listed. Prices of coins dated 2009 are as available from the Royal Mint, but St.George reverse 2 and 5 pound coins are usually only available as part of sets.
Please note that the values of modern gold coins are very dependent on gold bullion prices, and since the figures below were published, values have risen significantly higher. They merely give a guide to the differential between various dates and quality (proof or otherwise). More recent bullion values may be available on my Bullion Value page.
Year BU Proof 2009 65 2010 2011 2012 2013 115 2014 110 2015 110
Royal Mint issue price.
Year BU Proof 1980 45 1982 45 50 1983 50 1984 50 1985 45 1986 45 1987 45 1988 55 1989 100 1990 55 1991 55 1992 65 1993 65 1994 70 1995 70 1996 70 1997 70 1998 70 1999 70 2000 40 70 2001 40 70 2002 40 70 2003 40 70 2004 40 70 2005 45 80 2006 57 97 2007 2008 2009
Extracted from Coin Yearbook 2007. The price of gold has risen significantly since then.
Year BU Proof 1974 55 1976 55 1978 55 1979 55 75 1980 55 75 1981 55 75 1982 55 80 1983 80 1984 90 1985 100 1986 90 1987 90 1988 120 1989 350 1990 150 1991 150 1992 165 1993 165 1994 165 1995 165 1996 165 1997 175 1998 175 1999 200 2000 65 140 2001 65 140 2002 65 140 2003 65 140 2004 65 150 2005 85 140 2006 110 179 2007 2008 2009
Extracted from Coin Yearbook 2007. The price of gold has risen significantly since then.
Details of silver or nickel-brass one pound coins can be found on the One Pound page
St George reverse unless indicated
Year Proof 1980 250 1982 250 1983 200 1985 250 1986CG 250 1987 225 1988 200 1989A 285 1990 250 1991 275 1992 275 1993 275 1994BE 400 1994er 575 1995P 450 1995U 450 1996 275 1996F 450 1997b 400 1998 285 1999Rb 355 2000 275 2000b 355 2001Mb 355 2002 300 2002Cb 350 2003 300 2003Db 300 2004 300 2004Tb 350 2005 300 2006 300 2007 2008 2009 CG: Commonwealth Games type A: Anniversary of Sovereign BE: Bank of England er: error obverse P: Peace U: UN F: Football M: Marconi C: Commonwealth Games (four types, all same price) D: DNA T: Trevithick B1: Brunel (portrait) B2: Brunel (Paddington) (Not yet issued) b: Bimetallic design
Extracted from Coin Yearbook 2007. The price of gold has risen significantly since then.
Details of gold versions of bimetallic circulation issue two pound coins from 1997 can also be found on the Decimal Two Pound page
Year BU 2000b 2800 2002b 3000
Year BU 1984 2800 1985 2800 1987 2800 1988 2800 1989 4500 1990 2800 1991 2800 1992 2800 1993 2800 1994 2800 1995 2800 1996 2800 1997 2800 1998 2800 1999 2800 2000 2800 2001 2800 2002 3000 2003 2800 2004 2800 2005 3000 2006 2800 2007 2800 2008 2800 2009 2800 2010 2800 2011 3500 2012 4000 2013 3500 2014 3000 2015n 3000 2016 3500 2017 4000 2018 3000 2019 2500 2020 2500 2021 2500 2022 2635 2022m 3000 2023 3000 2024 3000
Year BU 1980p 2800 1981p 2800 1982p 6000 1984p 4500 1985p 4000 1986 2800 1989p 6500 1990p 3250 1991p 3500 1992p 3500 1993p 3000 1994p 3000 1995p 3000 1996p 3000 1997p 3000 1998p 3000 1999p 3000 2000p 3000 2001p 3000 2002p 4000 2003p 3500 2004p 3000 2005p 3500 2006p 3000 2007p 3000 2008p 3500 2009p 3500 2010p 3500 2011p 3500 2012p 4000 2013p 4000 2014p 4000 2015p 3500 2015np 3000 2016p 5500 2017p 5500 2018p 3500 2022mp 4000 2023p 4000 2024p 4000
Extracted from Coin News January 2025
The price of gold changes all the time, and has increased by 16% since Coin News published these values..
On 3rd February 2025 the bullion value of a five pound gold coin was £2679.
More recent bullion values may be available on my Bullion Value page.
Values for gold versions of the five pound coins normally issued in cupronickel can be found on the Decimal Crowns page.
Values for other coins in gold or silver in the same design as coins issued for currency are to be found on the relevant pages for the issued coins.
There are four denominations of Britannia Gold bullion coins: 100 pounds, 50 pounds, 25 pounds, and 10 pounds.
Bullion coins are worth bullion value only, while proof versions are marginally more. More information on proof sets is given on the Royal Mint Sets page.
The bullion weights are 1 Troy oz, 0.5 Troy oz, 0.25 Troy oz and 0.1 Troy oz respectively. On 23rd January 2009 gold was at $879 or 643 UKP per Troy oz.
Year BU Proof Set (4 coins) 1997 100 1998 95 1999 14 2000 14 2001 14 100 2002 14 2003 14 100 2004 14 95 2005 14 2006 14 2007 2008 2009 (Incomplete Listing)
Bullion value for these coins is much less than given above ($11.54 or 8.44 UKP on 23rd January 2009).
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