2024 saw yet another busy year for UK coin production with a large number of commemorative coin sets and designs.

Despite this no commemorative coins entered circulation this year and the only definitive coins to be circulated (Atlantic Salmon 50p & Bees £1) were dated 2023.

This blog post takes a look back at the coins released in 2024:

THE DEFINITIVES

The second year of the King Charles Flora and Fauna definitives. The coins featured the same designs as those released in 2023 but unlike the inaugural collection, the 2024 set did not contain privy marks

It has not yet been confirmed if any of the 2024 coins will enter circulation in the succeeding years. A further announcement from the Royal Mint is awaited along with mintage figures, expected in Autumn 2025.

For the time being the coins are only available to purchase as part of the BUNC Annual Set. Sold individually at www.romileycoins.com

THE COMMEMORATIVES

THE ANNUAL SET

The Royal Mint Annual Set released in January 2024 featured five brand new commemorative coins:

• Team GB Paris Olympics 50p

• RNLI 50p (200 Years)

• Sir Winston Churchill £2 (150 Years of Birth)

• National Gallery £2 (200 Years)

• Buckingham Palace £5

The Winston Churchill coin was not released separately by the Royal Mint and only sold as part of the Annual Set.

No other commemorative £2 coins were released in 2024, aside from the two minted as part of the annual set.

All annual set coins available to buy individually at www.romileycoins.com

STAR WARS

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  The Star Wars 50p collection was first launched in 2023, and completed in 2024 with the final character duo and the four battleships:

  
  

  • Han Solo and Chewbacca

  • Millennium Falcon

  • Death Star II

  • X-Wing

  • TIE Fighter

HARRY POTTER

Following on from the 2022/2023 Harry Potter 25th anniversary collection, two new coins were released in 2024 to commemorate iconic moments from the novel series.

• The Winged Keys

• The Black Lake

Further Harry Potter coins from this range are expected in 2025

DINOSAURS

The dinosaurs were back after a three year hiatus, with a brand new three coin set: The Iconic Specimens

• T-Rex

• Diplodocus

• Stegosaurus

ICE AGE GIANTS

A three coin set known as Ice Age Giants, part of the Royal Mint Tales of the Earth (Dinosaurs) series:

• Steppe Mammoth

• Woolly Rhino

• Giant Deer

OTHER 50p COINS

• 80 Years of D-Day

• The Gruffalo's Child

• The Snowman

  
  
  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

£5 COINS

• Music Legends: George Michael and Paul McCartney

• James Bond Decades

• Myths and Legends - Little John and Robin Hood

• Tudor Beasts

• Lunar Year of the Dragon

TERRITORY COINS

As usual there were several annual releases from the UK territories including:

• Jersey Fire Engines

• Jersey Patron Saints

• Jersey Red Arrows

• Isle of Man Motor Racing

• Isle of Man King Charles Inaugural Year

• Guernsey Royal Mews

• Jersey Highland Cow

• ... And many more

  
  

2025: More New Coins on the Horizon

The Royal Mint has already released a number of 2025 coins including the HMS Belfast £2 coin, Lunar Year of the Snake £5 coin and the annual set featuring five brand new commemorative coins will be available shortly.

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