The Buckingham Palace £5 coin, National Gallery UK £2 coin, RNLI UK 50p coin and Team GB and ParalympicsGB UK 50p coin will be available to purchase individually throughout the year. The 2024 commemorative sets will be available in a range of precious metal and base proof finishes, from January 2 at the Royal Mint website, with prices starting from £34.50.

The Royal Mint said it produced an official UK 50p to celebrate and wish Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes the best of luck at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.ĭesigned by Charis Tsevis, the 50p depicts two athletes representing both the Olympic and Paralympic Games in parity. Credit: Royal Mint/PAĪs the RNLI approaches its 200th anniversary in 2024, The Royal Mint has produced an official UK 50p to mark this milestone moment.Ĭreated by John Bergdahl, the 50p coin design displays the RNLI flag surrounded by a life ring highlighting the 200-year anniversary.

Royal Mint director of commemorative coins Rebecca Morgan with a set of the new designs for 2024.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has been saving lives at sea since 1824. Marking the 200th anniversary of the RNLI 50p coin The 200th anniversary of the National Gallery £2 coinĬreated by designer, engraver and printmaker Edwina Ellis, the design appearing on the UK £2 features the gallery building at the centre of the coin. The design appearing on the coin was created by Natasha Seaward, a graphic designer at the Royal Mint. The edge inscription: 'Pave the way for peace and freedom,' is taken from a remark he made in late 1953, while serving his second term as prime minister. The £2 coin struck to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill depicts a portrait of him as a young man in 1895, in the uniform of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars.

Marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill £2 coin The Royal Mint also gave further details about the coin designs.ĭesigned by artist Henry Gray, the coin features the architecture of Buckingham Palace front and centre of the coin. The new designs celebrate some key events and anniversaries.

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