Overview
- The five-coin collection features a £5 piece for Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th year, £2 coins for ZSL’s bicentenary and HMS Beagle’s 200th, and 50p designs for the British Grand Prix centenary and 50 years of The King’s Trust.
- The Queen Elizabeth II £5 coin includes the late monarch’s cypher, St Edward’s Crown, foliage inspired by St George’s Chapel ironwork, and the Latin inscription “Exaltabitur in gloria” (“She will be exalted in glory”).
- In a first for the Mint, 52 gold commemoratives in the 2026 range use recycled gold via partner Sempsa, with a stated goal to switch all gold commemoratives to recycled gold by the end of 2026.
- Sets go on sale January 2 from The Royal Mint, priced from £39.50, with a limited 22‑carat gold option at £14,500, and the coins are sold as collectables rather than released into circulation.
- Most coins will be available individually throughout 2026, the King’s Trust 50p is restricted to the annual set, and each obverse carries the official portrait of King Charles III.