Coin
2500 Pounds - Charles III Paul McCartney; Silver (2024) — United Kingdom
United Kingdom • 2024
Overview
A silver Proof 2500 Pounds coin of the United Kingdom, minted in 2024 for the Music Legends series celebrating Paul McCartney. The obverse displays an uncrowned portrait of King Charles III, while the reverse features a guitar head and piano keys alongside Paul McCartney's signature. This exceptionally large, hand-enamelled piece weighs 5,030 grams, is composed of .999 silver with a plain edge, and has a strict issue limit of 8 pieces originally struck. Struck as Proof.
Specifications
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2024
- Composition
- Silver (.999)
- Weight
- 5030 g
- Diameter
- 175 mm
- Mint
- Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
- Shape
- Round
- Technique
- Coloured, Milled
- Issuer
- United Kingdom
Design details
Obverse
Uncrowned portrait of King Charles III left, legend and date around.
Reverse
A depiction of a guitar head and piano keys with Paul McCartney's signature
Collector insights
- Design heritage: Martin Jennings, Deborah Osborne, Andrew Ross is credited as the designer for the Non-circulating coins series. Designer attribution helps distinguish this issue from later restrikes or unofficial copies that reuse only the motif.
- Struck at: Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date). Confirm the mintmark on your example before comparing prices — same-year issues from different mints often trade at very different levels.
- Low mintage: Only 8 pieces reported. This puts the issue into key-date territory for its series; expect steep grade-based price scaling and a higher counterfeit risk — provenance and third-party grading matter.
- Precious metal content: Silver (.999) — bullion value provides a price floor, and many circulated examples were melted during the 1979–1980 and post-2010 silver spikes, reducing the surviving population.
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