2022 Prince William coins
New Prince William coins are due to be issued in 2022.
The 40th Birthday of HRH The Duke of Cambridge Coins
A number of coins have been approved by the Queen’s Privy Council to celebrate Prince William’s 40th birthday on the 21st of June 2022, he was born in 1982.
His Royal Highness Prince William will be turning 40 in 2022, and to commemorate the event, The Royal Mint will issue a new commemorative £5 coin.
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What will be the £5 coin design?
A new coin of cupro-nickel of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 28.28 grams, a standard diameter of 38.61 millimeters, a standard composition of seventy-five per centum copper, and twenty-five per centum nickel, and being circular in shape.
Obverse
Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·” and the date in the year
Reverse
The Royal Mint will reveal this design at the time of issue, but we can get some clues from the wording of the Royal Proclamation.
A portrait of His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge accompanied by His Cypher and age.
Edge
The coin shall have a grained edge.
The Gazette article can by read here: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3945256
This Proclamation shall come into force on the sixteenth day of December Two thousand and twenty-one. Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, this fifteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.
How many coins will be minted?
FIVE HUNDRED POUND GOLD COIN
- weight of 156.295 grams
- diameter of 50 millimeters
- millesimal fineness of not less than 999.9
TWO HUNDRED POUND GOLD COIN
- weight of 62.42 grams
- diameter of 40 millimeters
- millesimal fineness of not less than 999.9
TWENTY-FIVE POUND GOLD COIN
- weight of 7.8 grams,
- diameter of 22 millimeters
- millesimal fineness of not more than 999.9
FIVE POUND GOLD COIN
- diameter of 38.61 millimeters
FIVE POUND STANDARD SILVER COIN
- weight of 28.28 grams
- diameter of 38.61 millimeters
- composition of 925 parts per thousand fine silver
FIVE POUND SILVER PIEDFORT COIN
- weight of 56.56 grams
- diameter of 38.61 millimeters
- composition of 925 parts per thousand fine silver
FIVE POUND CUPRO-NICKEL COIN
A new coin of cupro-nickel of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of
- weight of 28.28 grams
- diameter of 38.61 millimeters
- composition of seventy-five per centum copper and twenty-five per centum nickel
- being circular in shape
Duke of Cambridge coins
Prince William is The Duke of Cambridge and he is second in line to the throne of England being the eldest son of Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana, The Princess of Wales
The £5 coin, which is traditionally reserved for the UK’s most significant royal and historical anniversaries, is said to feature a portrait of the Duke of Cambridge.
What Price William coins are there already?
Previous Price William coin releases include:
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Wedding Coin
Coin to celebrate the marriage of HRH Prince William of Wales to Miss Catherine Middleton on 29th April 2011.