2025: The Year in Coins
- Romiley Coins
- Jan 12
- 3 min read
2025 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 were the Bees £1 and Oak Leaf 5p
This blog post takes a look back at the coins released in 2025:
THE DEFINITIVES
The third year of the King Charles Flora and Fauna definitives. The coins featured the same designs as those released in 2023, and just as in 2024, the 2025 set did not contain privy marks which had featured on the inaugural collection.
In September 2025 the Royal Mint Annual Trading Report*, confirmed that no 2024 coins had entered circulation:
"Sufficient stock of UK circulating coins across our banks and post offices meant that, for the first time, we received no UK coin orders from His Majesty’s Treasury (‘HM Treasury’). However, producing the UK’s coinage remains at our core, and we will continue to support demand as required."
Circulated Releases in 2025
The only coin to be circulated with the 2025 date was the Bees £1 coin.
This became a news story in itself. The initial announcement in August 2025 stated there would only be 170,000 - making them the rarest £1coin in circulation and even rarer than the Atlantic Salmon 50p. However, less than one month later a second announcement declared due to high demand, a further 8.84 million would be circulated.
Read more about the £1 coin in our blog post.
THE COMMEMORATIVES
The Annual Set
The Royal Mint Annual Set released in January 2025 featured five brand new commemorative coins:
Queen Mother 125th Birthday
Red Arrows 50p
Stories of WW2 50p
Modern Railway £2
Greenwich Royal Observatory £2
The Queen Mother £5 coin was not released separately by the Royal Mint and only sold as part of the Annual Set, not released into general circulation.
All annual set coins available to buy individually at www.romileycoins.com
Individual Releases
FIFTY PENCE COINS
Harry Potter
The continuation of the Harry Potter Iconic Moments series.
The Flying Car and Expecto Patronum were the third and fourth releases in the collection.
Selected Annibversaries
25 Years of Zog
80 Years since VE Day
90 Years of Mary Poppins
90 Years of Monopoly
The Snowman
The annual Christmas release by the Royal Mint - the updated design featured The Snowman and James decorating a tree.
TWO POUND COINS
Gorge Orwell
Commemorating 75 years since the death of British author George Orwell, best known for his novels; Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four.
HMS Belfast & RRS Discovery
A new coin range commemorating the history and legacy of some Britain's famous ships. This collection will be continued in 2026.
The HMS Belfast coin was the first coin to be released dated 2025.
FIVE POUND COINS
Lunar Year of the Snake (from the Lunar New Year range)
John Lennon, Iron Maiden and Freddie Mercury (from the Music Legends range)
Queen's Panther and Greyhound of Richmond (from the Tudor Beasts range)
Liberty London
Princess Anne 75th Birthday
The Royal Arms.
2026: More New Coins on the Horizon
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*Quote taken from Royal Mint Trading Fund Annual Report
and Accounts 2024–25 (15 September 2025)
Blog published: January 2026
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