The Platinum Jubilee UK 50p Coin 2022 Brilliant Uncirculated

As Her Majesty The Queen becomes the first British monarch to reach a Platinum Jubilee, we are marking the occasion with a UK 50p coin to mark a royal event. The coin features a commemorative portrait by the experienced coinage artist John Bergdahl on the obverse and a bold, graphic design by the award-winning design agency Osborne Ross on the reverse.

• Celebrate a historic moment with a UK coinage first
• The first time we have celebrated a royal event on a UK 50p coin
• Features the commemorative Platinum Jubilee portrait of Her Majesty The Queen
• A bold, graphical celebration by the design agency Osborne Ross appears on the reverse of the coin
• Struck to Brilliant Uncirculated standard, which is a finer finish than circulating coins
• Lettering – Purple Gloss vinyl applied to the coin
• Striking Standard – Brilliant Uncirculated Coin

Sometimes referred to as ‘BU’, ‘B.U.’, or ‘B.UNC’, Brilliant Uncirculated coins are of a higher standard than circulating and bullion coins. An entry-level collectable, like Proof coins, the dies used to strike Brilliant Uncirculated coins are polished and finished by hand.

The Brilliant Uncirculated blanks are machine-fed and struck twice. As a result, they are produced at a much quicker rate than Proof coins – around 100 per hour. They offer a good level of design detail, but have a lower definition than Proof coins.