The 80th anniversary of VE Day falls in 2025, and the Royal Mint has made commemorative issues for this series a fixture since the 50th. Gold Proof 50p pieces occupy an awkward commercial niche — priced well above face value yet below the flagship sovereign or Britannia lines — and exist almost entirely for the collector market rather than any genuine monetary function.
At 15.5g in 22-carat gold, this piece uses the same planchet specification as the double sovereign.
The 80th anniversary of VE Day falls in 2025, and the Royal Mint has made commemorative issues for this series a fixture since the 50th. Gold Proof 50p pieces occupy an awkward commercial niche — priced well above face value yet below the flagship sovereign or Britannia lines — and exist almost entirely for the collector market rather than any genuine monetary function.
At 15.5g in 22-carat gold, this piece uses the same planchet specification as the double sovereign.