The FIRST 2023 dated King Charles III coins!

To welcome in the near year, the BRAND-NEW Annual Coin Set has just been issued including the FIRST 2023 dated King Charles III coins!

For 70 years our coins have featured the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. So, as we enter a new era of UK coinage, now really is the time to build up your new collection of coins featuring the King.

The issue of the Annual Coin Set is always exciting for collectors, as these coins are curated by The Royal Mint as being some of the most significant issues of the year to come.

Not only do we have our first King Charles III £2 coins, but there are some very poignant anniversaries being celebrated!

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Otherwise, continue reading to discover these brand new UK coins...

King Charles III 75th Birthday £5

2023 King Charles III 75th Birthday £5

This year, His Majesty King Charles III celebrates his 75th birthday, his first birthday as our reigning monarch.

£5 coins have always been reserved for key royal anniversaries and significantly, this is the first £5 coin that has been solely dedicated to our now King.

On the reverse design, floral emblems can be seen surrounded the number 75 and His Majesty’s Royal Cypher.

75th Anniversary of the NHS 50p

Also celebrating its 75th birthday this year is our beloved National Health Service.

Our NHS has kept us safe for ¾ of a century and significantly, has saved millions of lives.

This year, The Royal Mint issues its second NHS 50p, following on from the incredibly popular 1998 coin.

Its reverse design features words synonymous with the NHS, including Dedication, Respect, Empathy, and Knowledge.

2023 King Charles NHS 50p

Windrush Generation 50p

2023 King Charles III Windrush Generations 50p

2023 will mark 75 years since the arrival of the Windrush ship, carrying many people from British Commonwealth countries who had been granted British citizenship from the British Nationality Act.

However, the Windrush generations experiences were different than imagined.

To say thank you, and to celebrate their sacrifices and contributions, The Royal Mint has issued a brand new 50p.

Flying Scotsman £2

2023 marks 100 years since the Flying Scotsman entered service.

This is the world’s most famous steam engine and is easily the most recognized.

It was the first locomotive to run on the newly formed London and North-Eastern Railway line.

To celebrate its centenary, The Royal Mint has issued this brand-new £2 coin – one of the first £2 coins to bear King Charles III’s portrait on the obverse.

2023 King Charles III Flying Scotsman £2

J. R. R. Tolkien £2

2023 King Charles III J. R. R. Tolkien £2

3rd January is official J. R. R. Tolkien Day – the birthday of the Lord of the Rings author.

His works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, have since gone on to be adapted as some of the highest-grossing films of all time.

To celebrate his birthday, The Royal Mint has issued this brand-new £2 coin.

It features a quote taken from Tolkien’s famed fantasy novel, The Fellowship of the Ring.


We can’t wait to see the individual issue of each of these coins, but of course, we will have to wait several months for each of these to be available.

That’s why the Annual Coin Set is the best way to get ahead and add these coins to your collection.


Add the first 2023 King Charles III Coins to your collection!

Your coins will come protectively encapsulated in Change Checker packaging, reading to slot straight into your Change Checker Album.

What’s more, you’ve also got an ID card detailing each of the coin’s designs.

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First look: 2021 Royal Mint Annual Coins Design Reveal!

As we celebrate the arrival of the New Year, at Change Checker HQ we’re also celebrating the arrival of new coins – The 2021 Annual Coins!

We can’t wait to reveal to you the new 2021 coin designs and I’m sure you’ll agree that there are some really fantastic coins to look forward to.

So let’s kick off the year with the coins we’ve all been waiting for, the 2021 Annual Set…

Decimal Day 50p

2021 Decimal Day 50p available within the 2021 Annual Coin Set

This year marks the 50th anniversary since Decimal Day on the 15th February 1971 and to celebrate the biggest change our UK coinage has ever seen, a brand new 50p has been issued.

In commemoration of the anniversary, this brand new 50p, designed by Dominique Evans, features the original Machin portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, which featured on the very first 50p back in 1969.

The 50p has become the most-collected and best-loved decimal coin since its introduction and given the significance of this anniversary, I’m sure this 50p will prove very popular with collectors.

John Logie Baird 50p

2021 John Logie Baird 50p available within the 2021 Annual Coin Set

It’s hard to imagine life without television but back in the 1920s, it was a complete unknown.

That was until John Logie Baird successfully produced televised objects in outline in 1924, transmitted recognizable human faces in 1925, and demonstrated the televising of moving objects in 1926. This was the very first-time that television had become a reality and it shaped the world that we live in today.

This brand new 50p, designed by Osborne Ross, celebrates the life and works of this remarkable British inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator.

H. G. Wells £2

2021 H. G. Wells £2 available within the 2021 Annual Coin Set

Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for his science fiction novels The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.

In the year marking the 75th anniversary of his death, this brand new £2 coin has been issued, feature a design which pays a fitting tribute to his famous novels, with a depiction of the Invisible Man and a Martian encircled by clock numerals.

The inscription also reads one of his famous quotes, “GOOD BOOKS ARE THE WAREHOUSES OF IDEAS”. We love Chris Costello’s design and we hope you do too!

Sir Walter Scott £2

2021 Sir Walter Scott £2 available within the 2021 Annual Coin Set

2021 commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of novelist, historian, and poet, Sir Walter Scott.

He is considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the historical novel.

The coin, designed by Stephen Raw, features the text: “SIR WALTER SCOTT NOVELIST HISTORIAN POET” encircled by the inscription “250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH” and the year date.

Excitingly, this coin also features the edge inscription, “THE WILL TO DO, THE SOUL TO DARE”, a quote from his epic poem, ‘Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field’.

Queens Elizabeth II 95th Birthday £5

2021 Queen Elizabeth II 95th Birthday £5 available within the 2021 Annual Coin Set.

This year, our Queen will celebrate her 95th birthday and to celebrate, The Royal Mint has issued this £5 coin.

The coin features a design by Timothy Noad, of the Royal Cypher and the inscription “MY HEART AND MY DEVOTION” alongside the date of the Queen’s birth and the year 2021.

In 2016, a £5 coin was issued to celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday and it proved incredibly popular with collectors, as she became the first British monarch to reach their 90th birthday. As she reaches another significant milestone, I’m sure this celebratory coin will prove just as, if not more popular!


The announcement of the new annual coins is always an exciting moment for Change Checkers, particularly when the anniversaries are as significant as these.

Do you have a favourite coin from the set? Let us know in the comments below!


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