1998 Prince Charles 50th Birthday Five Pound Coin
Prince Charles 50th Birthday cupronickel £5 coins, issued in 1998 by [The Royal Mint](file:///buy-coins/the-royal-mint/) to celebrate the future [King Charles III](file:///buy-coins/charles-iii/)'s fiftieth. This official [Five Pound](file:///buy-coins/5-five-pounds/) coin was inspired by the work of the Prince's Trust and features a bust of Charles, designed by Michael Noakes and Robert Elderton, with a scroll that reads 'HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO SUCCEED'. The dates 1948 (the King's birth) and 1998 are listed below. - On the obverse is [Ian Rank-Broadley](file:///blog/ian-rank-broadley/)'s fourth coin portrait of [Queen Elizabeth II](file:///buy-coins/elizabeth-ii/), Charles' mother - Records suggest that 1,407,300 of these Prince's Trust £5 coins were struck for collectors in 1998