The British twenty pound (£20) coin is a commemorative denomination of
sterling coinage, first issued by the
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's oldest company and the official maker of British coins.
Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limited company that is wholly owned by His Majesty's Treasury and is under an exclus ...
in 2013. It is minted in .999 fine silver.
Twenty pound coins are legal tender but are intended as souvenirs and are almost never seen in general circulation.
Design
The designs which have appeared on the twenty pound coin's reverse are summarised in the table below.
Welsh Dragon £20
From 2016 to 2020 the Royal Mint produced a Welsh Dragon £20 on a backdrop of the visitor centre at the Royal Mint Experience. Some of these years have been accompanied by the same coin on a backdrop of the Welsh flag. The visitor centre coin could only be purchased at the shop.
Legal tender status
The prolific issuance since 2013 of silver commemorative £20, £50 and £100 coins at face value has led to attempts to spend or deposit these coins,
prompting the
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's oldest company and the official maker of British coins.
Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limited company that is wholly owned by His Majesty's Treasury and is under an exclus ...
to clarify the legal tender status of these silver coins.
Royal Mint guidelines advise that they are considered to be limited edition collectables not intended for general circulation.
References
External links
Royal Mint – £20 coin
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Coins of the United Kingdom
Twenty-base-unit coins
2013 establishments in the United Kingdom