Rarest 5p coins you can still find in your change
We list 33 5p coins that are still legal tender and can turn up in change.
On 14 November 2026, the 5p with the fewest made for circulation that can still turn up in change is the Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2021), with 28,000,000, 4,400,000 fewer than the next, the Charles III 5p, The Royal Mint (2023) (32,400,000).
Catalogue last updated 9 November 2026.
Not on the checklist
The large 5p, dated 1968 to 1990, stopped being legal tender at the end of 1990, when the smaller 5p replaced it.
| Coin | Year | Mintage | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1977) | 1977 | 24,308,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1987) | 1987 | 48,220,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1978) | 1978 | 61,094,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1971) | 1971 | 81,783,475 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1968) | 1968 | 98,868,250 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1989) | 1989 | 101,406,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1969) | 1969 | 120,270,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1988) | 1988 | 120,744,610 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1975) | 1975 | 141,539,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1979) | 1979 | 155,456,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1980) | 1980 | 220,566,000 | No longer legal tender |
| Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1970) | 1970 | 225,948,525 | No longer legal tender |
5p checklist: 33 to find
Tick each one as you find it. In date order, with how many were made.
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1990) · 1,634,976,005
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1991) · 724,979,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1992) · 453,173,500
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1994) · 93,602,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1995) · 183,384,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1996) · 302,902,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1997) · 236,596,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1998) · 217,376,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (1999) · 195,490,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2000) · 388,512,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2001) · 337,930,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2002) · 219,258,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2003) · 333,230,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2004) · 271,810,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2005) · 236,212,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2006) · 317,697,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2007) · 246,720,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2008) · 165,172,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Ironside (2008) · 92,880,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2009) · 132,960,300
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2010) · 396,245,500
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2011) · 50,400,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2012) · 339,802,350
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2013) · 378,800,750
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2014) · 885,004,520
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent, Clark portrait (2015) · 536,600,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent, Rank-Broadley portrait (2015) · 163,000,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2016) · 305,740,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2017) · 220,515,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2019) · 92,800,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2020) · 49,200,000
- Elizabeth II 5p, Dent (2021) · 28,000,000
- Charles III 5p, The Royal Mint (2023) · 32,400,000
collectorists.com/hunt/5p · Mintages are the Royal Mint's published figures where it publishes them, as recorded in our catalogue. Free to quote, crediting the Royal Mint via Collectorists.