2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 Coin
The 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 is a circulating £1 coin with 5.27 million made. Value band: face value. Here is how to recognize it, what makes one worth more and what to check on yours.
- Year
- 2013
- Circulation mintage
- 5,270,000
- Value band
- Face value
- Composition
- Nickel-brass (70% copper, 24.5% zinc, 5.5% nickel)
Original illustration of the coin's shape and metal. Tap to flip. Not a picture of the actual design.
Face value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 worth?
With 5.27 million made, the 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 is common. It has no collector value beyond the pound itself. Since 15 October 2017 the round pound can no longer be spent in shops. Only uncirculated coins from sets, genuine errors and the scarce dates bring more.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition with crisp edge lettering
- Original Royal Mint pack or set
- A genuine mint error confirmed by an expert
For market prices, look at recent sold results for the same coin in the same condition, not asking prices.
Quick answers
- Is the 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 rare?
- No. 5.27 million were made, so circulated examples are worth face value.
- How many 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 coins were made?
- 5,270,000 were struck for circulation.
- What is the 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 made of?
- Nickel-brass (70% copper, 24.5% zinc, 5.5% nickel). It weighs 9.5 g and measures 22.5 mm.
- Is the 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 still legal tender?
- No. The round pound stopped being legal tender on 15 October 2017. It can no longer be spent in shops; collectors still want the scarce dates.
Why the 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 was made
Two plants stand for Wales. Both are tied to St David's Day on 1 March. The leek is the older emblem. Tradition says Welsh soldiers wore leeks in their caps to tell friend from foe in battle. Shakespeare has Fluellen wear one in Henry V. The daffodil, which blooms around St David's Day, became popular as a national flower later. There is a neat link between the two in the Welsh language, where the daffodil is cennin Pedr, Peter's leek.
The Leek and Daffodil pound was issued in 2013 as part of Timothy Noad's floral emblems series, alongside England's Rose and Oak. The series revisited the theme of the 1980s round pounds, which had used one plant for each nation, by pairing two plants on each coin. The Royal Mint struck 5,270,000 for circulation, matching the English coin exactly. Scotland and Northern Ireland followed in 2014 to complete the set. Like all round pounds, the Welsh floral coin lost its legal tender status in October 2017, just four years after it was released.
How to recognize it
Timothy Noad's reverse combines a leek with a daffodil in bloom, along with the denomination ONE POUND. The edge is in Welsh and reads PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD, 'True am I to my country', a line from the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau. That edge marks it out from the 2013 English coin, which has DECUS ET TUTAMEN. Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen is on the obverse with the date 2013. Do not confuse it with the 1985 leek pound, which showed a single leek and no daffodil. Check the plants first, then confirm the date and edge.
The other side carries Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, used from 1998 to 2015.
2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 by the numbers
In mintage terms the 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 ranks 7th lowest of 41 circulating £1 coins with a published mintage. The next scarcer is the 2013 Rose and Oak £1 (5.27 million); the next more common is the 2014 Flax and Shamrock £1 (5.78 million).
For scale, the most common is the 1983 Royal Arms £1 with 443.1 million, about 84 times as many. The scarcest is the 2011 Edinburgh £1 with 935,000, 5.6 times fewer than this one.
It was released in 2013 alongside 2 other circulating £1 coin designs: the Rose and Oak (5.27 million) and the Shield of the Royal Arms (13.1 million). The 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 was the scarcest of the year.
Within the 2013 to 2014 floral pounds, it ranks 3rd scarcest, behind the Thistle and Bluebell and Rose and Oak.
What to check on your 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1
- Read the edge. It should say PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD; an edge that doesn't match the design is the quickest sign of a fake.
- Turn the coin over on its vertical axis: on a genuine pound the design side is the same way up as the portrait. A tilted or upside-down reverse points to a copy.
- Weigh it: a genuine round pound weighs 9.5 g. Fakes are often light, soft in detail or a slightly different color.
- Remember that round pounds stopped being legal tender on 15 October 2017, so a common one has no use in shops.
With 5,270,000 struck, the Leek and Daffodil is a lower mintage round pound but far from rare. Worn examples are wanted mostly for completing the floral set. Only sharp, unmarked coins draw a small premium. Royal Mint packs and the 2013 annual set contain brilliant uncirculated examples with full luster and fine detail on the daffodil trumpet. A coin from change will show rubbing on those high points. When checking for fakes, the Welsh edge is your friend: the letters should be even and clear. The inscription must be the right one for this design.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Denomination | 1 pound |
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
| Year | 2013 |
| Circulation mintage | 5,270,000 |
| Composition | Nickel-brass (70% copper, 24.5% zinc, 5.5% nickel) |
| Weight | 9.5 g |
| Diameter | 22.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Lettered: PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD |
| Portrait | Rank-Broadley |
Other 2013 £1 coins
| Coin | Circulation mintage | Value band |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 Shield of the Royal Arms £1 Coin | 13,090,500 | Face value |
| 2013 Rose and Oak £1 Coin | 5,270,000 | Face value |
Frequently asked questions
What does the edge of the Leek and Daffodil pound say?
It reads PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD, Welsh for 'True am I to my country'. The line comes from Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, the Welsh national anthem. It separates this coin from the English floral pound, which has DECUS ET TUTAMEN.
Why does the Welsh pound show a leek and a daffodil?
Both are national emblems of Wales linked to St David's Day. The leek is the older symbol and the daffodil the later national flower. In Welsh the daffodil is even called cennin Pedr, meaning Peter's leek.
Mintage figures: One pound (British coin) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Mint figures. How we build these pages.