2013 Rose and Oak £1 Coin
The 2013 Rose and Oak £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 Rose and Oak £1 worth?
With 5.27 million made, the 2013 Rose and Oak £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 Rose and Oak £1 rare?
- No. 5.27 million were made, so circulated examples are worth face value.
- How many 2013 Rose and Oak £1 coins were made?
- 5,270,000 were struck for circulation.
- What is the 2013 Rose and Oak £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 Rose and Oak £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 Rose and Oak £1 was made
In the 1980s the round pound carried single national plants: a thistle for Scotland, a leek for Wales, flax for Northern Ireland and an oak tree for England, designed by Leslie Durbin. For 2013 and 2014 the Royal Mint returned to that idea with a twist. Each nation's coin would show two plants together. Timothy Noad, a heraldic artist, designed the set. England and Wales were first in line in 2013.
England's coin pairs the oak with the Tudor rose. The oak has stood for English strength and endurance for centuries. The Tudor rose combined the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York after the Wars of the Roses. It has been a royal emblem ever since. The Royal Mint struck 5,270,000 Rose and Oak pounds for circulation, exactly the same number as the Welsh coin issued with it. That is a modest figure for a round pound, far below the shield coins of the same years, but well above the capital cities issues of 2010 and 2011.
How to recognize it
Timothy Noad's reverse shows oak leaves and acorns entwined with a Tudor rose, with ONE POUND as part of the design. The oak and rose combination separates it from the 1987 English oak pound by Leslie Durbin, which showed an oak tree alone. The edge reads DECUS ET TUTAMEN, the standard round pound inscription. The obverse carries Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen with the date 2013. Of the four floral pounds, England and Northern Ireland share this Latin edge, while Wales and Scotland have their own mottos. Matching the plants to the right edge is the best way to spot a fake.
The other side carries Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, used from 1998 to 2015.
2013 Rose and Oak £1 by the numbers
In mintage terms the 2013 Rose and Oak £1 ranks 6th lowest of 41 circulating £1 coins with a published mintage. The next scarcer is the 2014 Thistle and Bluebell £1 (5.18 million); the next more common is the 2013 Leek and Daffodil £1 (5.27 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 Leek and Daffodil (5.27 million) and the Shield of the Royal Arms (13.1 million). The 2013 Rose and Oak £1 was the scarcest of the year.
Within the 2013 to 2014 floral pounds, it ranks 2nd scarcest, behind the Thistle and Bluebell.
What to check on your 2013 Rose and Oak £1
- Read the edge. It should say DECUS ET TUTAMEN; 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.
At 5,270,000, the Rose and Oak sits in the lower range of round pound mintages. Circulated coins are wanted mainly by collectors building the four floral designs and generally carry little more than face value interest, while unworn coins earn a small premium. Brilliant uncirculated examples came in Royal Mint packs and the 2013 annual set, with bright, unmarked surfaces that a coin from change rarely keeps. Fakes of round pounds were widespread, so look for crisp acorns and rose petals, an even golden color and edge letters that are clear and properly spaced.
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: DECUS ET TUTAMEN |
| 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 Leek and Daffodil £1 Coin | 5,270,000 | Face value |
Frequently asked questions
How many Rose and Oak £1 coins were made?
The Royal Mint struck 5,270,000 Rose and Oak pounds for circulation in 2013. The Welsh Leek and Daffodil pound issued the same year has exactly the same mintage. Both are far scarcer than the shield pounds of the time.
Who designed the Rose and Oak pound?
Timothy Noad designed all four floral emblem pounds of 2013 and 2014. The English coin pairs the oak with the Tudor rose, building on the single-plant national designs used on the round pound in the 1980s.
Mintage figures: One pound (British coin) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Mint figures. How we build these pages.