Fifteen years after the world first heard that winter was coming, Game of Thrones has finally arrived on official UK coinage. The Royal Mint has unveiled two Game of Thrones 50p coins built around the series’ elemental duality of Ice and Fire, marking the first time the show has been celebrated on legal tender coins of the United Kingdom. Both coins went on sale from 9am on 15 July 2026 through the Royal Mint’s website, with delivery expected in autumn 2026 and prices starting at £15.
The release, produced in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, joins a growing stable of licensed pop culture 50ps from Llantrisant, and given the size of the show’s global fanbase, the Mint is openly anticipating heavy demand.
The Designs: Night King Ice 50p and Targaryen Dragon Fire 50p
The concept splits the world of Westeros down its central axis. The Fire 50p belongs to House Targaryen, featuring one of Daenerys’ dragons rendered in fine detail alongside the House Targaryen sigil, the three headed dragon that became one of television’s most recognisable emblems. The Ice 50p answers it from the far side of the Wall, depicting the Night King in an unsettling close up portrait accompanied by his personal sigil.
Both reverses are the work of designer Ffion Rees, while the obverse carries Martin Jennings’ familiar portrait of King Charles III, an oddly fitting pairing for a series so preoccupied with who sits on which throne. Selected versions of both designs carry colour printing, with the Fire dragon wreathed in red flame and the Night King’s ice blue eyes picked out against frosted silver.
Prices, Editions and Mintages
The full range at a glance:
| Coin | Metal | Weight | Limited Edition | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game of Thrones (Fire) BU | Cupro-nickel | 8.00g | Unlimited | £15.00 |
| Game of Thrones (Ice) BU | Cupro-nickel | 8.00g | Unlimited | £15.00 |
| Game of Thrones (Fire) BU Colour | Cupro-nickel | 8.00g | Unlimited | £27.50 |
| Game of Thrones (Ice) BU Colour | Cupro-nickel | 8.00g | Unlimited | £27.50 |
| Game of Thrones (Fire) Silver Proof Colour | .925 sterling silver | 8.00g | 7,500 | £92.50 |
| Game of Thrones (Ice) Silver Proof Colour | .925 sterling silver | 8.00g | 7,500 | £92.50 |
| Game of Thrones (Fire) Gold Proof | 916.7 gold (recycled) | 15.50g | 100 | £2,420.00 |
| Game of Thrones (Ice) Gold Proof | 916.7 gold (recycled) | 15.50g | 100 | £2,420.00 |
All eight coins share the 27.30mm 50p format, Ffion Rees’ reverse designs and Martin Jennings’ obverse portrait of King Charles III.
The collection follows the Mint’s established tiered structure for licensed releases. Entry level Brilliant Uncirculated editions of each design are priced at £15, with colour printed Brilliant Uncirculated versions at £27.50, all struck in cupro-nickel at the standard 8 gram, 27.30mm 50p specification and presented in special edition pop out packaging.
The precious metal tiers are where the mintage discipline comes in. The Game of Thrones Silver Proof colour 50p editions, struck in .925 sterling silver and housed in acrylic display blocks, are limited to 7,500 pieces per design at £92.50. At the top of the range sit the Gold Proof 50p editions, struck in 916.7 gold at 15.50 grams and produced entirely from 100% recycled gold, limited to just 100 pieces per design at £2,420. For a franchise with tens of millions of devoted viewers, a hundred coin gold edition is a mintage that invites the dreaded sellout.
15 Years of Game of Thrones, Now in Metal
Rebecca Morgan, Director at The Royal Mint, framed the release around the show’s endurance, noting that the passion of its audience remains “as fierce as dragonfire” fifteen years on, and drawing a line between the Iron Throne, forged from a thousand swords, and coins meticulously struck in precious metal by the Mint’s own hands.
The numbers behind the licence explain the confidence. Game of Thrones first aired in April 2011 and ran for eight seasons, drawing over 40 million viewers per episode by its finale, collecting 59 Emmy Awards, more than any other drama series, and reaching audiences in over 170 countries. It broke streaming and broadcast records throughout its run and remains one of HBO’s most streamed properties to this day.
What It Means for Collectors
For the Royal Mint, the release extends a strategy that has already brought The Lord of the Rings, Pink Floyd and other cultural giants onto the 50p, a denomination that has quietly become Britain’s canvas for popular commemoration. For Game of Thrones fans, it offers a first chance to own the Night King or a Targaryen dragon as genuine UK legal tender rather than a private mint fantasy piece, ordered directly from royalmint.com. And for collectors watching the secondary market, the tight gold and silver mintages against a fanbase this size suggest the real contest for these coins may look less like a polite queue and more like the game the series was named for. In Westeros, you win or you die. At the Royal Mint, you order at 9am or you wait for eBay.
