Year 2003 Coins

2003 Silver Britannia

2003 British Coin Sets

2003 Two Pound - DNA

2003 Crown 50th Anniversary of the Coronation

2003 WSPU Fifty Pence - Votes for Women

Australian 2003 Silver Year of the Goat Coins

Reverse of Gold 2003 Sovereign

The First Coins of 2003!
Already arrived:-
2003 Australian Silver Kookaburras
2003 Australian Lunar Calendar Silver Coins - Year of the Goat
2003 Australian Silver Kangaroos
2003 Australian Gold Nuggets

Prince William
During 2003, the three coin issuing authorities of the Channel Islands commemorated Prince William's 21st birthday by issuing crowns and other coins.
2003 Alderney Prince William Coins
2003 Guernsey Prince William Coins
2003 Jersey Prince William Coins

2003 Commemorative Coins
Writing this in early 2002, it is fascinating to try to guess what events will be commemorated on coins of 2003. Looking back in history for notable events, we come up with:-

• For British Coins
  • 1953 The discovery of the double-helix construction of DNA.
    We have now heard that the 2003 two pound coin is to have a DNA theme!
  • 1953 Coronation.
  • 1903 Entente Cordial.
  • 1603 Accession of James I.
  • Suffragettes.
    The 2003 fifty pence will carry a suffragette theme, presumably because the WSPU was founded in 1903.
• For World Coins
  • Independence of Panama, and the commencement of the Panama Canal.
  • Model "A" Ford (USA)
  • 1903 First flight (USA).
  • 1903 Entente Cordial. (France)
  • 1603 Accession of James I.
  • Independence (Laos)

£5 Coronation 50th Anniversary Crowns
Five Pound crowns are being produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Coronation in 1953, in a number of versions as usual.

Year 2003 Gold Sovereigns
2003 sovereigns will revert to a St. George and Dragon reverse. Issue limits for the uncirculated version may be kept at 100,000 while the issue limit for the proofs is 12,500 plus some reserved for proof sets. Keep watching this space for further updates as details become available. This will also apply to the half sovereigns, and also to the gold proof £2 and £5 coins also.
The latest news we have heard about availability is about the third week in January 2003, although we are still waiting for confirmation of this.

Proof Sovereigns
For year 2003, the release date for the proofs may return to April instead of January. We will keep this page updated.

Half Sovereigns
2003 half sovereigns will also revert the the St. George and Dragon design as the full sovereigns.
Official release dates are expected to be as for the full sovereigns, although we are still awaiting confirmation of both dates..
For more information about, or to order, 2003 half sovereigns, please visit our Tax Free Gold website.

2003 Gold 3 & 4 Coin Sovereign Proof Sets
Gold proof sets of the sovereign series will also feature the St, George and Dragon design. Full details on our Tax Free Gold website for both 3 Coin Gold Sovereign Proof Sets and 4 Coin Gold Sovereign Proof Sets

2003 British Coin Sets
As usual, these include proof sets, uncirculated sets, special baby pack sets, wedding packs. Full details on the 2003 Coin Sets page.
We now have these in stock for immediate delivery.

Pound Coins
For 2003, the £1 coin reverts to the Royal Arms design first used in 1983.
There has also been an announcement about a new series of pound coin designs based on bridges from the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom, which will appear from 2004 to 2007 inclusive. In an inovative move, the Royal Mint will issue collector versions of all four designs during 2003, these will be issued as patterns, presumably for legal reasons.

2003 Baby Packs
Each year, the Royal Mint produces a special uncirculated coin set in special gift packaging for babies. These are always popular for birth gifts and christenings.

Silver Britannias
We hear that silver Britannias will be released earlier this year than their usual August date, and may be as early as late January. There is also a new design this year. Please check regularly on our 2003 Silver Britannias page.

Australia
Our first shipment of 2003 Silver Kookaburras has already arrived. We have these in sizes of 1, 2 and 10 ounces, and 1 kilo. We are accepting orders for immediate delivery.
We also have the 2003 Year of the Goat Silver Coins, in the same sizes, plus an additional half ounce version.
2003 Kangaroo Silver Dollars now in stock.
Gold Nuggets are now also available. We have the most sizes in stock.

2003 Euro Coin Sets
For information about any euro coin sets, it's best to visit our Euro Coins website www.eurocoins.co.uk, although please note that not all countries have yet released their 2002 sets!

2003 Gibraltar 1 Kilo Silver Proof - Peter Rabbit in Colour

2003 French 1 Kilo €50 Silver Proof - Europa, First Anniversary of the Euro

More To Follow
We will be adding more links to this page as more information becomes available about year 2003 dated coin issues.

2002 Coins Index

2004 Coins Index

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