2007 Millennium Bridge £1 Coin
The 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 is a circulating £1 coin with 26.2 million made. Value band: face value. Here is how to recognize it, what makes one worth more and what to check on yours.
- Year
- 2007
- Circulation mintage
- 26,180,160
- 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 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 worth?
With 26.2 million made, the 2007 Millennium Bridge £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 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 rare?
- No. 26.2 million were made, so circulated examples are worth face value.
- How many 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 coins were made?
- 26,180,160 were struck for circulation.
- What is the 2007 Millennium Bridge £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 2007 Millennium Bridge £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 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 was made
The bridges series ended in 2007 with England's coin, showing the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The bridge opened in 2001 and crosses the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle. It carries pedestrians and cyclists and tilts on pivots to let boats pass beneath, a movement that earned it the nickname the Blinking Eye. It is the newest structure shown in the bridges series by far.
Only 26,180,160 were struck for circulation, which makes the 2007 Millennium Bridge the scarcest of the four bridges pounds. Among round pounds from 1983 to 2007, only the 1988 Shield and the 1986 Flax Plant had smaller runs. That makes it one of the dates worth looking for in an old coin jar. Edwina Ellis designed the series, which had replaced the heraldic national designs. Like the other bridges coins, it has an incuse pattern of bridges and pathways on the edge instead of lettering. In 2008 a new design by Matthew Dent, the Royal Shield, took over. Its portrait is Rank-Broadley's and its size and metal match every round pound before it.
How to recognize it
Ellis's reverse shows the curved arch and deck of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, surrounded by a border of struts. Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen, wearing her tiara, is on the obverse. On the edge there are no words, only the incuse pattern of bridges and pathways. A Millennium Bridge pound with DECUS ET TUTAMEN or any other lettering on its edge is not genuine. The bridge's elegant curves are the main recognition point and on a sharp coin the strut border should look like fine, evenly spaced lines. This is the last of the four bridges, so a full set ends here with England.
The other side carries Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, used from 1998 to 2015.
2007 Millennium Bridge £1 by the numbers
In mintage terms the 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 ranks 14th lowest of 41 circulating £1 coins with a published mintage. The next scarcer is the 2011 Shield of the Royal Arms £1 (25.4 million); the next more common is the 2009 Shield of the Royal Arms £1 (27.6 million).
For scale, the most common is the 1983 Royal Arms £1 with 443.1 million, about 17 times as many. The scarcest is the 2011 Edinburgh £1 with 935,000, 28 times fewer than this one.
It was the only circulating commemorative £1 coin dated 2007.
Within the 2004 to 2007 bridges pounds, it ranks 1st scarcest.
What to check on your 2007 Millennium Bridge £1
- Read the edge. Bridges pounds have a patterned edge and no lettering; 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 just over 26.1 million struck, the 2007 Millennium Bridge is the lowest-mintage bridges pound and one of the scarcer round pounds overall. Circulated coins are still common enough that they usually go at face value or a small premium, while unworn examples draw more interest. A lower-mintage date deserves a careful look for fakes, so check the edge pattern, the strut border and the portrait. Round pound counterfeits had reached about one in thirty coins in circulation before withdrawal. A genuine coin has crisp, even detail. Coins from the Royal Mint's 2007 sets are the finest surviving examples.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Denomination | 1 pound |
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
| Year | 2007 |
| Circulation mintage | 26,180,160 |
| Composition | Nickel-brass (70% copper, 24.5% zinc, 5.5% nickel) |
| Weight | 9.5 g |
| Diameter | 22.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | No lettering: an incuse pattern of bridges and pathways |
| Portrait | Rank-Broadley |
Frequently asked questions
Is the 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 coin rare?
It is the scarcest of the four bridges pounds, with 26,180,160 struck for circulation. Only two round pound dates from 1983 to 2007 had fewer. Worn coins are still findable, but unworn examples attract more collector interest.
What is the Gateshead Millennium Bridge?
It is a pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle, opened in 2001. It tilts to let boats pass underneath and is known as the Blinking Eye. Edwina Ellis put it on the 2007 pound.
Mintage figures: One pound (British coin) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Mint figures. How we build these pages.