Millennium Bridge £1 (2007)
The Millennium Bridge £1 of 2007 represents England and closed the run of four bridge designs, picturing the Gateshead Millennium Bridge over the Tyne. It had the smallest circulation mintage of the four bridges coins. It is the fourth of the four bridge £1 coins and one of the 28 £1 designs struck since 1983.
Millennium Bridge £1 value
- Circulated
- typical £2.60, range £2.30 to £4.40
- Uncirculated
- typical £16, range £6 to £39
Worked out from 10 published prices (6 dealer prices and 4 sold-price reports), each condition from its own prices, checked in September 2026.
Rarity rank 10 of 26 ranked £1 designs, rarest first
Rarity: CommonThe Millennium Bridge pound had the smallest circulation mintage of the four bridges, but it was still struck in large numbers, so circulated coins are not hard to find. Grade decides the price: heavy wear on the struts and rim keeps a coin at the bottom of the range, and a sharp, bright coin sits higher. Coins from the 2007 brilliant uncirculated pack rank above both. A fake is worthless to a collector, so the edge pattern and the alignment of the two sides are worth checking.
Millennium Bridge £1 mintage and rarity
With 26,180,160 struck for circulation, the Millennium Bridge £1 is the tenth rarest of the 26 ranked £1 designs and has the 156th lowest mintage of all 194 circulating UK designs. That puts it in the Common band, for mintages 10,000,000 or more.
The next rarer £1 is the Royal Shield £1, with 7,118,825 struck, and the next more common is the Lion Rampant £1, with 29,752,525 struck.
| Year | Circulation mintage | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 26,180,160 |
How to spot a Millennium Bridge £1
Look for a ring of struts around the design, the Gateshead Millennium Bridge inside it, ONE POUND below and the initials EE on the same side. The date on the Queen's side should be 2007. The edge shows a pressed pattern with no words and no cross crosslet. Hold the coin upright and flip it: on a genuine coin the two sides line up the same way, while many fake round pounds were struck with the sides out of line.
Millennium Bridge £1 design
England closed the bridges series in 2007 with the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, a crossing for walkers and cyclists over the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle. It was the first tilting bridge in the world. Edwina Ellis, who designed the whole series, gave this coin a border of struts running around the design, with ONE POUND below the bridge. Her initials, EE, appear on this side too. The year is on the obverse, alongside the Rank-Broadley portrait, as it is on every round pound. The edge follows the pattern of the other three bridges: a pressed decorative design representing bridges and pathways, with no lettering and no mint mark. The following year the standard round pound changed to Matthew Dent's Royal Shield, which brought a lettered edge back.
In the bridge set it came after the Egyptian Arch Bridge £1 of 2006.
Millennium Bridge £1 specifications
- Denomination
- £1
- Year
- 2007
- Type
- Definitive
- Issue
- Issued for circulation
- Series
- Bridges (2004 to 2007)
- Occasion
- England's design in the round £1 bridges series, one bridge for each nation of the United Kingdom
- Designer
- Edwina Ellis
- Composition
- Nickel-brass
- Weight
- 9.5 g
- Diameter
- 22.5 mm
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Milled, with an incuse decorative pattern symbolising bridges and pathways; no edge inscription and no mint mark
- Obverse
- Elizabeth II, fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley
Millennium Bridge £1 questions
Is the 2007 Millennium Bridge £1 rare?
It is the scarcest of the four bridges coins by circulation mintage, but it was still struck in large numbers and is not one of the rare round pounds.
Which Millennium Bridge is on the £1 coin?
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge, the tilting crossing for pedestrians and cyclists over the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle. It represented England in the bridges series.
What does EE mean on the Millennium Bridge £1?
EE are the initials of Edwina Ellis, who designed this reverse along with the Forth, Menai and Egyptian Arch coins that came before it.