This 1998 Annual Proof Coin Set brings together the eight definitive UK coins of the year and two commemorative issue coins. The obverse of each coin features the fourth definitive coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. These coins are struck in base metal to Proof standard. This set includes a commemorative £5 coin marking the 50th Birthday of Prince Charles (now King Charles III), and a commemorative 50p coin celebrating the United Kingdom's Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Completion of the European Single Market.