The Crown of Roses is a Roblox Limited hat that Roblox itself put up for sale on October 29, 2009, for 2,947 Robux. Only 45 copies exist today, live RAP sits above 2.1 million, and it hasn't been available to buy new in over sixteen years. If you go looking for it, make sure you land on item 17449820 specifically. A completely different, non-Limited hat shares the exact same name and has been sitting on sale since 2017 for 200 Robux, and mixing the two up is an easy way to end up with the wrong item.
What Is the Crown of Roses?
The Crown of Roses is a ring of pink and purple roses set clockwise around the head, released by the official Roblox account as a catalog item rather than a contest or event prize. Roblox's own asset records list it as created on October 29, 2009, originally priced at 2,947 Robux, and flagged as a "Limited Unique" item, the older classification Roblox used before today's simpler Classic Limited terminology. Functionally it behaves exactly like any other Classic Limited on the platform today: it can be traded, resold, and tracked like the rest of the pre-UGC catalog.
It's a small, easy-to-miss piece next to Roblox's more famous 2009 releases. There was no marketing push, no contest, no tie-in event. It was simply added to the catalog, sold out, and quietly became one of the scarcer items from that year.
The Item's Own Description Hints at Its Rarity
Roblox's catalog listing carries an unusually specific piece of flavor text:
"The Crown of Roses is the traditional adornment of the High Priestess of the 47 Druid Orders who make their home in the far Western Wilds of Robloxia. Special care is taken to use only roses with the sharpest thorns; this is a crown no one wears lightly."
That "47" isn't a random flourish. It lines up with the figure most commonly cited for the item's original release count, and it's a neat bit of writing for a piece that was always going to be scarce by design. Whether the description was written to match a planned stock number, or the number was chosen to match the joke, isn't something we can verify at this distance. Either way it's a rare case of a 2009 Roblox item description doubling as a hint about its own supply.
How Rare Is It Today?
Live data from our items database puts current supply at 45 copies, two fewer than the 47 most commonly cited as the original release count. That kind of slow shrinkage is normal for a sixteen-year-old Limited: accounts get banned, get abandoned, or simply vanish, and any items locked inside them are gone from circulation for good.
| Item | Released | Original Price | Live RAP | Copies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crown of Roses | Oct 29, 2009 | 2,947 R$ | 2,119,359 | 45 |
Forty-five copies is thin enough to land it on our Limiteds under 100 copies collection, and a RAP north of two million puts it comfortably inside Most Expensive Limiteds territory. It also sits alongside the platform's broader crown category, a family that spans everything from mass-produced classics to genuine sub-100-copy grails like this one.
Don't Confuse It With the 2017 Crown of Roses
A buyer can get burned here by a naming coincidence rather than a scam. In September 2017, Roblox published a second, entirely unrelated hat also called Crown of Roses (without the "The"). It's a regular catalog item, not a Limited, still on sale today for 200 Robux, and carries a different description entirely, a short lyric fragment rather than the Druid-Orders flavor text above. It has no resale market, no RAP, and no scarcity story attached to it.
The two items look similar enough in a quick catalog search that it's worth double-checking the asset ID and the exact title, "The Crown of Roses" versus "Crown of Roses," before you assume you've found the valuable one. This is the same instinct worth applying to any high-value Limited purchase: verify what you're actually buying before you commit Robux to it. Our guide on avoiding Roblox trading scams covers the broader set of habits worth building here, even outside cases involving deliberate fraud.
Why Does a 2009 Hat Trade for Millions?
RAP is an exponentially smoothed average of an item's actual sale history, not a live quote, and that matters a lot for an item that barely trades. With only 45 copies in existence and most of those held by long-term collectors, sales are rare enough that the number moves slowly and can lag behind what a buyer would genuinely need to offer today.
The market for it right now is effectively frozen. The single listed resale price on the item sits at a figure so far above any realistic trade that it functions as a not-for-sale sign rather than an actual asking price, a pattern that shows up on other thin 2009-era grails too: an owner keeps a listing up mostly to signal they aren't interested in selling, not because they expect anyone to pay it. That's a useful thing to recognize before treating any single listed price as gospel on an item this scarce.
Where It Fits Among Roblox's 2009 Grails
2009 and 2010 were a strong stretch for scarce Roblox catalog releases, and the Crown of Roses has good company. The Golden Crown family includes the Wanwood Crown, a ten-copy contest prize from that same 2009 window, and the Bandit face series produced the Red Bandana of SQL Injection the following February at 43 copies. None of these items share a mesh or a creator story with the Crown of Roses, but they all point to the same pattern: Roblox's catalog in 2009 and 2010 was small enough that even an unremarkable-looking release could end up capped at a few dozen copies almost by accident, long before anyone involved could have known what that would be worth two decades later.
Collector's Outlook
The Crown of Roses isn't a liquid item, and anyone considering it should plan around that rather than around its RAP figure. With 45 copies split among long-term holders, finding a genuine seller can take a while, and a purchase here is closer to acquiring a piece of Roblox history than making a short-term trade. This isn't financial advice, and a market this thin can move sharply on a single real sale in either direction.
Traders tracking positions like this one alongside the rest of their portfolio can watch for underpriced listings on the deal feed and manage active asks through the Reseller Terminal.
FAQ
What is the Crown of Roses on Roblox?
It's a Classic Limited hat released by Roblox on October 29, 2009, for 2,947 Robux: a ring of roses worn around the head, with flavor text describing it as a Druid ceremonial crown. It's item ID 17449820.
How many copies of the Crown of Roses exist?
45 copies are in circulation today, according to live RBX Invest data. Most sources put the original release count at 47, meaning a small number of copies have been lost to banned or abandoned accounts over the years.
Is the Crown of Roses the same as the 2017 Crown of Roses?
No. The 2009 item (item 17449820) is "The Crown of Roses," a scarce Limited with real resale value. The 2017 item, titled simply "Crown of Roses," is an unrelated, always-available, non-Limited hat that currently sells for 200 Robux and has no resale market.
Can I still buy the Crown of Roses new from Roblox?
No, not the 2009 Limited. It hasn't been available for direct purchase since it sold out shortly after release; the only way to acquire it today is through a resale trade with an existing owner.
Why is the Crown of Roses' RAP so much higher than its original price?
RAP reflects sixteen years of accumulated resale activity on a genuinely scarce item, not its original catalog price. With only 45 copies and infrequent trades, its RAP has climbed far beyond the 2,947 Robux it originally cost, though the same thin trading volume means that figure can lag what a real buyer would need to pay today.