- Rare 50p Coins Rare 50p Coins are the most collected coins from general circulation in the UK by British coin collectors. Some fifty pence coins have a low mintage figure making them rare coins that are hard to find in your pocket change.
- 50p Coin Design. Since its issue, 50p coins have commonly been used to commemorate important events. From as early as 1969, The Royal Mint have regularly issued unique reverse designs on the 50p for events such as the 50 th anniversary of the D-Day landings, 50 th anniversary of the NHS and the 2012 London Olympic Games. A full list of Royal Mint commemorative fifty-pence coins.
- This website is created and dedicated for rare collectable 50p coins information, date and value for collectors and mintage value, origins, dates and estimated worth of these beautiful 50p coins.
- The 2009 Kew Gardens design is very rare, around 1 in 15007 50 pence coins have this design. 210,000 coins dated 2009 entered circulation. Face Value 50 pence Collector Value Range £51.76 to £62.28. Comparative Rarity Score: 6.
The rare coins website Change Checker has a recently updated eBay tracker, which claims that some 50p coins can fetch significant sums in the secondary sale market.
Over the years, The Royal Mint have released several limited edition coins that collectors have gone mad over – so mad in fact, that they’re willing to pay hundreds of pounds towards them to complete their collection.
And the best part is, is that you’ve probably got one sitting in your change that you didn’t even notice – and unless you’re inspired to start your own collection, you could flog it on eBay for an amazing profit!
It’s true – a coin created by Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan was released to celebrate 50 years of girl guiding, and it’s selling on eBay for £800!
One seller, rdk302007, has the coin listed for £800.
They wrote: “One of few rare celebratory 50 pence pieces celebrating one hundred years of girlguiding.
“A real collectors coin, which is gaining more and more popularity amongst collectors. As shown, girlguiding crest on the front. Free postage.”
Another seller, gretania26, has the coin listed for £250, with £5 post and packaging.
Here’s a compilation of the most valuable 50p coins in circulation at the moment – the ones that you could be handed in the shops buying your groceries without even realising.
1. WWF
The WWF design was released in 2011, complete with 50 different animals alongside the trademark panda logo.
Coin Checker told Metro “The design by Matthew Dent features 50 individual icons which represent the various facets of the WWF with the famous Panda at the heart of it.”
If it’s in pristine condition, the coin can sell for over £200.
Rare 50p Coins Diversity Built Britain
“One coin which has seemed to unite favourable public opinion is the WWF 50p issued in 2011.”
2. Jemima Puddle-Duck
This coin was released in 2016, marking the 150th birth anniversary of children’s author Beatrix Potter.
This is the sixth most rare coin in the UK, with only 2.1 million in circulation.
While eBay lists the coin as worth only £8.95, experts say it could be worth up to £100.
3. Kew Gardens
Only 210,000 of these were released to commemorate the 250th anniversary of London’s Kew Gardens, and it’s believed that 300 are being kept in private vaults.
It’s considered to be the rarest 50p coin, worth £50 – however it’s selling on eBay for up to £200!
4. 2012 London Olympics
29 different Olympic designs were released, but the original swimmer coin with the water passing over their face is worth up to £1,450 on eBay after only 600 were released.
If you have a full set of the Olympic coins you could bag yourself around £35. If you have a football, wheelchair rugby, wrestling and tennis coin then you could still get £3-£4.
5. ‘Offside Rule’
This other London 2012 Olympics coin is worth £10.
Rare 50p Coins In Circulation
6. EC Commemorative
This 50p coin was released back in 1992 to celebrate the British presidency of the council of Europe.
109,000 were issued, and the coin is no longer in circulation because of the reduction in size of 50p’s in 1997.
If you happen to find one at the bottom of that money jar you’ve had for years, you could get yourself £20 – probably the same as the contents of the jar in the first place!