Coin Rarity / Mintage

The Kew Gardens 50p can be found in your change: 210,000 coins dated 2009 were struck to enter circulation.

This fifty pence was available to purchase in Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) quality from release date: 07 December 2008. Total BU Mintage figures include 11,281 coins in Kew Gardens Royal Mint packs and 117,083 sold as coins in tubes (loose BU) to official distributors.

Coin Value - How much is my Kew Gardens 50p coin worth?

The circulation (CIRC) 50p is worth £140. The Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) Kew Gardens 50p was available from £6.99 on issue, in as new condition this BU 50p coin is worth about £225.

There are many 50p coin designs that can be found in your change - find out which 50p coins are the most valuable?

A design showing the pagoda, a building strongly associated with Kew, encircled by a vine and accompanied by the dates "1759" and "2009", with the word "KEW" at the base of the pagoda.

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS with the inscription "ELIZABETH II D • G • REG • F • D • FIFTY PENCE •".

Coin condition and quality

The value of a coin is always related to the condition. A Kew Gardens 50p coin in good circulated condition (A few small contact marks on the coin, but retains some original shine and most of the original design detail.) is more desirable to a collector than a worn down battered coin.

Prices shown on this page relate to coins created for circulation (CIRC) and coins available to buy in Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) quality. These are coins produced to a higher standard that show more detail and have none of the marks and scratches that will be seen on all circulation quality coins.

Some coins made for circulation remain "Uncirculated" as they have been kept in or taken from the original sealed coin bag they were packed in after being sent out from The Royal Mint. These are still circulation quality coins - but may keep more of the orginal shine and have a few less contact marks.

Coins not in sealed bags or held in a collection out of the 210,000 Kew Gardens 50p coins struck will have now been in circulation for 15 years.