50p Coin Questions and Answers
The 18 most commonly asked 50p or fifty pence coin questions in Google UK search. Questions words and phrases: What, How, Which, When, Where and Why.
What 50p coins are worth money?
The Coin Hunter Valuable 50p Coins page shows every commemorative 50p currently in circulation in highest collector value first order. If you're looking for 50p coins worth the most money (shows images and current values for every 50p) - this is the page for you.
What 50p coins are rare?
The 10 rarest 50p coins that can be found in your change (currently in circulation) are:
Flopsy Bunny
2018
Mintage: 1,400,000
Peter Rabbit
2018
Mintage: 1,400,000
What 50ps are in circulation?
The Coin Hunter UK 50p Coins page shows every 50p released in date order since 1997 - including all circulation 50ps and the 50p coins "not issued for circulation".
What are 50ps made of?
Cupro-Nickel (a mixture of copper and nickel) - 50p coins are about 75% copper and 25% nickel,
What fifty pence pieces are collectible?
All 50p coin designs are collectible - but the rarer (lower mintage) commemorative coins from circulation, such as Kew Gardens and the Olympic sports 50ps are most desirable to collectors.
Where to buy 50p coins?
eBay is the most popular place to buy 50p coins - every fifty pence piece available can be found in the 50p category on eBay.
Facebook (coin groups) is another place where 50p coins are offered for sale, prices can be less than eBay as there are no selling fees for items sold on Facebook.
Royal Mint packaged 50p coins as well as coins from circulation are available to buy from the Coin Hunter 50p Coins for Sale shop page.
Where are 50p coins made?
In Wales at The Royal Mint - Llantrisant, Pontyclun, CF72 8YT. You can even Strike Your Own 50p coin at The Royal Mint Experience.
Where to sell 50p coins?
Many people sell their 50p coins on eBay, but as an eBay seller, you will need to pay final value fees on each sale and an additional fee to PayPal (if this is the payment method used).
It is worth considering Facebook coin groups if you have a collection of 50p coins to sell, as you can sell without fees on Facebook.
How much is a Kew Gardens 50p worth?
How much is a Football 50p worth?
How much is a Triathlon 50p worth?
How much is a Judo 50p worth?
How much is a Jemima Puddle-Duck 50p worth?
Jemima Puddle-Duck
2016
Mintage: 2,100,000
How much is a Wrestling 50p worth?
How much is a Peter Rabbit 50p worth?
Peter Rabbit
2018
Mintage: 1,400,000
How much is a Flopsy Bunny 50p worth?
Flopsy Bunny
2018
Mintage: 1,400,000
How much is a Mrs Tittlemouse 50p worth?
Mrs Tittlemouse
2018
Mintage: 1,700,000
How much is a Tennis 50p worth?
How to buy Peter Rabbit 50p coin?
This coin is available to buy from the Coin Hunter online shop.
How to buy Flopsy Bunny 50p coin?
This coin is available to buy from the Coin Hunter online shop.
How to value 50p coins?
A good way to get a value for a 50p coin is to check sold prices on eBay. Search for a 50p coin such as Triathlon 50p and filter to show only sold items like in this Triathlon 50p eBay search.
Why are 50p coins rare?
Some of the commemerative 50p coin designs are rarer (or harder to find in circulation) because fewer of a specific coin were minted compared to other more common 50p designs.
The definitive 50ps - Britannia and Shield are the most common designs - as they are minted in multiple years, there are hundreds of millions of these 2 designs in circulation today.
To see which are the "rare" 50p coins, take the look at the 50p mintage figures (the number of coins that entered circulation). The Olympic sports Football (offside) 50p has a mintage figure of 1,125,500 - so on coin release it would be hard to find this coin amongst the hundreds of millions of other 50ps.
As people find a Football; OFFSIDE | NOT OFFSIDE 50p - it goes into their collection and is no longer available to find in change - this is why desirable / rare coins become rarer in circulation as the years pass.
Why is Kew Gardens 50p valuable?
50p coin values depend on scarcity and desirability. See mintage figure and coin design below.
Why is Football 50p valuable?
50p coin values depend on scarcity and desirability. See mintage figure and coin design below.
Why is Triathlon 50p valuable?
50p coin values depend on scarcity and desirability. See mintage figure and coin design below.
Why is Judo 50p valuable?
50p coin values depend on scarcity and desirability. See mintage figure and coin design below.
Why is Jemima Puddle-Duck 50p valuable?
50p coin values depend on scarcity and desirability. See mintage figure and coin design below.
Jemima Puddle-Duck
2016
Mintage: 2,100,000
Which 50p coins are worth money?
The circulation 50p coins that are worth more than twenty times face value (£10) are:
Which 50p is the rarest?
The rarest circulation 50p coin was issued in 1994 and dated 1992 / 1993.
The UK Council of Ministers Presidency and completion of the Single European Market 50p is often refered to as the 1992/93 EEC 50p or 1992/93 EU 50p.
109,000 coins entered circulation, but in 1997 this coin and the other larger (30mm) size coins were withdrawn from circulation to be replaced by smaller (27.3mm) 50p coins.
The rarest fifty pence piece currently in circulation is the 2009 Kew Gardens 50p with 210,000 coins struck for circulation.
Which Peter Rabbit 50p is valuable?
The most valuable of the 3 Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit 50p coins currently in circulation is the coin struck in 2018 showing Peter eating radishes.
Click this 2018 Peter Rabbit 50p coin link to find out more including the current collector value of the coin.
2016 Peter Rabbit (Circulation) and 2017 Peter Rabbit (Circulation)
There are also 2 more Peter Rabbit 50ps (2019, 2020) which were not issued for circulation and only available to buy as Brilliant Uncirculated coins.
When did 50p come into circulation?
On the 14th of October 1969.
The coin replaced the 10 shilling note and on 15th of February 1971 when UK coinage went decimal - the (10 shilling) New Pence 50 coin was worth fifty pence (50p).
When did 50p change size?
On the 1st of September 1997.
The larger (30mm) size coins were withdrawn from circulation to be replaced by smaller (27.3mm) 50p coins.
