Beatrix Potter 50p
View the whole range of Beatirx Potter 50p coins from The Royal Mint, featuring Peter Rabbit, Miss Tiggy-Winkle, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin. Secure them in Certified Brilliant Uncirculated quality, the collector's favourite and superior to those you find in your change. Beatrix Potter 50p 2016 In 2016, the Royal Mint released the first collection of Beatrix Potter 50p coins to celebrate what would have been Beatrix’s 150th birthday. The first coin to be released in the series was in commemoration of the author and illustrator herself. Check out our beatrix potter 50p selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our coins & money shops. 2016 Silver Proof Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit 50p Coin Rare Box Regular price £799.95. Shop Now 2020 Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Winnie The Pooh 50p Coin Albums. Beatrix Potter 50p coins The first release of Beatrix Potter fifty pence coins in 2016 started a new craze of fifty pence coin collectors. One of the rarest fifty pence coins to find in the Beatrix Potter list is Jemima Puddle-Duck. With just over two million coins minted.
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© Provided by The i The Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny designs were named among the rarest 50p coins by the Royal Mint (Photo: PA)While many versions of the 50p coin have been issued, few designs raise a smile like those released to commemorate the beloved children’s author Beatrix Potter.
Various characters have been honoured over the years, with some of the coins issued in smaller mintages, which makes them more valued by collectors.
The Royal Mint has revealed the rarest 50p coins in circulation ahead of the 50th anniversary of decimalisation, which included two of the Beatrix Potter designs.
Here are the coins to look out for in your own loose change, and how they compare to some of the rarest coins in circulation.
© Provided by The i Two Beatrix Potter designs were named among the rarest 50p coins by the Royal Mint (Photo: PA)How rare are the Beatrix Potter 50p coins?
Two of the Beatrix Potter collection make the Royal Mint’s top 10 rankings – one adorned with the image of Peter Rabbit, the other with Flopsy Bunny.
Both were released into circulation in 2018, and have a mintage of 1,400,000, putting them in joint sixth position.
While there has only been one Flopsy Bunny 50p coin issued, the Peter Rabbit design is one of three, with the others – released in 2016 and 2017 – far more common.
There are other relatively rare Beatrix Potter coins, such as the 2018 Mrs Tittlemouse coin with a circulation of 1,700,000, and the Jemima Puddle Duck design from 2016 at 2,100,000.
Others with a comparatively low mintage include the 2018 Tailor of Gloucester (3,900,000), and the 2016 Squirrel Nutkin (5,000,000), while the most common design is the 2017 Benjamin Button coin, with 25,000,000 released into circulation.
The 2009 Kew Gardens 50p remains by far the rarest coin in circulation, with a mintage of just 210,000, while the most common, the 1997 Britannia 50p, has a circulation of 456,364,100 times. Here is the Royal Mint’s full top 10:
1. 2009 Kew Gardens, 210,000
2. 2011 Olympic Wrestling, 1,129,500
=3. 2011 Olympic Football, 1,161,500
=3. 2011 Olympic Judo, 1,161,500
5. 2011 Olympic Triathlon, 1,163,500
=6. 2018 Peter Rabbit, 1,400,000
=6. 2018 Flopsy Bunny, 1,400,000
8. 2011 Olympic Tennis, 1,454,000
9. 2011 Olympic Goalball, 1,615,500
10. 2011 Olympic Shooting, 1,656,500
Are the Beatrix Potter 50p coins valuable?
The rare coins website Change Checker has an eBay tracker, which details how some 50p coins can fetch significant sums in the secondary sale market.
According to this, the most valuable of the Beatrix Potter coins is the Jemima Puddle-Duck design, which fetched an average of £12.00 over the nine most recent completed eBay sales up to mid-January.
This is significantly behind the Kew Gardens 50p coin, which reportedly attracted an average price of £156.00.
There are are no shortage of sellers on eBay purporting to sell a range of rare 50p coins, which tend to offer the 2018 Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny designs for between £9 and £15.
It should be pointed out, as Change Checker states, the market in supposedly valuable coins “can be a bit of a minefield,” and it’s important to do your research before being taken in by viral stories of coins fetching huge sums.
Last year, for example, various reports claimed a Battle of Hastings 50p sold for £63,000 on eBay, supposedly because it was “very rare”.
This coin was launched in 2016 to commemorate the famous battle’s 950th anniversary, with as many as 6.7 million entering circulation.
Speaking to The Mirror, Alexandra Fiddons from Change Checker wasn’t able to explain exactly why the coin would sell for such a purportedly high fee, but said that sometimes “random coins” do reach surprising prices.
While some coins can fetch sums comfortably above their 50p value, often it is “error coins” – versions which found their way into circulation after being minted with mistakes – which are particularly valued by collectors.
The BRAND NEW and last-ever Peter Rabbit 50phas now been officially released!
It would behard to find someone who hadn’t heard of this naughty little rabbit. The central character of Beatrix Potter’sbeloved children’s stories, Peter Rabbit has featured on many staplecollectables.
EmmaNoble’s design of this coin, which features an original illustration of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter herself,perfectly captures Peter Rabbit’s cheeky personality, as he can be seen crawling under Mr. McGregor’s fence!
This coin won’t be entering circulation but is available to purchase in Brilliant Uncirculated quality for just £4.50 (+p&p) here.
Where it all started
It was in2016 that Peter Rabbit escaped from Mr. McGregor’s garden and made his firstdebut on United Kingdom coinage.
Issued to celebrate 150 years since the birth of renowned Children’s author, Beatrix Potter, this 50p changed coin collecting forever.
There were five Beatrix Potter 50ps issued in 2016, including the incredibly popular Jemima Puddle-Duck, which, for a long time, was considered the rarest Beatrix Potter coin in circulation. She was also joined by fellow characters Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Squirrel Nutkin.
A very special 50p was issued the same year, celebrating Beatrix Potter herself and features her silhouette and her emblem.
This series of coins continued into 2017, 2018 and 2019. Fifteen Beatrix Potter coins have now been issued since 2016, each featuring one of Potter’s delightful characters, from Flopsy Bunny to Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
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Peter Rabbit is the only characterto feature more than once in the Beatrix Potter 50p series, with no less than 5 coins issued to celebrated the nation’s favourite little rabbit.
Sadly, PeterRabbit’s 50p tale has now come to an end. It has been confirmed that the 202050p will be the very last UK Peter Rabbit 50p to be issued!
Which Beatrix Potter coins are therarest?
To celebrate the release of this brand-new Peter Rabbit 50p, we’vetaken a look back at the mintage figures for the different Beatrix Potter 50psto find out which ones are the rarest in circulation…
Following the release of the 2018 mintage figures, we’ve seen the 2018Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny 50ps take joint top spot on the BeatrixPotter Mintage Chart. With mintages of just 1,400,000, these coinsare the rarest Beatrix Potter coins in circulation and have already proved incrediblypopular with collectors!
We also saw the 2018 Mrs. Tittlemouse claim its spot on thepodium, pushing Jemima Puddle-Duck – previously thought of as the rarestBeatrix Potter 50p in circulation – further down the chart, with a circulatingmintage of 1,700,000.
So collectors that have held onto their 2018 Beatrix Potter 50pswill be delighted to see this! If you don’t have these coins in your collectionyet, now’s the time to keep your eyes out to hunt down these sought-after 50ps.
4 years on from his initial release, it’s safe to say that Peter Rabbit inspired a whole new generation of collectors to start checking their change.
I have no doubt that the 2020 Peter Rabbit 50p will prove as popular as the previous years, and I’m sure collectors and Peter Rabbit fans alike will be chasing this rascally rabbit right into their collections.
Secure this brand new 2020 UK Peter Rabbit 50p in Brilliant Uncirculated Quality
This is your chance to be ahead of the crowd and secure the very last Peter Rabbit 50p in superior Brilliant Uncirculated condition for just £4.50 (+p&p).