She’s best known for her ‘Little Tales’ but was also a well respected mycologist, renown for her watercolours of fungi. Originally written as illustrated story letters for the children of her friend, and former governess, Beatrix Potter’s stories were made all the more special by her watercolour illustrations and the immersive world she created. This cheeky character and his sisters, Moppet and Mittens, got into all sorts of trouble in Beatrix Potter’s tale, as they tried to stay clean and tidy to impress their mother’s guests. These celebrate four more of the author’s ‘Little Tales’ characters, including this coloured, silver proof coin which features the surprised face of Tom Kitten with the legend ‘TOM KITTEN’. After their popularity, another set of four Fifty Pence pieces were released by The Royal Mint in 2017. In celebration of the author’s life and work, designer Emma Noble illustrated four Fifty Pence coins with some of Potter’s beloved characters. Only 3.5million were issued into circulation and one recently sold on eBay for £1.81.įor example, we have previously reported how a Kew Gardens 50p coin sold for £160 on the auction site but the tool reckons you should actually only expect to get about £12.24 for it.2016 marked the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter.

There are 3.4million coins in circulation and they are hugely popular amongst collectors. We found one that was recently sold for £4.50.īritannia was replaced by the new Royal Shield in 2008 as the standard 50p design, and none have been issued since, making the ones minted in that year valuable to collectors. There are currently 3.1million of the coins in circulation. Recently, one coin that had been in circulation fetched £7.50 on eBay - that's 15 times its face value. There are only 2.1million of these coins in circulation and one of the coins recently sold for 27 times its value at £13.50 on eBay.

This rare commemorative coin was created in 2009 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of London’s Kew Gardens. Only 210,000 of these coins were issued and a quick check online shows up that a circulated coin with this design sold for £160 on eBay after it got 25 bids.Īt first, just 375 of the Sir Isaac Newton coins were released into the tills at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, the birthplace and home of the famous scientist, but more of the coins were slowly released into circulation - adding up to a total of 1.8million. The majority of these coins are still boxed in protective packaging and they're selling for around £76.99 online. HAVE a rummage through the change in your pocket for rare 50p coins because they could be worth a small fortune.

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