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The Kew Gardens 50p coin has long been a favourite of collectors (Photo: PA) Olympic and Beatrix Potter 50p coins among the rarest. The rarest of the sports honoured in this collection are. In 2016, The Royal Mint released a collection of special 50p coins to mark 150 years since the birth of Beatrix Potter. The limited edition coins showed characters from the author’s iconic children’s story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, with Peter Rabbit the most popular (and most valuable) coins in the series. 50p Coins in Circulation. The 50p coin was introduced in 1969 to replace the Bank of England 10 Shilling note. It was one of only three decimal coins to have been made and circulated before decimalisation took place fully in 1971.

London 2012 Olympic 50p coin collection

There are 29 Olympic 50p designs. They were produced in 2011 to mark the London 2012 Olympics. As 29 new 50 pence coins entered circulation in a single year, the mintage figures for each coin were quite low in comparison to most other non-Olympic 50p's.

1. That figure still holds true today, and compared to the 9.6 million Peter Rabbit coins made for the collection, that makes them much harder to get hold of. 2013 Suffragettes 50p (Image: Royal Mint).
2. The series with the most popularity is the 2011 Olympic 50p coin collection. Representing 29 Olympic and Paralympic sports, the coins’ designs were drawn from 30,000 entries in a public competition in early 2009.

The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Football design is very rare, around 1 in 1883 50 pence coins have this design. 1,125,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Wrestling design is very rare, around 1 in 1876 50 pence coins have this design. 1,129,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Judo design is very rare, around 1 in 1824 50 pence coins have this design. 1,161,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Triathlon design is very rare, around 1 in 1821 50 pence coins have this design. 1,163,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Tennis design is rare, around 1 in 1457 50 pence coins have this design. 1,454,000 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Goalball design is rare, around 1 in 1312 50 pence coins have this design. 1,615,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Shooting design is rare, around 1 in 1279 50 pence coins have this design. 1,656,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Taekwondo design is rare, around 1 in 1273 50 pence coins have this design. 1,664,000 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
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2011 London 2012 Olympic Handball design is rare, around 1 in 1264 50 pence coins have this design. 1,676,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Modern Pentathlon design is rare, around 1 in 1254 50 pence coins have this design. 1,689,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Rowing design is rare, around 1 in 1234 50 pence coins have this design. 1,717,300 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Gymnastics design is rare, around 1 in 1231 50 pence coins have this design. 1,720,813 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Table Tennis design is rare, around 1 in 1220 50 pence coins have this design. 1,737,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Basketball design is rare, around 1 in 1212 50 pence coins have this design. 1,748,000 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Sailing design is rare, around 1 in 1211 50 pence coins have this design. 1,749,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Wheelchair Rugby design is rare, around 1 in 1200 50 pence coins have this design. 1,765,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Hockey design is rare, around 1 in 1195 50 pence coins have this design. 1,773,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Weightlifting design is rare, around 1 in 1127 50 pence coins have this design. 1,879,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Cycling design is rare, around 1 in 1014 50 pence coins have this design. 2,090,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Fencing design is rare, around 1 in 1002 50 pence coins have this design. 2,115,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Volleyball design is very uncommon, around 1 in 993 50 pence coins have this design. 2,133,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Badminton design is very uncommon, around 1 in 993 50 pence coins have this design. 2,133,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Equestrian design is very uncommon, around 1 in 989 50 pence coins have this design. 2,142,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Boxing design is very uncommon, around 1 in 986 50 pence coins have this design. 2,148,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Boccia design is very uncommon, around 1 in 978 50 pence coins have this design. 2,166,000 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Canoeing design is very uncommon, around 1 in 978 50 pence coins have this design. 2,166,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Aquatics design is very uncommon, around 1 in 972 50 pence coins have this design. 2,179,000 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.
The London 2012 Olympic Athletics design is very uncommon, around 1 in 953 50 pence coins have this design. 2,224,000 coins dated 2009, 2011 entered circulation.
The 2011 London 2012 Olympic Archery design is very uncommon, around 1 in 633 50 pence coins have this design. 3,345,500 coins dated 2011 entered circulation.

Comparative Rarity Score is a measure of coins availability in comparison to other 50p coin designs. High scores in themselves do not mean there is a small number of a coin in existence, just that the coins do not come up in general circulation very often.

The number of coins that enter circulation is shown where available. In order to generate rarity scores / listing positions, we make some assumptions in relation to coins in existance, but no longer in general circulation. This is based on the number of years the coin has been in circulation and on a sample of 5000 50p coins.

The term rare as used on this webpage refers to a coins availibility in active circulation (coins not held in a private collection), not in terms of the number of coins that exist.

Paddington Bear was created by British author Michael Bond with the first book published in 1958. Fifty years later, in 2018, The Royal Mint celebrated the first six decades of the loveable character with two 50p coins, and two more 50p coins followed in 2019:

• 2018 - Paddington at Buckingham Palace 50p
• 2018 - Paddington at the Station 50p
• 2019 - Paddington at the Tower of London
• 2019 - Paddington at St Paul's

The first two Paddington 50p coins were issued on 18 June 2018 and The Royal Mint has now revealed the number of coins issued into general circulation during that year.

The Paddington at Buckingham Palace 50p was issued in the following formats:

• Circulation coins (mintage of 5,001,000)
• Brilliant Uncirculated
• Silver Proof (limited to 60,000)

The Paddington at the Station 50p was issued in the following formats:

• Circulation coins (mintage of 5,901,000)
• Brilliant Uncirculated
• Silver Proof (limited to 60,000)

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So how rare are the 2018 Paddington Bear 50p coins?

The circulation coins are not very rare due to the mintage figure of over 5 million. In comparison, only 210,000 copies of the highly collectable 2009 Kew Gardens 50p coins were minted.

In short, the Paddington Bear 50p coins you find in your change are worth about… 50p. But why not put them aside and add them to your 50p collection?

The Brilliant Uncirculated coins are being sold by The Royal Mint for £10, and the Silver Proof has a retail price of £60.

2019 Paddington Bear 50p coins

In 2019, two further Paddington Bear 50p coins were issued, this time showing him outside the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral, respectively. Once again, the coins are available in similar formats:

The Paddington at the Tower 50p was issued in the following formats:

• Circulation coins (mintage not yet known)
• Brilliant Uncirculated (£10 from The Royal Mint)
• Silver Proof (limited to 25,000, retails for £65)

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The Paddington at St Paul's 50p was issued in the following formats:

• Circulation coins (mintage not yet known)
• Brilliant Uncirculated (£12.99 from ChangeChecker)
• Silver Proof (limited to 60,000, £65)
• Gold Proof (limited to 600 copies, and selling for £945)

These coins are no longer available at The Royal Mint but Change Checker stock a range of Paddington 50p products in Brilliant Uncirculated quality which you can secure for your collection here >>

So why were some Paddington coins sold for thousands on eBay?

Back in 2018, a small number of the Paddington Bear 50p coins were issued early, giving collectors the chance to get their hands on the pieces before they were officially released.

Some of these first coins were put up for sale on eBay attracting interest from the national newspapers, who often report on sales of 50p coins.

One coin even had a price of £16,000… but don't believe the hype! The coin will not have sold for this much, and as soon as the coins were released these early coins lost any additional value they may have had.

It's often the case that newspapers report on modern coins selling for hundreds or thousands on eBay, but there's usually an explanation that means it's more a case of sellers 'trying their luck' rather than any bonafide rarity. As ever, buyer beware, know the facts before you spend your money.

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