What is the rarest special 50p?
What is the rarest special 50p?
The Royal Mint has revealed the most valuable 50p coin, ahead of the 1971 decimalisation’s golden anniversary. The rarest is the Kew’s Garden 50p, which was designed to mark the 250th anniversary of the gardens in 2009. Only 210,000 coins were ever minted with this design.
Is the Olympic swimming 50p rare?
The aquatics 50p design was modified to make the swimmer more visible. According to the website UK Coins, only 600 of these Olympic 50p swimmer coins were ever issued before the design was changed. But Philip Mussell, of Coin News magazine, believes there are likely to have been a few thousand minted.
Is the Johnsons dictionary 50p rare?
The 50p coin was listed as “extremely rare” but some experts reckon it might not be as uncommon as the seller makes out. Changechecker ranks the coin as “common” on its scarcity index, while Coin Hunter estimates that it is only normally worth around £1.
What is the rarest 2012 Olympic 50p coin?
Football The football coins are the rarest of all the Olympics 2012 coins with just 1,125,500 in circulation. The coin’s design shows a football pitch with a diagram explaining the “offside” rule.
What’s the rarest UK coin?
Most valuable and rare UK coins wanted by collectors
- 1973 EEC 50 Pence Coin – valued at £3,000.
- 2012 London Olympics Aquatics Fifty Pence – valued at £1,500.
- 1983 Two Pence “New Pence” Coin – valued at £500.
- 2015 Silver Two Pence Coin – valued at £485.
- 2009 Kew Gardens Fifty Pence Coin – valued at £170.
Are 5p still legal tender?
In England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, all coins minted by the Royal Mint and authorised by Royal Proclamation are legal tender. The following coins are legal tender in the UK: All regular circulation coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 pieces; Gold coins: sovereigns and half sovereigns.
Which is the rarest Olympic 50p in the world?
You probably recognise the coin, but what you may not know is that a rare version of this coin exists. When the competition winner was revealed, a special edition Blue Peter presentation pack was issued with a 2009 dated coin, making it the only Olympic 50p without a 2011 date.
Which is the rarest 50p coin in the world?
The rarest of the coins is the football 50p coin which has a mintage of only 1,125,500 with the wrestling 50p coin coming a close second with 1,129,500 in mintage.
Is the swimmers face on a 50p coin?
A reminder of the rare swimmer coin vs the common one, left is the rare one where the swimmers face is covered in flowing water Right is the common one where the swimmer’s face is clearly visible. See our 50p coin values page for a list of all 50p coins (with images), their mintage and approximate value.
Are there any Olympic 50p coins in circulation?
This is Money therefore thought it would take a closer look at the absolute scarcest Olympic themed 50p coins ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Although there are close to 2.18million Aquatics 50p coins in circulation, placing the coin towards the bottom of Change Checker’s scarcity index, there was an early adaptation which is incredibly rare.
