What is the value of Kew Gardens 50p?

How much is the Kew Gardens 50p worth? The scarcity of the coin means it is pretty valuable if you find one. Many crop up on eBay and are bought and sold by keen collectors at auction. We’ve seen the coin sell for as much as £707 before, though another sold for £281 in October and one sold for £158 early in November.

Will Rare 50p go up in value?

In general, the rarer the coin, the more valuable it is. And if it’s scarce – which also means it’s high in demand – its value could be pushed up even further. Rare coins with errors can be worth thousands of pounds each too. Experts at Changechecker.org have created a scarcity index that tracks circulating 50p coins.

What is the rarest 50p to collect?

Kew’s Garden 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.

How can you tell if a Kew Gardens 50p is real?

Above: Close up of the Queen’s eye on a real Kew Gardens 50p. The obverse is easiest to identify as a fake. Slight differences also exist on the reverse, relating to the tower and the word ‘Kew’. Mintage for Circulation: 210,000.

What year was the Kew Garden 50p?

2009
Released in 2009 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens, the Kew Gardens 50p is one of the rarest coins currently in circulation and one of the most collectable.

How many Kew Gardens 50p are in circulation?

210,000
The coin was released in 2009 to mark 250 years since Kew Gardens opened in 1759, and there are only 210,000 in circulation. As there aren’t millions of these coins in circulation, they’re considered valuable by collectors and often top lists of the rarest 50 pence pieces.

Where is the best place to sell coins UK?

The best place to sell these types of coins is eBay.

What is the most valuable 50 pence coin?

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.

Which Peter Rabbit 50p is valuable?

According to this, the most valuable of the Beatrix Potter coins is actually the Jemima Puddle-Duck design, which fetched an average of £12.00 over the nine most recent completed eBay sales up to mid-January.

How can you tell if Kew Gardens are fake?

A genuine Kew Gardens 50p has the right base of the neck pointing towards the P in PENCE. Fakes sometimes get this wrong. Then look at the designers’ initials, ‘the IRB’. If you see the word ‘COPY’ beside the initials, or if the IRB is too big, you are looking at a fake.

When was Kew Gardens 50p made?

What fifty pence pieces are worth money?

Top 10 most valuable 50p coins

• Kew Gardens (2009), 210,000.
• Olympic Wrestling (2011), 1,129,500.
• Olympic Football (2011), 1,161,500.
• Olympic Judo (2011), 1,161,500.
• Olympic Triathlon (2011), 1,163,500.
• Peter Rabbit (2018), 1,400,000.
• Flopsy Bunny (2018), 1,400,000.
• Olympic Tennis (2011), 1,454,000.

Why is the Kew Gardens 50p coin worth so much?

The Kew Gardens 50p is worth so much because it has a very low mintage figure of just 210,000 coins in general circulation. If you compare this to other coins in circulation which are in the millions of coins it’s very rare! As the coins that are found go into the collections of UK coin collectors, the number is going even less.

How much is a 50p coin worth today?

Everyone is now taking pride of place in coin collections around the world. How much is a Kew Gardens 50p worth? The Kew Gardens 50p is worth £130 is general circulated condition, with coins in good condition selling for around £175. In January 2021 a circulated coin sold on eBay for £200

What are the British culture set 50p coins?

The British Culture Set coins are 2019 re-issues of some of the most collectable and sought-after UK 50 pence coins ever released, including the Britannia 50p, the 2009 Kew Gardens 50p, the 2010 Girlguiding 50p, the 2007 Scouts 50p, and the 2004 Roger Bannister 50p Sold out at the Royal Mint. Low mintage of 3,500 Cupro-nickel proof coin sets.

When did Kew become a botanical garden?

In 2009 the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew marked its 250th Anniversary as a botanical garden and The Royal Mint was proud to join in the celebrations with a splendid commemorative design. Is the Kew Gardens 50p rare?