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Wedgwood Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Coin Bank Books Shelf Gift White Tale Of. Wedgwood Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Children's 6 piece Tea Set W/box. $39.99 + shipping. Wedgwood China Peter Rabbit Bank First Learning ABC 1997 Beatrix Potter Coin Box. Beatrix Potter Anniversary Coin This coin was released in celebration of Beatrix Potter’s life. The 50p coin featured her most famous character, Peter Rabbit in the centre, along with a silhouette of Beatrix Potter’s bust. The coin also featured the dates 1866 and 1943 (birth and death of Beatrix Potter).

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.

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.

Beatrix Potter is one of Britain’s most beloved and celebrated writers and illustrators of all time. While Beatrix Potter was also a famous conservationist and natural scientist, she is most famous for giving British children some wonderful books and characters to read. Beatrix Potter’s books usually featured animals such as Benjamin Bunny, Jeremy Fisher, Tom Kitten, and of course, Peter Rabbit. In December 2017, an asteroid discovered in 1992 was renamed 13975 Beatrix potter in her honour. Getting a piece of that asteroid as Beatrix Potter memorabilia might be almost impossible for all fans. However, the Royal Mint does have some other wonderful Beatrix Potter memorabilia in the form of Beatrix Potter 50p coins.

TheBeatrix Potter 50p coins are among the most sought-after coins today. Thesecoins are not just a celebration of Beatrix Potter’s incredible contribution toEnglish literature, but they tend to also be extremely valuable.

Whether you are just starting to build your coin collection orlooking to bolster an already existing one, these beautiful and rarecoins are bound to delight you.

1. Beatrix Potter 50p Coins – New Peter Rabbit coin for 2019

One of the most famous and beloved character of BeatrixPotter is Peter Rabbit. Earlier this year, the Royal Mint launched a brand-newcommemorative coin featuring Peter Rabbit.

The coin has been engraved by famous coin designer EmmaNoble. It features Peter Rabbit in his famous blue jacket. This Beatrix Potter50p coin is available in three finishes- Gold Proof, Silver Proof and BrilliantUncirculated.

The Peter Rabbit 50p coin won’t be entering circulation butit is available for purchase on royalmint.com, with prices starting at £10.

2. The Beatrix Potter 50p Coin Collection

2016 marked the 150^th anniversary of BeatrixPotter’s birth. To commemorate that, the Royal Mint released a collection ofspecial Beatrix Potter 50p coins.

These limited editions 50p coins showcased her iconic characters such as Peter Rabbit from The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Later releases also featured Flopsy Bunny, Mrs. Tittlemouse and the Tailor of Gloucester. One of the 50p Peter Rabbit coins recently sold for £1,000 on eBay.

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As far as rarity is concerned, the 50p coins released in 2016are the hardest to find.

3. More Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit 50p Coins

As discussed above, a 2016 Beatrix Potter 50p coin featuringPeter Rabbit was sold for £1,000 on eBay. The 2016 coins are extremely rare andfeature a close-up of Peter Rabbit’s face. The silver version sold for £1,000.However, it’s also available on the Royal Mint website for just £10. Thecoloured portrait costs £55.

2017’s silver 50p coin featuring a running Peter Rabbit isalso priced at £10. A coloured version, much rarer in nature, is worth £60.

The coloured 2018 50p coin featuring Peter Rabbit eating acarrot costs £60.

4. Beatrix Potter 50p Coins – Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Squirrel Nutkin

2016 saw the release of two versions of these classic andbeloved Beatrix Potter characters. Each of the 50p coins featured a portrait ofthe characters.

The silver versions of these Beatrix Potter 50p coins willset you back by £10. The coloured editions will cost between £55-60.

Fun fact: The Jemima Puddle-Duck 50p coins are considered tobe the rarest among all the Beatrix Potter 50p coins in circulation. Comparedto Peter Rabbit’s 9.6 million, only 2.1 million 50p coins of Jemima Puddle-Duckwere circulated.

5. Beatrix Potter 50p Coins – Tom Kitten, Benjamin Bunny and Jeremy Fisher

2017 saw the release of two versions of these 50p coins. Both versions carried a portrait of the characters. The plain silver ones cost £10, while the coloured ones will set you back by £60.

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6. Beatrix Potter 50 p Coins – Flopsy Bunny, Mrs. Tittlemouse and the Tailor of Gloucester

2018 saw the release of two versions of 50p coins featuring portraitsof these Beatrix Potter characters. The plain silver ones cost £10, while thecoloured ones will lighten your wallet by £60.

Beatrix Potter Coins Collection

7. Beatrix Potter Anniversary Coin

This coin was released in celebration of Beatrix Potter’slife. The 50p coin featured her most famous character, Peter Rabbit in thecentre, along with a silhouette of Beatrix Potter’s bust. The coin alsofeatured the dates 1866 and 1943 (birth and death of Beatrix Potter).

Beatrix Potter Coins In Circulation

This commemorative Beatrix Potter 50p coin was released insilver and gold in 2016. The silver version costs £55 while the gold versioncosts a whopping £780.