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Published:6:49 PM October 19, 2020Updated: 7:08 PM October 19, 2020
Brexit 50p coins falling out of circulation because collectors refusing to spend them, Treasury admits The Royal Mint has now released an additional 1.5 million of the coins. Since its issue, 50p coins have commonly been used to commemorate important events. From as early as 1969, The Royal Mint have regularly issued unique reverse designs on the 50p for events such as the 50 th anniversary of the D-Day landings, 50 th anniversary of the NHS and the 2012 London Olympic Games.
For 2020 to observe Brexit and the Withdrawal from the EU, to mark this moment in history the Royal Mint is issuing a Limited Issue Brexit 50p Fifty Pence Gold Proof Coin struck in solid 22 Carat Gold. October 31 Brexit 50p coins to be shredded and melted down by Royal Mint after EU grants extension. Monday 28 October 2019, 10:58pm. Limited edition Brexit 50p coins, dated.
Online lightning roulette. The new 50p Brexit coin bears the inscription 'Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations' and the date the UK leaves the EU. Picture: PA- Credit: PA
The Royal Mint is to produce more commemorative Brexit coins over the next two weeks after MPs complained they were unable to get hold of them.
More than two million of the special edition 50p coins - originally distributed on January 31 - will be produced for shops in the coming weeks, despite many restricting the use of physical money.
Already 7.5 million had been produced, with some Remainers threatening to take them out of circulation earlier this year after the then chancellor Sajid Javid announced the proposals.
Anne Jessop, the chief executive at Royal Mint, explained there would be more in response to a question from Tory Brexiteer Richard Holden MP at a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee.
He said: 'Just on a personal interest, I've still not managed to get my hands on a Brexit 50p. Are you doing any more runs of those because I'd really like one.
'Several colleagues have also asked about them'.
Jessop explained: 'There will be 10 million going into circulation and 7.5 million have already gone in.
'But later this month the others will go into circulation, so hopefully you will be able to get one.'
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Holden said it was 'good to know' and that his 'constituents will also be pleased' to hear he might be able to get one at the post office or bank, as the chair of the committee urged Holden to move the discussion on.
The coins are inscribed with the message: 'Peace prosperity and friendship with all nations', and come as the UK cancelled Brexit talks, with ministers telling the European Union negotiators not to bother turning up for further discussions.
The new set will arrive in shops at the same time new diversity coins will hit shops celebrating the contribution that minority communities have made to the UK’s shared history.
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These feature the words “Diversity built Britain” and a geodome, representing connection and strength.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak commissioned the coins earlier this year following discussion with the We Too Built Britain campaign, which works for fair representation of minority communities’ contributions across all walks of life.
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© Provided by The i The famous Kew Gardens 50p coin remains the most coveted in circulation, with a mintage of just 210,000 (Photo: PA)The Royal Mint has revealed the rarest 50p coins in circulation, presumably fuelling a desperate rummage down the back of the nation’s sofas.
It released the top 10 rankings ahead of the 50th anniversary of decimalisation, which comes on 15 February – the Decimal Day changeover of 1971 inspired many people to become coin collectors over the years.
Top spot is claimed by the famous Kew Gardens 50p, which was released in 2009 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Its mintage of just 210,000 coins puts it well ahead of the competition, which is dominated by the Olympic-themed 50ps minted in 2011.
© Provided by The i 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 wrestling, football, judo and triathlon, all with fewer than 1.2 million coins minted.
Also making the top 10 are the Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny 50ps from the Beatrix Potter collection of 2018.
In 2019 more than 500 million coins were released into circulation, including three new 50p designs celebrating Arthur Conon Doyle’s fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, and Paddington Bear at St Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London.
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The Royal Mint’s director of UK currency Mark Loveridge said: “Coin collecting remains as popular as ever, and we were delighted to release a number of special designs into circulation in 2019.
“The Kew Gardens (50p) remains the most coveted coin, with a mintage of just 210,000, but it’s always exciting to find a special design in your change.”
© Provided by The i Beatrix Potter coins such as the Peter Rabbit 50p are among the rarest in circulation (Photo: PA)What are the rarest 50p coins in circulation?
Here are the rarest 50p designs in circulation, with their year and their total mintage, according to the Royal Mint:
1. 2009 Kew Gardens, 210,000
2. 2011 Olympic Wrestling, 1,129,500
=3. 2011 Olympic Football, 1,161,500
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=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 rare 50p coins valuable?
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The rare coins website Change Checker has a recently updated eBay tracker, which claims that some 50p coins can fetch significant sums in the secondary sale market.
This reports that the rarest 2009 Kew Gardens coin sold for an average of £156 over the auction website’s nine most recent listings, while the Olympic Football 50p fetched an average of £13.
Other 50p coins making the top 10 on Change Checker’s tracker are the 2018 Sir Isaac Newton coin and the Jemima Puddle Duck from the Beatrix Potter collection.
It should be pointed out, as the website 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.
She pointed out that other versions of it were selling for just £2 on eBay, concluding: “We often have random coins that we don’t expect to take off that much and sometimes they just skyrocket. That could be the explanation here.”
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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.