And it’s all change again for the A-Z 10ps, as Tea establishes itself in top spot…. Launched in 2009, the coin was designed by Christopher Le Brun and marked 250 years since the botanic gardens in London first opened. This information has been compiled using data from the Change Checker Swap Centre and presented in the easy to use indexes below, with arrows to signify how many places up or down a coin has moved since the last Scarcity Index. We know that there were 2.1 million coins issued for 2019 but we’re yet to find out the individual mintage figures for each design. EC and Kew Gardens. How much is my coin worth? But they only tell part of the story. There are thought to be 210,000 in circulation, produced in 2011 for the 250th anniversary of Kew Gardens. For context, the rarest 50p in circulation is the 2009 Kew Gardens one, with just 210,000 minted. Designed by Aaron West, this 50p coin was issued in 2017 to commemorate the achievements of Sir Isaac Newton and remembers the legacy he has left, 350 years after his birth in 1667. It attracted more than 27 bids over the course of a week before it went for 400 times its face value online. However, the Kew 50p is for some reason still quite an expensive one to buy (I’ve been waiting for it to drop in value but it’s still hanging in there), but people still do find them in circulation and a few years ago the Kew coin was cheaper to buy for those that had to have one. In October 2018, another 2.6 million were released, and in 2019 their have been a further 2.1 million released, bringing the total number of coins in circulation to 7.3 million. Your Scarcity Index Update…. This incredibly sought-after 50p remains top of our 50p Scarcity Index and is still selling for around £102 on ebay, as you can see from our Ebay Tracker. The Tea 10p takes the top spot for the first time and Bond now sits at the lowest we’ve seen since our A-Z 10p Scarcity Index started! The Kew Gardens 50 pence piece is believed to be one of the most sought-after coins in the UK and sold for £200 on eBay after attracting more than 27 bids this week, reports the Mirror. But, are you lucky enough to have the Judo 50p in your collection? The top five coins on the £2 index remain strong, with the Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland keeping its position at the top, now 20 points above the second most sought-after £2 coin in circulation. Although, it’s definitely worth noting that all of the Olympic 50ps are particularly sought-after due to their low mintage figures and an estimated 75% have been removed from circulation by collectors, making them even harder to get hold of. We’ve also seen the King James Bible £2 jump up 4 places, bringing it 6th position. Click here to find out more about this sought-after 50p coin, We were incredibly excited to reveal the 26 new A to Z of Great Britain 10p coins to the public following The Royal Mint’s surprise release in March 2018. Other coins to keep an eye on are the 2015 Britannia £2, which has increased in price by 14% since our last eBay Tracker update and the 2018 Sir Isaac Newton 50p, which has increased in price by £4. mid price. But will we continue to see the price of this coin rise on the secondary market as we head back to a new kind of ‘normal’? Despite dropping down our August A-Z 10p Scarcity Index, now sitting at the lower half of the index, the ‘B’ for Bond 10p could still fetch you around £3.90! Only the extremely uncommon 2009 Kew gardens coin is rarer, with just 210,000 produced. One of the garden buildings is a Chinese Pagoda built in 1761 which features on the design of this scarce commemorative 50p. The Kew Gardens 50p has also seen another rise in price on the secondary market, taking it up to a huge £155.50 – a £35.50 increase since our last update! Kew Gardens 50p — value £30-£50. A rare Kew Gardens 50p coin, minted to mark the 250th anniversary of the attraction, has sold for more than 400 times its face value on eBay. However, the very first version was actually struck in 1994 as a trial piece and was never legal tender. Obverse Design: Queen Elizabeth II portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley.. More about the Kew Gardens 50p. Hello and welcome back. Limited edition coins are proving to be more than worth their weight in gold, after a rare silver Kew Gardens 50p coin sold for £400 at auction – an impressive 800 times its face value.. At the peak of the hype surrounding its value, some coins were exchanging hands for hundreds of pounds! Numismatists who snaffled the Kew Gardens 50p when it was released into circulation in 2009 and still hold onto it now could have seen the value of that 'investment' skyrocket over the last decade. At the moment, top of the 'scarcity index' for 50ps is Kew Gardens, which has been seen for sale on eBay for £311, a whopping 622 per cent increase on its face value. The coin commands prices around 160 times the face value of … The Kew Gardens 50p, believed to be one of the most sought after coins in circulation, sold for £202 on eBay after attracting more than 10 bids over the course of a week. This 50p coin is the one all collectors hope to find as it is the rarest in circulation. With less cash being used because of the current climate, it’s likely this is affecting collecting and it seems this has exposed some new trends on the indexes! Overall there has been an 18% increase in value for the Top 10 UK coins and banknotes since January’s update and this is mostly due to the impressive spike in price for both the 92/93 EEC 50p and the Kew Gardens 50p. Kew Gardens 2009 circulation coin. The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew are a UNESCO World Heritage Site which boast 4.5 acres of gardens under glass as well as a soaring treetop walkway. Sir Isaac Newton is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. He changed our understanding of mathematics and physics, redefined the way we see the world and shaped the security of our currency in his role as Master of the Mint. Kew Gardens 50p The Kew Gardens 50p was released in 2011 to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Botanical Gardens. The Kew Gardens 50p coins were among 600 lots of coins and medals up for auction. Demand for the 2020 version of the Team GB 50p is already high, as it is only available as part of the Annual Set, meaning far fewer will be minted than if it were individually released. In 2019 it was confirmed that there were only 220,000 of each individual design released into circulation in 2018. London Olympics Football 50p Coin 2011 The Kew Gardens 50p hit the headlines in February 2014 when it was revealed as the most scarce 50p in circulation, with a mintage figure of just 210,000. Prices may vary depending on collector demand and the quality of the coin being sold. If you’re interested in coin collecting, our Change Checker web app is completely free to use and allows users to: – Find and identify the coins in their pocket– Collect and track the coins they have– Swap their spare coins with other Change Checkers, Sign up today at: www.changechecker.org/app. But have you been lucky enough to find any of these top 10 coins? Good news Change Checkers – your latest eBay Tracker and Valuation Index is here! Just 485,000 coins were ever struck, making it officially the UK’s rarest £2 coin. In 2020, The Royal Mint issued its Commemorative Coin Set, including a 50p celebrating Team GB’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics. Other key movers to keep an eye on are the Y for Yeoman Warders and G for Greenwich Meantime 10ps, both moving up the index by 8 places. With less cash being used in the past few months because of the current climate, it’s likely collectors are heading to the secondary market to get hold of certain coins, rather than waiting to find them in their change. In our last Scarcity Index, we saw B for Bond knocked off the top spot by the NHS 10p, but now we’ve seen both of these coins move further down the pack, by 11 and 4 points respectively. In 2002, four £2 coins were issued to mark the Commonwealth Games, held in Manchester which, prior to the Olympic Games in London in 2012, was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK. Let us know in the comments below. For example, the Kew Gardens 50p coin commands a premium of up to 200 times face value on eBay. The Kew Gardens 50p was released in an edition size of 210,000. Since then, the nation has been gripped by the latest Royal Mint releases, with collectors eagerly hunting down the most sought-after coins as they are released, as well as searching for the scarcest coins in circulation and the rarest of the rare error coins that you could be lucky enough to find in your change. Picture: Royal mint The famous Kew Gardens coin was released in 2009 and just 210,000 are in circulation. Also it has no edge inscription. Finally, it can be up to a couple of years before the Royal Mint eventually confirms the actual mintage for an issue. So now that you’re up to date with our latest eBay Tracker, will you be selling any of the coins in your collection or will you continue to save them? In 2009, around 210,000 50p coins were issued with a picture of the iconic Kew Gardens Pagoda. "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. There are four different designs of the £2 commemorative coin and all are similar except that the central cameo features a different flag for the four constituent countries of the UK. The most sought after 50p - the Kew Gardens design - is currently worth up to £316 on eBay. Many made their way straight to collectors, which meant that relatively few hit circulation. It’s worth so much because of … Current value £50-£55. The Kew Gardens design was minted to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Botanic Gardens. However, they are expected to disappear from circulation. <- Click Here to go back to the main 50p Coins in Circulation page Counterfeit 2009 Kew Gardens 50p coins are known to exist (meanwhile there are actually many different types). Sadly, ebay is not always a fair indicator of value, as anyone can list a coin at whatever price they choose. Private collectors are snapping them up while they can ever since the Royal Mint declared them as the rarest British coin in general circulation. The Change Checker eBay Tracker takes the last 9 sold prices achieved on eBay and gives the median price achieved (rounded to the nearest 50p). By taking the median, rather than an average, we avoid skewing created by one or two excessive prices achieved. Only 210,000 were minted and went into general circulation. Coins with mismatched sides like these are known in the collecting world as ‘mules’ and are highly coveted, but The Royal Mint confirmed in a statement that no more than 250,000 coins made it into circulation. 2009 Fifty Pence FAKE KEW. They are some of the scarcest £2 coins now in circulation, with even the largest mintage (Scotland) set at just 771,750. The 2018 Peter Rabbit 50p and 2018 Flopsy Bunny 50p have a mintage of just 1,400,000! Only time will tell and we’ll have to wait for the next eBay Tracker update to find out! For tutoring please call 856.777.0840 I am a recently retired registered nurse who helps nursing students pass their NCLEX. Find out which coins and notes have been the key movers and shakers in the updated eBay Tracker below. Since our last Scarcity Index update, we’ve seen the 2018 Peter Rabbit climb 2 places but the 2018 Flopsy Bunny 50p has dropped down by 4 places. This would then give the 2015 Royal Navy a figure of 325,000 for each type nudging it a lot closer to the Kew gardens 50p. However, when the new Royal Shield 20p coins were struck for circulation, the old die was accidentally used, meaning a batch was issued with no date on either side of the coin. The A-Z of Great Britain 10p coins have been a firm favourite with collectors since they were first released in 2018, with 26 Quintessentially British designs capturing the public’s imagination. With a sale of a Kew Gardens 50p for £91 on eBay in May (read here for why sales rather than listings are important), it’s no wonder collectors love this coin. How many of each design are listed as “collected” by Change Checkers, indicating the relative ease of finding a particular coin. Since then they have created quite a stir in the world of coin collecting…. If you’re lucky enough to have the ‘A’ for Angel of the North 10p in your collection, you might want to keep hold of it as it currently sells for around £4.20 on the secondary market – over 40 times its face value! The rarest £2 coins - worth up to £46 There are 37 different £2 coin designs currently in circulation, and some of the rarest are worth up to 23 times their face value. In 2008, the undated 20p became the first coin in over 300 years to enter circulation without a date, and when the story broke in the press, it caused a frenzy not just in the collecting world but amongst the general public who realised they stood just as good a chance as anyone of pulling one out of their change. This therefore drives the price up, as demand for the coin increases. Kew Gardens 50p. These coins are notoriously tricky to find, but have you been lucky enough to come across any in your change? 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