Coin Collector

First issued in 2016, the Beatrix Potter 50p coins became hugely popular thanks to the subject - thousands of us grew up reading about the cheeky bunny and his friends. Collector notes The most scarce Beatrix Potter 50p is the 2016 Jemima Puddle-Duck coin, which is rated as the third rarest 50p coin in circulation (behind the 2017 Sir Isaac Newton and the 2009 Kew Gardens coins) with a relatively low mintage of 2.1 million. The coin is no longer available from The Royal Mint and examples can be bought for between £10 and £20 on eBay. The second scarcest coin is the 2016 Squirrel Nutkin, with a mintage figure of 5 million. This coin can be bought for around £3.50 on eBay. The other Beatrix Potter coins are not really rare and can be purchased for a few pounds, though collectors may be also like to pursue the coloured versions of the coins. For example, only 15,000 copies of the 2016 Peter Rabbit Silver Proof Coloured 50p coin were released and they quickly sold out, with The Royal Mint website crashing due to the huge demand. This means the coloured version – not actually a circulation coin, it wouldn’t be accepted in shops – is now worth around £400. 2016 - Beatrix Potter Anniversary Mintage: 6,900,000 Approx. value: £1.50 2016 Tiggy-Winkle: 8,800,000 Approx. value: £1 2016 Squirrel Nutkin - 5,000,000 Approx. value: £3.50 2016 Peter Rabbit - 9,700,000 Approx. value: £1 2016 Jemima Puddle-Duck - 2,100,000 Approx. value: £10