Rare 50p Coins

Rare & Collectable 50p Coins. This website is dedicated to the Collectable Rare 50p Coin. Featuring detailed information for collectors and browsers alike. Mintage figures, artwork origins and estimated values of our wonderful seven sided coins. Find out what your fifty pence is worth. 50p coins are classed as legal tender up to the total of £10. The 2009 Kew Gardens design is very rare, around 1 in 15007 50 pence coins have this design. 210,000 coins dated 2009 entered circulation. Face Value 50 pence Collector Value Range £51.76 to £62.28. Comparative Rarity Score: 6.

• Rare 50p Coins Commonwealth Games
• Rare 50p Coins In Circulation
• Rare 50p Coins And Prices
• Rare 50p Coins In Circulation

Australian 1977 Silver Jubilee 50 cent

One of the most popular Australian coins to collect is the 50 cent coin. And one of the most popular question about Australian coin values that we get is of course, about what is the value of Australian 50 cent coins that can be found in your change. That’s because the 50 cent coin is big, it has been issued with many different commemorative designs since it’s release in 1966 and the large size of the coin means the designs really stick out when you receive them in change. Sometimes you’ll get a 50 cent in your change and you’ll turn it over and Captain Cook will stare back at you and you’ll either have never seen one before or not have seen one for years and you’ll think….how much is that worth? It must be worth something right? It was minted 38 years ago and you almost never see them any more! Surely an old Australian 50 cent coin is worth some money? After all, some of them are more than 40 years old now!

Well a lot of the time that fifty cent you don’t remember seeing before is usually worth…wait for…50 cents. Yes, 50c. Sad but true. See the thing is, a lot of these commemorative coins were minted, and when I say a lot I mean a lot. After all, they were intended to circulate so the Royal Australian Mint churned them out in their millions and tens of millions. The other problem is that the public at the time hoarded these things so there are tens of thousands of money boxes loaded down with uncirculated or near uncirculated examples of them. So sadly most Australian 50 cent coins are anything but rare. It’s worth having a look at the mintages of the commemorative 50 cent coins up until 2000 and the catalogue values of an uncirculated example (there have been a spate of them since then, and I don’t think it’s worth covering them). The mintages and CV’s are from the 2009 Pocket Guide to Australian Coin and Banknotes.

• 1970 Captain Cook Bicentenary 50 cent, mintage: 16,548,100, $7.00
• 1977 Silver Jubilee 50 cent, mintage: 25,067,000, $4.00
• 1981 Royal Wedding 50 cent (Charles and Diana), mintage: 20,000,000, $6.00
• 1982 Commonwealth Games 50 cent, mintage: 23,287,000, $4.00
• 1988 First Fleet Bicentenary 50 cent, mintage: 8,990,800, $15.00
• 1991 Decimal Anniversary 50 cent, mintage: 4,704,400, $10.00
• 1994 Year of the Family 50 cent, mintage: 20,830,800, $12.00
• 1995 Weary Dunlop 50 cent, mintage: 15,869,200, $7.00
• 1998 Bass and Flinders 50 cent, mintage: 22,426,000, $7.00
• 2000 Year 2000 Millennium 50 cent, mintage: 16,630,000, $7.00

So these are the prices you can expect to pay for an example of these coins. When you come to sell them expect considerably less. If your 50c coins are not truly uncirculated expect to get offered face value (though you may get a little more if you try selling them on eBay).

You’ll find that some normal circulation coins have much lower mintages than the commemorative coins, and the fact that they were not hoarded means they can be worth a little more. And before I get onto those, the 1966 round 50 cent is not rare and nor is it particularly valuable. It does have real silver in it though which is different to all the other 50 cent coins issued and makes it worth a bit even if it is a banged up circulated coin. So what is the round 50 cent coin worth? It depends on the silver price of the day. You could take a look at our Aussie silver coin value calculator to work it out.

Anyway, back onto the circulation issues. Truly uncirculated 50 cent coins from 1969 (cv $25), 1971 ($25), 1972 ($55), 1973 ($60), 1974 ($35), 1985 ($13), 1993 ($22) , and 1997 ($30) are all worth more than any commemorative 50c coin. In fact some of the mintages are small by comparison, the 1985 and 1993 coins had mintages of less than 1 million and may be worth putting away for the future if you find them even if they have been circulated. In, fact, these days hardcore decimal collectors are looking for the best quality uncirculated 50 cent coins they can find for their collections. So, if you do have a sparkling UNC 1973 50 cent coin you might get a bit of money for it if you list it up on an online auction site.

Rare 50p Coins Commonwealth Games

In the next issue of this series I’ll cover some rare and valuable 50 cent coins you can look for in your change. These wont show up too often but they are worth keeping an eye out for.

Other Australian Coin Values

Of course if you’re looking for the value of other Australian coins then you’re going to find some of our other articles helpful. You might find out value of Australian 20 cent coins article useful, or this one that talks about what Australian dollar coins are worth. We’ve even got a more general article about rare decimal coins you might find in your change. Of course Australia didn’t just mint coins, we’ve also produced banknotes and if you’ve got any old paper banknotes then you might want to find out what your old Australian paper banknotes are worth.

Over the years, The Royal Mint have released several limited edition coins that collectors have gone mad over – so mad in fact, that they’re willing to pay hundreds of pounds towards them to complete their collection.

And the best part is, is that you’ve probably got one sitting in your change that you didn’t even notice – and unless you’re inspired to start your own collection, you could flog it on eBay for an amazing profit!

It’s true – a coin created by Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan was released to celebrate 50 years of girl guiding, and it’s selling on eBay for £800!

One seller, rdk302007, has the coin listed for £800.

They wrote: “One of few rare celebratory 50 pence pieces celebrating one hundred years of girlguiding.

“A real collectors coin, which is gaining more and more popularity amongst collectors. As shown, girlguiding crest on the front. Free postage.”

Another seller, gretania26, has the coin listed for £250, with £5 post and packaging.

Here’s a compilation of the most valuable 50p coins in circulation at the moment – the ones that you could be handed in the shops buying your groceries without even realising.

1. WWF

The WWF design was released in 2011, complete with 50 different animals alongside the trademark panda logo.

Coin Checker told Metro “The design by Matthew Dent features 50 individual icons which represent the various facets of the WWF with the famous Panda at the heart of it.”

If it’s in pristine condition, the coin can sell for over £200.

“One coin which has seemed to unite favourable public opinion is the WWF 50p issued in 2011.”

2. Jemima Puddle-Duck

This coin was released in 2016, marking the 150th birth anniversary of children’s author Beatrix Potter.

This is the sixth most rare coin in the UK, with only 2.1 million in circulation.

While eBay lists the coin as worth only £8.95, experts say it could be worth up to £100.

3. Kew Gardens

Only 210,000 of these were released to commemorate the 250th anniversary of London’s Kew Gardens, and it’s believed that 300 are being kept in private vaults.

It’s considered to be the rarest 50p coin, worth £50 – however it’s selling on eBay for up to £200!

4. 2012 London Olympics

29 different Olympic designs were released, but the original swimmer coin with the water passing over their face is worth up to £1,450 on eBay after only 600 were released.

If you have a full set of the Olympic coins you could bag yourself around £35. If you have a football, wheelchair rugby, wrestling and tennis coin then you could still get £3-£4.

5. ‘Offside Rule’

This other London 2012 Olympics coin is worth £10.

Rare 50p Coins In Circulation

6. EC Commemorative

This 50p coin was released back in 1992 to celebrate the British presidency of the council of Europe.

Rare 50p Coins And Prices

109,000 were issued, and the coin is no longer in circulation because of the reduction in size of 50p’s in 1997.

Rare 50p Coins In Circulation

If you happen to find one at the bottom of that money jar you’ve had for years, you could get yourself £20 – probably the same as the contents of the jar in the first place!