You might have spotted the top coin in our chart has a mintage of JUST 109,000! Let’s take a look at each of these coins in closer detail to get the full story. So, how many of these coins were issued? Let’s take a look at our Pre-1997 50p Mintage Chart and see. Lyme Regis is now part of what is now called the Jurassic Coast, and discoveries are still being made to this day. Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, in the southwest English county of Dorset. Her lifetime was a constellation of firsts. What’s more, shop keepers and banks won’t accept these as legal tender, so we imagine a lot of these will have been kept by collectors for their private collections! Mary Anning was a pioneering Palaeontologist and fossil collector.

It has been confirmed that there will be three 50p coins issued. Milne, will be issued to celebrate one of the world’s most-loved bears and his friends. Get merry with tasty free rewards when you scan, skip the queue with Click + Collect, find your nearest shop fast and get a free hot drink of your choice. These coins were removed from circulation when the new specifications were introduced, so you won’t come across these in your change. As of the Royal Proclamation on 24th July 2020, a series of 50p designs, inspired by the classic stories of A.A. Left to Right: Britannia New Pence, Entry to the EEC, Britannia Fifty Pence, EC Presidency, D-Day Spot the differenceġ985-1997 – 3rd Portrait, Raphael Makloufġ998-2015 – 4th Portrait, Ian Rank-BroadleyĪs you can see, despite the 50p retaining the same metal composition, the older specification was much bigger and heavier than the coin we’re used to today – imagine carrying around a bundle of those in your pockets!

Collecting 50p