50p Coins
Look out – Three Ice Age Giants Come Back to Life on UK Coins!
The Ice Age Giants Collection is the latest addition in the Tales of the Earth Series, featuring three brand new UK 50ps, each designed to bring prehistoric creatures back to life!
The Tales of the Earth series as a whole is dedicated to celebrating ancient life on our planet, offering collectors a glimpse into a world that existed thousands of years ago, and the Ice Age Giants 50ps take us all the way back to the Ice Age.
2024 UK Giant Deer 50p
The third and final Ice Age Giants 50p features the majestic Giant Deer, which lived in warmer climates than the other beasts that have features in the series. The design was created by paleo-artist Robert Nicholls, who had expert guidance from a paleo-biologist at the Natural History Museum, Professor Adrian Lister.
A skeleton of the giant deer can be seen at the bottom of the design, including the distinctive hump and incredible antlers, which could measure up to 12 feet across!
Did you know?
Giant deer (part of the Megaloceros genus) had the largest antlers of any known species, dead or alive.
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2024 UK Woolly Rhino 50p
The second Ice Age Giant to feature in this series is the mighty Woolly Rhino. Just like the Steppe Mammoth 50p, the Woolly Rhino 50p was also designed by Robert Nicholls and the Natural History Museum – so you know every detail is scientifically accurate.
A common feature on every coin in the Tales of the Earth series is a skeleton in the foreground, and the Woolly Rhino 50p is no exception, with its impressive horn and unusual ribcage.
Did you know?
The scientific name for the woolly rhinoceros is Coelodonta antiquitatis, which means ‘cavity tooth’. The inscription COELODONTA features across the top of the coin’s design.
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2024 UK Mammoth 50p
Designed by renowned paleo-artist Robert Nicholls in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, the reverse design on the 2024 UK Mammoth 50p captures the awe-inspiring presence of this extinct giant in intricate detail.
In the centre of the design, the Steppe Mammoth faces us head on, with its huge curved tusks, colossal trunk and thick fur. If you look closely, you’ll also see a scientifically accurate illustration of a Steppe Mammoth skeleton in the foreground of the design.
Did you know?
The Steppe Mammoth was the largest mammoth species to ever walk the earth, reaching heights of 14 feet and weighing 10 tonnes! Like many other Ice Age giants, the Steppe Mammoth went extinct around 200,000 years ago. The reasons for their extinction are still debated, but it’s likely due to a combination of climate change and competition with other species for resources.
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Complete your Ice Age Giants Collection
You can secure the 2024 UK Giant Deer 50p for your collection now for just £8.99 (+p&p) >>
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NEW UK Snowman™ 50p just released! How much could your festive 50p be worth?
A UK 50p coin has been issued every year since 2018 featuring The Snowman™, and it’s even become a festive tradition – it just doesn’t feel like Christmas until the new 2024 Snowman™ 50p is released!
Each year, these coins prove incredibly popular with collectors, and even now, 6 years after the first coin was released, some of the previous Snowman™ 50ps are selling on the secondary market for up to 22 times their face value! Check out our Snowman™ 50p eBay Tracker below.
This year’s UK Snowman™ coin is sure to warm the hearts of collectors and fans of the stories, with an adorable design featuring The Snowman™ placing the star on top of a Christmas tree.
Available now in superior Brilliant Uncirculated quality, you can add this brand new UK 50p to your collection in time for Christmas here >>
The Story of The Snowman™ on Coins!
The Snowman™ first appeared on a UK 50p back in 2018 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Raymond Briggs’ much-loved festive tale. Since then, we’ve seen a Snowman™ 50p issued each year, making this year’s release the 7th coin in the series.
Over the years, we’ve been treated to some of the most iconic scenes on The Snowman™ coins, taken from the original tale and even the 2012 film, The Snowman™ and The Snowdog™. The Snowman™ and the young boy, James, have previously been seen flying through the night sky, dancing in the snow and sharing adventures, and we even saw The Snowdog™ make an appearance on the 2022 The Snowman™ and Snowdog™ 50p!
Unsurprisingly, the Snowman™ coins prove to be some of the most popular releases each year and some of them can set you back hefty sums on the secondary market.
How much is my The Snowman™ 50p worth?
We took the median price from the last 9 sold eBay listings for each previous UK The Snowman™ 50p to give you an idea of how much it might be worth on the secondary market. By taking the median price, rather than an average, we avoid skewing figures with excessively high or low prices.
As you can see, some of the first The Snowman™ 50ps can fetch a pretty penny on the secondary market, with the 2018 and 2019 editions selling for up to 21 times their face value! If this data is anything to go by, the 2024 The Snowman™ 50p is sure to be popular with collectors.
Secure your UK 2024 Snowman™ 50p for just £8.99 (+p&p) >>
Or if you’re looking for the perfect festive gift for a loved one, check out the Change Checker Christmas range >>
Own the UK 2024 Snowman™ 50p
You can bet this latest coin will be at the top of every collector’s wish list this year, so whether you’re a collector of the Snowman™ 50ps yourself, or you think it’d make the perfect gift for a loved one in our bespoke Christmas Card, you can shop the range here >>
Britain has a new RAREST 50p! Could it be in your pocket?
Hold on to your wallets, Britain! There’s a NEW rarest 50p in circulation, and it’s just knocked the legendary Kew Gardens 50p off the top spot – for the FIRST TIME in 15 years!
Introducing the Salmon 50p, and you won’t believe how scarce it is. Only a jaw-dropping 200,000 of these coins were released into circulation in November 2023. That means just ONE in 335 people in the UK could have the chance of snagging one. Is it sitting in your pocket right now?
Something fishy is going on…
Collectors are in a frenzy, desperately scouring their change to get their hands on this rare beauty before it’s too late. And some lucky few have already struck gold, listing their Salmon 50p coins on eBay for as much as £23 to £50. That’s more than 50 TIMES its face value!
But hold on tight – with this latest shocking revelation, those prices are expected to skyrocket!
*UPDATE*
Since the news broke this morning, the price of Salmon 50ps on the secondary market have soared, with some selling for nearly £150!
Rarer than the Kew Gardens 50p
If you thought the Kew Gardens 50p was the ultimate collector’s item with only 210,000 in circulation, think again! That coin, regularly fetching £150 to £250 on the secondary market, has even hit the dizzying heights of £1,000 in listings! The new Salmon 50p is hot on its tail, and it could be worth even more in the months to come.
And here’s the best part – You could have one in your change right now!
While the Kew Gardens 50p has had 15 years for collectors to squirrel it away, the Salmon 50p is fresh out of the water – meaning this could be your best chance to snap up the UK’s new rarest coin. Imagine if you had grabbed a Kew Gardens 50p back in 2009, knowing how prized it would become… Now, the Salmon 50p offers you a second chance at coin-collecting glory!
The race is on!
With a mintage of just 200,000, this new king of coins firmly takes the throne, leaving the Kew Gardens 50p in the dust.
The race is truly on to track one down, will you be one of the lucky collectors to find the new ‘holy grail’ of change collecting before its too late? Best of luck everyone, and happy hunting!
Secure the collector’s edition
If you haven’t been lucky enough to find a Salmon 50p in the wild, don’t worry! You can still secure the Brilliant Uncirculated version for your collection, alongside SEVEN other new King Charles III coins in the New UK Coinage Set.
What’s more, the coins in this set feature a special privy mark on the obverse, setting them apart from the ones you’ll find in your change.
