Everything you need to know about the Winnie the Pooh 50p series – before the last one is issued!

In 2020, The Royal Mint announced a brand new 9-coin 50p collection celebrating the beloved Winnie the Pooh books!

The series saw the loveable old bear, and his friends from Hundred Acre Wood, feature on 50p coins from 2020, through to 2022.

Winnie the Pooh 50p series. Showing 9 50p coins in a 3 by 3 grid.
Top row, from left to right: Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and Piglet.
Middle row, from left to right: Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Owl, and Tigger
Bottom row, from left to right: Eeyore, Kanga and Roo, and final coin showing a question mark.
The Winnie the Pooh 50p series. Browse the range here >>

But as the final coin in the series is set to be issued soon, we’re going to tell you everything you need to know about the Winnie the Pooh 50p series…

Demand drives sell-outs

Despite the series starting in 2020, the demand for the Winnie the Pooh 50p coins is so high, that the 2022 Eeyore 50p sold out within just HOURS of issue at The Royal Mint.

In fact, this coin was so popular that some collectors were even prepared to pay over retail price on the secondary market site, eBay.

2022 Eeyore Silver Proof 50p sold listing on eBay - showing £99.95 sold price.
2022 UK Eeyore Silver Proof 50p sells for £99.95 on eBay. (eBay UK)

Whilst it’s important to remember that anyone can list anything on secondary market sites, for whatever price they wish, this sold listing confirms that there is serious appetite for the Winnie the Pooh 50p coins.

Reverse designs by The Walt Disney Company

First in the series we saw Winnie the Pooh himself, just as we remember him.

2020 Winnie the Pooh 50p. Shows Winnie the Pooh sat down, with an overturned pot of honey and a bumble bee.
Inscription reads: 'Winnie the Pooh', with Disney copyright in bottom left.
2020 Winnie the Pooh 50p

The coin’s reverse design was produced by The Walt Disney Company which features an original illustration from A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh storybooks by E.H. Shepard.

Sitting alongside an overturned pot of honey, Winnie the Pooh can be seen gazing at a bumblebee – because as you know, where there’s honey, there’s bees…

This was the first time Winnie the Pooh had featured on a UK coin and it was so popular that all 18,000 Silver Proof 50p coins sold out in LESS THAN 12 HOURS.

Worldwide Popularity

Illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard from Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), by A A Milne. 
Showing Rabbit, Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Kanga and Roo, Piglet, and Owl all walking in a line in tall grass.
Illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard from Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), by A A Milne. Source: Wikimedia Commons

The timeless and universal appeal of this silly old bear and his friends is unparalleled. He’s featured in 3 books, various film adaptations, and much much more.

The first book was published on the 14th October 1926 and was an instant hit – selling 35,000 copies in the U.K. and over 150,000 copies in the U.S.

In fact, so popular is the book that it was translated in over 50 languages, including Catalan, Thai, Esperanto, and Latin.

Final coin to be most in demand Winnie the Pooh 50p yet

Given the popularity of the previous coins in the Winnie the Pooh 50p series, the last and FINAL coin is set to be in HIGH DEMAND.

Whilst details of the final coin remain top secret, you can get ahead of the crowd by signing up to the Change Checker 50p Subscription Service.

As soon as the brand new coin is issued, we will contact you to advise your order has been secured and your 50p will be with you soon. So, you just sit back and wait for your exciting new coin to arrive, without any of the hassle of ordering it yourself.

Better still, as you’ll be one of the first to have this coin guaranteed for your collection, you won’t have to worry about sitting in queues on launch days.

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Browse the Winnie the Pooh 50p Collection

Winnie the Pooh 50p series. Showing 9 50p coins in a 3 by 3 grid.
Top row, from left to right: Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and Piglet.
Middle row, from left to right: Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Owl, and Tigger
Bottom row, from left to right: Eeyore, Kanga and Roo, and final coin showing a question mark.
The Winnie the Pooh 50p Collection

To browse the entire Winnie the Pooh 50p range so far, click here >>

Upcoming 2022 Coin Releases! What we know so far…

We’ve been keeping our eyes on the latest Royal Proclamations and there’s some very exciting coins on the horizon for 2022!

I’m sure you’re just as pleased as I am to hear which themes we can expect for these coins, so read on to find out more…

Harry Potter 50p Collection

Wands at the ready, Change Checkers! It’s been confirmed in the latest Royal Proclamation, that the UK’s FIRST Harry Potter 50p is set to be issued later this year.

2022 Obverse set against full Harry Potter book collection.

And, the best news is that this will kick-start a magical collection of 50p coins, all celebrating 25 years since the publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Whilst exact designs are still locked in the Chamber of Secrets‘, the latest proclamation has revealed that we can expect the following to feature in the collection:

  • A depiction of Harry Potter with the inscription, ‘Harry Potter 25 Years of Magic’
  • A depiction of the Hogwarts Express and the figure of Harry Potter with the inscription, ‘Hogwarts Express 25 Years of Magic’
  • A depiction of Albus Dumbledore and the inscription, ‘Albus Dumbledore 25 Years of Magic’
  • A depiction of Hogwarts School and the inscription, ‘Hogwarts 25 Years of Magic’

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books in 1997, and has since gone on to be one of the world’s most popular books of all time.

We can’t wait to see the designs of these brand new coins! Want to get ahead of the crowd and guarantee these coins for your collection as soon as they’re issued? Click here!

100th Anniversary of the BBC 50p

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was formed on 18 October 1922 by a group of leading wireless manufacturers including Guglielmo Marconi.

Since establishment, the BBC has been shaped by some of the UK’s biggest innovators, from Marconi, to John Logie Baird. Baird used BBC frequencies to broadcast some of his first experimental television broadcasts from studios near Covent Garden in London.

John Logie Baird and television receiver. Credit: Orrin Dunlap, Jr. via Wikimedia Commons

The BBC is highly regarded for its award-winning creative output, trusted and impartial news services and innovative use of technology.

To commemorate the centenary of the BBC, The Royal Mint have confirmed that they will be issuing a brand new 50p in 2022, which has definitely got Change Checker excited!

As of the Royal Proclamation, on 16th December 2021, the design is said to feature a globe with transmitter waves accompanied by the inscription “1922-2022 100 YEARS OF OUR BBC INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN”.

2022 Winnie the Pooh 50ps

The original Winnie the Pooh toys. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

In 2020, The Royal Mint confirmed a brand new 9-coin series of 50ps celebrating 95 years of fun-filled adventure, each featuring a different inhabitant of Hundred Acre Wood.

The Winnie the Pooh 50p series continues in 2022, with the final three coins in the series being confirmed in the latest Royal Proclamation.

We can expect the final coins to depict designs of the following characters from A. A. Milne’s classic tale:

  • Winnie the Pooh and Friends
  • Kanga and Roo
  • Eeyore

These are some of the most famous characters from the story and we’re sure collectors will be racing to get their hands on these coins as soon as they’re issued!

The £2 Turns 25

It’s incredible to think that the bi-metallic £2 coin turns 25 in 2022! To celebrate a number of incredible issues are set to be released, including some of our favourites, all unified by the inscription, “CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE £2”.

The coins include:

  1. Brunel £2
  2. Florence Nightingale £2
  3. Robert Burns £2
  4. Charles Darwin £2
  5. DNA £2
  6. Wireless Transmission £2
  7. 60th Anniversary of the end of World War Two £2
  8. Charles Dickens £2
  9. First World War (Navy) £2
  10. First World War (Kitchener) £2
  11. First World War aircraft £2
  12. Jane Austen £2
  13. Frankenstein £2
  14. D-Day 75th Anniversary £2

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Vote for your favourite 2021 Winnie the Pooh 50p coin!

In 2020, The Royal Mint revealed a brand new series of 50p coins celebrating the wonderful story of Winnie the Pooh and his friends from Hundred Acre Wood. Nine coins were confirmed for the series and collectors have been so far delighted by six!

The 2020 50p coins featured designs of the main man himself, Winnie the Pooh, his trusted companion, Christopher Robin, and their small but brave friend, Piglet.

The series continued into 2021, this time bringing all of the Hundred Acre Wood inhabitants onto the UK’s most collected coin, with the Winnie the Pooh and Friends 50p, whilst Tigger, and Owl also got their own special 50p debuts.

*** UPDATE ***

The bounciest, pounciest, and jumpiest character in all of Hundred Acre Wood has been voted as YOUR favourite in the 2021 Winnie the Pooh 50p series!

Tigger is one of the most popular Winnie the Pooh characters and has a fan base that spans across generations and across the globe, so there’s no surprises he’s taken 49% of the votes!

In nearly joint second spot are the Winnie the Pooh and Friends 50p and Owl 50p, with 26% and 25% respectfully.

Who had your vote? Let us know in the comments below!


Whilst the final three coins in the Winnie the Pooh 50p series are yet to be confirmed, we certainly can’t wait to find out which characters from Hundred Acre Wood will be joining their friends on the nation’s most collected coin, the 50p.

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