Britain’s favourite bear, Paddington is about to get two brand new Paddington Bear 50p coins with his image on it. So just like Mr. and Mrs. Brown chanced upon the marmalade lover unexpectedly, you can too. The new Paddington Bear 50p coins will have Paddington in front of the St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London. In case you chance upon them in your loose change, you are better off holding on to them as they might end up being worth more than their face value. However, there is no guarantee about how much that cost might be. In any case, let’s find out more about the Paddington Bear 50p coin.
Everyone's favourite storybook character, Paddington Bear is now the face of a limited edition 50p coin. The new coin sees Paddington Bear wearing his signature hat and raincoat as he waves a Union. Paddington at the Palace 50p Coin Details. Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the classic book, A Bear Called Paddington this is the second coin in the four-coin Paddington Bear coins set. Expect to pay around £10 for a carded Paddington at the Palace 50p BUNC coin in Royal Mint packaging. The Silver Proof coins are selling for around £35 on.
How can I get a Paddington Bear 50p coin?
There are two new coins entering circulation. One depicts Paddington clutching a marmalade sandwich in front of the Tower of London. The other coin features Paddington tipping his hat in front of St Paul’s Cathedral. These awesome new designs come on the heels of 2018’s Paddington 50p pieces. Those coins had Paddington outside Buckingham Palace and outside the train station that gave him his name. In case you want to get your hands on these new coins, you can hope for them to turn up in your loose change. The first few have already entered circulation in the tills of The Royal Mint Experience in South Wales. A lot of Paddington coins can be purchased from The Royal Mint as well. You can get the “brilliant uncirculated” Paddington Bear coins for £10, silver proof for £65 and gold proof for £850. There are a total of 25,000 silver coins available while only 600 in gold.
Coin Information: Following the popularity of last year's coins, Paddington Bear has returned for two more 50p coins in 2019. This is the first coin in the series, designed by David Knapton to show Paddington outside the Tower of London holding his favourite snack, a marmalade sandwich. The design is based on the modern CGI-live action movie, but fans of the films. The series was continued in 2019 with two new coins, Paddington Bear at St Paul's and Paddington Bear at the Tower. The British fifty pence (50p) coin - often pronounced fifty pee - is a unit of currency equalling one half of a pound sterling. It is a seven-sided coin formed as an equilateral-curve heptagon, or Reuleaux polygon - a curve of.
How much are the new Paddington Bear 50p coins worth?
The new coins in general circulation are worth 50p. If you happen to get one in your change, there is no guarantee that you will be able to fetch more than 50p for it at a later time. There are, however, certain circulated 50p coins that collectors do pay larger sums for. Usually, these are coins that were circulated in lower numbers. Such rare coins are referred to be of “low mintage”. The Kew Gardens 50p, for example, has a 210,000 mintage, making it the rarest coin in circulation. It has been sold on eBay for more than £100. The Royal Mint doesn’t usually release circulation figures for new coins until long after they have been introduced. The new Paddington coins are no exception. As a result, we don’t know exactly how rare, or common, the coins will actually be – so there’s no way to predict how much they’ll be worth.
How do the new Paddington Bear 50p coins compare to the old ones?
As we already discussed above, The Royal Mint doesn’t disclose circulation figures until a significant time has passed after the coin’s release. So it’s pointless to compare it with other rare coins. However, it is quite pragmatic to compare it with the Paddington Bear coins released in 2018. As per the available data, in August 2019, circulated versions of Paddington Bear coins fetched sums ranging from 55p to £1.45 at eBay auction. The Royal Mint is still selling the silver proof of ‘Paddington at the Station 2018’ for £60, which is the same price they were when they came out. Nine months after its release, a second hand silver proof could only fetch £31 on eBay. Similarly, a silver proof of the ‘Paddington at the Palace’ coin – originally £60 – managed to only sell for £36.35 in August. As you can clearly see, neither of the two managed to sell at a higher price than their original cost set by The Royal Mint. In fact, they lost almost half their value. However, you must remember that the price fluctuations based on those sales aren’t definitive and a sudden increase in interest for Paddington bear coins can push their price up. However, don’t expect to pick up a Paddington Bear 50p coin and expect to sell it for more than twice or thrice its cost on eBay immediately.
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2018 marked the 60th anniversary of the book A Bear Called Paddington. Since that first publication, Paddington has been a part of many childhoods, becoming a British icon around the world and a firm favourite with children and adults alike. The Royal Mint continued its tradition of honouring Britain’s childhood favourites with two official UK coins celebrating the kind-hearted bear that started a new life a long way from home in Darkest Peru: Paddington Bear at the Station and Paddington Bear at Buckingham Palace. The series was continued in 2019 with two new coins, Paddington Bear at St Paul's and Paddington Bear at the Tower.
The British fifty pence (50p) coin - often pronounced fifty pee - is a unit of currency equalling one half of a pound sterling. It is a seven-sided coin formed as an equilateral-curve heptagon, or Reuleaux polygon - a curve of constant width, meaning that the diameter is constant across any bisection. This shape, which was revolutionary at the time, made it easily distinguishable from round coins both by feel and by sight, while its constant breadth allowed it to roll in vending machines.
The denomination was introduced in October 1969 with a large version of the coin; it was reduced in size in 1997, with the older coins being demonetised in 1998. The design of the new (smaller) type remained unchanged at that time, retaining Christopher Ironside's Britannia reverse. In 2008 though the regular reverse was changed to Matthew Dent's design; in a world-first concept, the designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins depict sections of the Royal Shield that form the whole shield when placed together (the shield in its entirety being featured on the £1 coin).
The denomination has also been used extensively to issue one-year types of commemorative coins such as this one.
Paddington Bear 50p Coins
Twenty pence and fifty pence coins are legal tender only up to the sum of £10; this means that it is permissible to refuse payment of sums greater than this amount in 20p and 50p coins in order to settle a debt.
New Paddington Bear 50p Coin
Coins issued in 2019 have now been in circulation for only two years.