Coin Collector

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If you’re anything like the team at Coin Collector, you love spotting unusual and interesting coins in your change, whether it’s a Paddington 50p, one of the elusive A to Z of Britain 10p coins, or an intriguing £2 coin. For many of us the interest i

Münze Deutschland recently joined the growing Coiniverse community, bringing more high-quality collectables to users of the app. Coiniverse is developed by the mints of the world with the help of the collector community, and aims to transform the fin

A recent Royal Proclamation has revealed that The Royal Mint will be releasing a series of Harry Potter coins later this year, including a 50p piece, to mark the 25th anniversary of the publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s

Discover the treasure in your pocket… We all know that thrill of finding a rare coin in our change, writes Rachel Hooper of Change Checker. There’s nothing more exciting than finally hunting down that elusive coin you’ve been searching for after what

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When the 50p coin was first introduced in 1969, to replace the 10 shilling note, many people didn’t like it, in fact one particularly dissatisfied member of the public even founded the ‘Anti-Heptagonists’ group, such was his disgust at a coin with se

Bidders have driven phenomenal prices for the Kew Gardens 50p on eBay, which continues to sell at almost 200 times face value. Those that have come across the Kew Gardens 50p have the opportunity to make a tasty profit, with our eBay Tracker figures

First issued in 2016, the Beatrix Potter 50p coins became hugely popular thanks to the subject – thousands of us grew up reading about the cheeky bunny and his friends – and the growing appeal of collecting 50p coins, sparked by the ambitious London

In 2020, a small collection of the 2016 Shakespeare Tragedy £2 coins were found with the wrong edge inscription on them. A mix up of blanks led to some of the Shakespeare Tragedy £2 coins being struck with the edge inscription of the First World War

The £2 coin was first produced in 1997, although they were not put into circulation until 1998, and since then there have been many different designs featured on the reverse (tails side) of the coin. The coin was Britain’s first bi-metallic coin for

This £2 coin was issued as part of the 2021 UK Commemorative Coin set and it marks the 75th anniversary of the death of science fiction novelist, H.G. Wells. With the clue in the name, this bi-metallic coin is made up of a combination of a silver col

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As the UK’s most collected coin, it was great to see three more 50p designs released into circulation in 2020. These include the Withdrawal from the European Union 50p, often called the ‘Brexit 50p’, the Diversity Built Britain 50p and this year’s Ro