EXPLAINED: 12 | Vintage Vibes

Royal Mint launches Harry Potter 50p coin - the last to feature Queen Elizabeth II

The Royal Mint has today launched its latest Harry Potter coin featuring the Hogwarts Express in colour - it will be the final collectable 50p with a portrait of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

Harry Potter themed coin featuring the Hogwarts Express launched

The Hogwarts Express collectable coin is also the final individual 50p coin to have Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2022

The Royal Mint launches rare coin which will feature King Charles III

The Royal Mint’s Harry Potter collection will be one of a small number that will see a change of portrait during the series

Liverpool Echo · Dec 5, 2022

Rolling Stones collectable coins launched by Royal Mint to mark band's 60-year anniversary

The Stones follow Queen, Sir Elton John, David Bowie, and the Who in being celebrated in the Royal Mint's Music Legends series

Wales Online · Dec 1, 2022

Rolling Stones' 60th year honored with UK collectible coin

They want money — that’s what they want, that’s what they want

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

List of rarest 10p, 50p and £2 coins - including one worth up to £250

Change Checker’s latest list of the rarest and most valuable coins has been released, and one coin has shaken things up - as it’s jumped a massive 23 places

Daily Mirror · Nov 30, 2022

Londoners living on planned new Chinese embassy site in Tower Hamlets share fears ahead of planning meeting

Leaseholders living at the site of China’s new embassy fear Chinese officials will be able to enter their homes at will if the plans are approved this week.

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022

Royal Mint's rarest 50p coin could be worth hundreds as people urged to check their change

The special coin is a collectors item, selling for thousands in the past. It means it might be worth checking pocket, purses and sofas for the silverware.

Glasgow Live · Nov 28, 2022

Royal Mint lists rarest 50p coins still in circulations and can be worth hundreds

They could be coming your way at the tills

Nottingham Post · Nov 28, 2022

Royal Mint's rarest 50p coins worth hundreds as people urged to check loose change

The most valuable of 50p coins is the Kew Gardens edition, worth £650. There are 200 million 50ps circulating in the UK alone. The lower the mintage figure, the less coins that are in circulation, making them rarer and more valuable.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 28, 2022