Paddington Bear 50p Coin

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Paddington Bear 50p Coin

The UK’s incredibly popular Paddington 50p coins are to be followed up by two brand new 2019 coins. According to the Royal Proclamation, published on 11th April, there will be two new Paddington coins released this year. 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.

Other Paddington Bear coins. Last year also saw two new Paddington 50p coins going into circulation, one featuring Paddington waving a flag outside Buckingham Palace and the other showing the bear. New Paddington 50p coin designs The Royal Mint will be releasing two new Paddington 50p coins into circulation by the end of the month. One coin will feature the much-loved bear sitting on his suitcase at Paddington station, while the other shows Paddington on a day out at Buckingham Palace.

Paddington Bear was created by British author Michael Bond with the first book published in 1958. Fifty years later, in 2018, The Royal Mint celebrated the first six decades of the loveable character with two 50p coins, and two more 50p coins followed in 2019:

2018 - Paddington at Buckingham Palace 50p
2018 - Paddington at the Station 50p
2019 - Paddington at the Tower of London
2019 - Paddington at St Paul's

The first two Paddington 50p coins were issued on 18 June 2018 and The Royal Mint has now revealed the number of coins issued into general circulation during that year.

The Paddington at Buckingham Palace 50p was issued in the following formats:

Circulation coins (mintage of 5,001,000)
Brilliant Uncirculated
Silver Proof (limited to 60,000)

The Paddington at the Station 50p was issued in the following formats:

Circulation coins (mintage of 5,901,000)
Brilliant Uncirculated
Silver Proof (limited to 60,000)

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So how rare are the 2018 Paddington Bear 50p coins?

The circulation coins are not very rare due to the mintage figure of over 5 million. In comparison, only 210,000 copies of the highly collectable 2009 Kew Gardens 50p coins were minted.

In short, the Paddington Bear 50p coins you find in your change are worth about… 50p. But why not put them aside and add them to your 50p collection?

The Brilliant Uncirculated coins are being sold by The Royal Mint for £10, and the Silver Proof has a retail price of £60.

2019 Paddington Bear 50p coins

In 2019, two further Paddington Bear 50p coins were issued, this time showing him outside the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral, respectively. Once again, the coins are available in similar formats:

The Paddington at the Tower 50p was issued in the following formats:

Circulation coins (mintage not yet known)
Brilliant Uncirculated (£10 from The Royal Mint)
Silver Proof (limited to 25,000, retails for £65)

The Paddington at St Paul's 50p was issued in the following formats:

Circulation coins (mintage not yet known)
Brilliant Uncirculated (£12.99 from ChangeChecker)
Silver Proof (limited to 60,000, £65)
Gold Proof (limited to 600 copies, and selling for £945)

These coins are no longer available at The Royal Mint but Change Checker stock a range of Paddington 50p products in Brilliant Uncirculated quality which you can secure for your collection here >>

So why were some Paddington coins sold for thousands on eBay?

Back in 2018, a small number of the Paddington Bear 50p coins were issued early, giving collectors the chance to get their hands on the pieces before they were officially released.

Some of these first coins were put up for sale on eBay attracting interest from the national newspapers, who often report on sales of 50p coins.

One coin even had a price of £16,000… but don't believe the hype! The coin will not have sold for this much, and as soon as the coins were released these early coins lost any additional value they may have had.

It's often the case that newspapers report on modern coins selling for hundreds or thousands on eBay, but there's usually an explanation that means it's more a case of sellers 'trying their luck' rather than any bonafide rarity. As ever, buyer beware, know the facts before you spend your money.