These coins are not considered in the mintage numbers shown in this table as it is unlikely that they will ever be removed from their sets and sold or traded as individual coins. We have made an exception for the new 2020 Team GB (Tokyo 2020) 50p coin as it is only available in annual sets. As soon as this information is released for the newer coins, we will update the table below to include it.īrilliant uncirculated, proof, silver and gold 50ps can also be found in annual UK coin sets, produced by The Royal Mint, some of which go all the way back to the creation of the 50p in 1969. Then they stop listing the coin for sale, record the final mintage number and publish it on the commemorative coin sales page of their website. The final mintage number for these BU coins is only released by The Royal Mint a few years after the coin's release, when they are satisfied that they have made as many sales as they can.

So, the limit for BU coins is set only by public demand. This allows them to sell as many of these coins as they get orders for. This is because The Royal Mint do not decide on issue limits for their BU coins.

Newer BU (brilliant uncirculated) coins have mintages listed as UNLIMITED. We have arranged them in order of rarity using their mintage number. The list in the table below covers every design (of both old and new 50p coin) that has been issued as a limited edition and there are a lot of them! Limited edition coins are created by The Royal Mint solely for sale to collectors and are never released into general circulation.

50p collection 2024