eBay: Rare Peter Pan 50p coins sell for £535 – how can you get one?

eBay seller “silver-lady2018” recently sold a set of 50p coins for £535.

The six coins fetched well over their value, so why?

These coins, covered in illustrations from the children’s classic, are pretty rare.

The listing for the brightly coloured set included all the details.

Rare Peter Pan 50p coins sell for £535 – how can you get one?

The seller wrote: “This year marks the 90th anniversary since Peter Pan author, JM Barrie, gifted all his rights in Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

“To commemorate this generous gift, which continues to benefit the hospital to this day, a brand new British Isles Peter Pan Silver 50p Coin Set has been released.”

The set has six designs, all of which celebrate a characters from the classic tale.

They are rendered in .925 Solid Silver to a pristine proof finish.

The set includes a design of Peter Pan and the three children flying, Peter Pan himself, Tinkerbell, Wendy and Nana, the crocodile and Captain Hook.

The seller added: “Importantly, this set is the only way to own all six of these coins. Other than the Peter Pan ‘Flying’ Silver 50p, none of the designs will be available to purchase individually.”

Only 1,995 are available, making them rather rare. The coins were developed in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity).

All the sets are now sold out.

The coins will enter circulation in the Isle of Man, as it is actually Manx currency.

Pater Pan is a character in J.M. Barrie’s 1904 play Peter and Wendy. He is a little boy who can never grow up.

While it is a children’s classic, the origin of the character is tragic. Peter was believed to have been inspired by Barrie’s bother, who died age 14 while ice skating.

Both the joy and tragedy of Peter Pan is that he will always be a child.

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According to coin website, Change Checker, the 50p has a mintage of 9,700,000 and ranks as one on the scarcity index, making it common.

Experts at the coin publication, Spend It? Save It? What Should You Do? disagree slightly and say the coin has a slightly different mintage of 9,600,000.

The commemorative coin on sale is a Peter Rabbit 50p coin which was released in 2017.

It may be interesting to a lot of people and it was part of the second batch of Beatrix Potter 50p coins to be put into circulation.

Which are the rarest £1, £2, 50p, 20p, 10p and 2p coins?

Rarest £2 coins

The rarest £2 coin is the 2002 Commonwealth Games NI coin with 485,500 in circulation. This is followed by the 2002 Commonwealth Games Wales which has 588,500 in circulation.

Next up is the 2015 Navy, and there are 650,000 in circulation.

Rarest £1 coins

The most rare £1 coins are all part of a series celebrating the British capitals.

The rarest of these is the 2011 Edinburgh coin, with 935,000 in circulation. Of the 2011 Cardiff coins there are 1,615,000 in circulation, while the 2010 London coin has 2,635,000 in circulation.

Rarest 50p coin

The rarest 50p coin is the Kew Gardens coin, which is also the rarest coin in circulation. It there were only 210,000 minted.

The football Olympic 50p coin has 1,125,500 in circulation, and the wrestling coin has 1,129,500 in circulation.

It is not so easy to evaluate the rarest 20p coins, 10p coins and even 2p coins as exact circulation figures are not known.

However, various versions of the coins are known to sell for large sums.

These include the dateless 20ps, which are actually part of a run from 2008. There may be between 50,000 and 200,000 of these coins in circulation.

The 1983 ‘New Pence’ 2p coin can also sell for a huge sum, up to £650.

Facts about British currency

Monarch direction

When a new monarch ascends to the throne and their profile is put on to currency, the side they face is swapped.

This means Charles will face left on British currency when he becomes King, as currently the Queen faces right.

Huge notes

The £50 not is the highest-value banknote in general circulation, but there are a small number of “giant” and “titan” notes – £1million and £100million notes respectively.

These are not designed for general use, but were instead created to back the value of everyday notes issued by commercial banks in Scotland Northern Ireland.

According to the BBC: “For every pound an authorised Scottish or Northern Irish bank wants to print in the form of its own notes, it has to deposit the equivalent amount in sterling with the Bank of England.”

Design

Royal Mint create and execute the designs for British coins.

Designs are based on current events, such as the 2012 Olympic Games, honouring history, such as both world wars, or literary/arts inspired, such as Beatrix Potter.

Cockney slang

Some of the most enduring cockney slang relates to money.

Archer = £2000, Bag of Sand = £1000, Grand = £1000, Monkey = £500, Carpet = £300 (can also be £30 or £3), Ton = £100, Pony = £25, Macaroni = £25, Apple Core = £20, Score = £20, Speckled Hen = £10, Uncle Ben = £10, Nigel Ben = £10, Paul McKenna = £10, Ayrton (Senna) = £10, Lady (Godiva) = Fiver = £5, Taxi Driver = £5 Nicker = £1, Ten Bob Bit = 50p piece Oxford = 5 shillings, Lord of the Manor = Tanner (sixpence)

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