Fifty Pence 2009 Victoria Cross - Award (NCLT) The British fifty pence (50p) coin - often pronounced fifty pee - is a unit of currency equalling one half of a Pound Sterling. It is a seven-sided coin formed as an equilateral-curve heptagon, or Reuleaux polygon - a curve of constant width, meaning that the diameter is constant across any bisection. 2000 Fifty Pence 50p Coins in Circulation page Two different 50p coins were issued in 2000. The standard Britannia design and a commemorative coin to mark the 150th anniversary of the public libraries.

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1. The Victoria Cross 50 pence was released in 2006 to mark the 150th Anniversary of the original creation of the Victoria Cross medal. On 29th January 1856, Queen Victoria signed the Royal Warrant for the creation of the Victoria Cross medal.
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Two different 50p coins were issued in 2000. The standard Britannia design and a commemorative coin to mark the 150th anniversary of the public libraries.

The Standard Design:

Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type 3 (design by Christopher Ironside):

Mintage for Circulation: 27,915,500.

Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)

The story behind the design:

The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and also on some coins dated 2015. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.

The reverse design, by Christopher Ironside, shows Briannia seated. Britannia had appeared on at least one British coin denomination since the 1670s, and in fact long before that there were Roman coins showing the word ‘BRITANNIA’ and the helmeted female representation of Britannia to celebrate the Roman capture of Britain.

Commemorative 50p coin, Type 6: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type (design by Mary Milner Dickens):

Mintage for Circulation: 11,263,000.

2006 Victoria Cross 50p Coin Value

Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)

The story behind the design:

The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and also on some coins dated 2015. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.

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The reverse design, by Mary Milner Dickens shows an opened book on top of a pillared public library building with the dates 1850 and 2000 above it. The Public Libraries Act was passed in 1850 to provide education to the public:

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The Soldier 50p coin can be found in your change, 10,000,500 coins entered circulation dated 2006.

Clive Duncan's design was reproduced over 10 million times for this 2006 coin marking the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross medal.

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A backlit shape of the Victoria Cross is the background from which a heroic soldier carries an injured colleague back to safety. The medal is given to mark extraordinary acts of valour and courage.

How much is the Soldier 50p worth?

A 50p coin created for UK circulation by The Royal Mint will always be worth at least 50p. The coin can be in pretty much any condition and a shop will accept it as face value payment.

When a coin is considered collectable by a large number of people, even if the coin was struck to be used in circulation - it's value to a collector will rise to more than face value. In 2009 a coin was struck to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Kew Gardens, with a low mintage of 210,000 coins for circulation, the Kew Gardens 50p now sells for about 140 times face value.

The Soldier 50p is worth £1.20 to a circulation coin collector taking part in The Great British Coin Hunt.

Coin values given are based on recent sold prices as at the page updated date shown at the bottom of this page. To view the likely selling price on eBay today, use the Coin Hunter eBay sold price checker.

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