Spellbinding special feature on UKs FIRST Harry Potter 50ps drives demand

A brand-new collection of UK Harry Potter 50p coins has just been issued! Each features a spellbinding lenticular feature, which is sure to drive demand.

Celebrating 25 years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the designs of these 50p coins are inspired by Jim Kay’s 2015 immersive illustrations.

The first coin in the series has JUST been issued, featuring the world’s best-loved wizard…

UK’s FIRST Harry Potter 50p

2022 UK Harry Potter 50p, featuring unique lenticular feature. Get yours here >>

This is the UK’s first 50p to celebrate Harry Potter and excitingly, it also features another never-before-seen special feature…

For the first time ever, The Royal Mint has created a lenticular feature on a UK 50p. When you tilt the coin, the iconic lightning bolt replaces the number 25.

Lightning bolt / 25 Lenticular feature on UK Harry Potter 50p. Shown in titled GIF.
Lightning bolt / 25 Lenticular feature on UK Harry Potter 50p.

This 50p is full of exciting firsts and is likely to be one of most popular releases of all time!

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Continue the collection…

Continuing the series, we will see the below 50p coins issued, each featuring the signature lenticular feature:

  • A depiction of the Hogwarts Express and the figure of Harry Potter with the inscription, ‘Hogwarts Express 25 Years of Magic’
  • A depiction of Albus Dumbledore and the inscription, ‘Albus Dumbledore 25 Years of Magic’
  • A depiction of Hogwarts School and the inscription, ‘Hogwarts 25 Years of Magic’
2022 UK Harry Potter 50p coin illustrations. Featuring Dumbledore, Hogwarts Castle, and the Hogwarts Express.
The 2022 Harry Potter 50p illustrations. Featuring Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts Castle, and the Hogwarts Express.

The best news is that you can get ahead of the crowd right now and pre-order the remaining coins alongside the brand new Harry Potter 50p.

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UK 50p issued marking the 100th anniversary of the BBC

The BBC has broadcasted some of the world’s most exciting highs over the past 100 years but has also had the hard task of delivering some of the biggest lows.

And to mark this centenary milestone, The Royal Mint have issued a UK 50p with a design that symbolises the BBC’s global impact.

2022 UK 100th Anniversary of the BBC 50p

2022 100 Years of BBC 50p
2022 100 Years of BBC 50p

This coin has been developed in partnership with the BBC and designed by Henry Gray, resulting in a fantastic tribute to the Broadcasting Corporation.

Struck to a Brilliant Uncirculated quality, this coin is the perfect way to mark 100 years of broadcasting.

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Radio and television have revolutionised our everyday, providing us with important news and endless entertainment.

Last year we saw John Logie Baird, ‘The Father of the Television’, celebrated on a UK 50p coin – and quite rightly so, because where would we be without our TVs?

2021 John Logie Baird 50p. Showing a television mast and concentric circles depicting electronic waves. With the inscription: 'John Logie Baird Television Pioneer - 1888 1946'.
Queen Elizabeth II's portrait features on the obverse.
2021 John Logie Baird 50p.

The design features key milestones from Baird’s life, presented between lines of transmission.

But this isn’t the first coin to showcase a design with waves of transmission. The Royal Mint marked the 100th anniversary of wireless transmission in 2001 with a UK £2, pictured below.

2001 Wireless Transmission £2 coin reverse design.
2001 Wireless Transmission £2.

In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian physicist, succeeded in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean.

The message – simply containing the Morse code signal for the letter ‘s’ – travelled more than 2,000 miles from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland in Canada and won him worldwide fame and a Nobel Prize in physics in 1909.

Both coins have been popular with collectors, suggesting this new 2022 UK 100th Anniversary of our BBC CERTIFIED BU 50p may reach the same levels of demand.

Have you got either of these interesting coins in your collection? Let us know in the comments!


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Preparing for change – what happens to UK coins and banknotes

Queen Elizabeth II was our longest reigning monarch – appearing on our UK coinage since 1953.

All 29 billion coins currently in circulation in the UK have Queen Elizabeth II’s effigy on the obverse.

Close up image of British banknotes and coins.
Close-up of British banknotes and coins.

As the nation prepares for a new monarch, questions are being asked about what happens to our UK coins and banknotes.


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