If people are lucky enough to find more than one King Charles III 50p in their change, they could be prepared to swap one. Swapping your coins with other collectors will help you fill any gaps you may have in your coin collections. Consequently, collectors will be racing to find a complete set of definitive coins. The first definitive coins of a new monarch’s reign mark a significant moment in numismatic history. They will, inevitably, be redesigned in the future to have His Majesty’s portrait on them. Find out more here >Īnd of course, look out for those definitive coins – 1p – £2 coins. It’ll be the first new £1 design since 2017 and excitingly, the very first £1 coin that could feature King Charles III’s portrait on the obverse. Look out for a new £1 coin design next year.

And remember, it’ll never be worth less than its face value of 50p. The value of the King Charles III 50p depends on what someone is prepared to pay in the future – that’s part of the joy of collecting.īut, you can be sure that if you find one in your change, you’ll own a small piece of history – the very first coin of King Charles III’s reign. The 2009 Kew Gardens 50p recently sold for £150 and £175 on eBay. The coin at the top of the 50p Scarcity Index is the Kew Gardens 50p – just 210,000 entered circulation in 2009 and they still (over 13 years later) fetch around £100 on secondary market sites. We’ll update this every week, so you can keep track of where, and how quickly these coins are moving around the country.įind out more here > What will the King Charles III 50p be worth?Īny avid collectors knows the worth of a scarce coin.Ī look at the Change Checker Scarcity Index will show you just how sought-after UK coins can be. Example of Change Checker’s King Charles III coin map.

New collectable 50p