FLOPSY Bunny is another classic character who has made her way into Brit’s pockets – by popping up on their 50ps.
Literature fans and coin collectors alike will typically snaffle away the coin design though, as it’s rarer than most.
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The coin was issued in 2018 to celebrate one of Beatrix Potter’s most loved children’s tales, “The tale of Flopsy Bunny”.
This is the first UK coin to feature Flopsy Bunny and is part of the third series of Beatrix Potter 50ps after the 2016 and 2017 series proved to be extremely popular with coin collectors.
The rare Peter Rabbit 50p came out in the same year, but Flopsy is yet to topple him off his spot as the rarest Beatrix Potter coin.
The Flopsy Bunny coin was designed by Emma Noble, who also created the other designs in the full Beatrix Potter collection.
On the reverse you can spot the adorable Flopsy Bunny herself, but if you aren’t familiar with the Peter Rabbit pal, then her name is also featured on the design close to the rim.
We take a look at exactly how rare the coin is, and how much it could be worth if you were to sell it on eBay.
RARE COINS AND VALUABLE NOTES
How rare is the Flopsy Bunny 50p?
There are 1,400,000 Flopsy Bunny 50ps in circulation according to Change Checker.
To compare, there’s around 200 million regular 50ps are in circulation so the furry character only accounts for a fraction.
Change Checker’s latest scarcity index update reveals that the coin takes 17th place, and it’s only one spot behind the rarest Beatrix Potter coin the 2018 Peter Rabbit 50p.
It’s got a score of 45, too – deemed less common.
The scarcity index ranks each of the coins between one and 100 to indicate how hard they are to find, as well as how in demand they may be.
The higher the number, the rarer the coin and therefore it’s more likely to be more valuable than others – so this one is about middle of the range in term sof rarity.
How much is the Flopsy Bunny 50p worth?
On eBay one sold listing reveals the coin had been offered for as much as £50.
That would make it exactly 100 times more valuable than its face value of 50p.
Sadly though, the listing only gained the attention of one bidder, so we can’t say for sure that the sale was the real deal.
A more likely sum for the coin came when one seller made £17 off the sale of the coin – as many as 19 bidders were keen to snap this one up so it’s a bit more sensible an offer.
That’s not to say you can’t make a little more from the coin – but you might need to have a few of Flopsy’s buddies to make a mint.
Collect a few more of the Beatrix Potter designs, and you could make as much as £24, like one seller who sold three coins with different characters on as a bundle.
But keep in mind that interest can change over time, so there’s no hard and fast guarantee you’ll be minted by snapping one up and selling it on.
You should also be wary of fakes online – and keep in mind that on eBay a buyer could pull out, which means the coin won’t have sold for the price it says it has.
You can check your change with experts like Coin Hunter or The Royal Mint though – they’ll tell you if something’s the real deal or not
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