THE RARE Mrs Tittlemouse 50p joins the ranks of the rare Peter Rabbit 50p and more, as a valuable collectors’ coin.
Beatrix Potter’s most loved children’s characters all feature on their own 50ps, and Mrs Tittlemouse couldn’t miss out on a silver spot either.
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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 Mrs Tittlemouse”.
The titular character features on the reverse of this coin with her name above the striking image too.
The Mrs Tittlemouse 50p coin was designed by Emma Noble, who also created the other designs in the full Beatrix Potter collection.
It’s part of the third series though, after the 2016 and 2017 runs proved to be extremely popular with coin collectors.
Siblings, Peter and Flopsy, are found on the other 50p coins in the same 2018 collection, but they do tend to go for a little more money at auction than Mrs Tittlemouse.
We look at exactly how rare the coin is, and how much of a mint you could make adding Mrs Tittlemouse to your own collection.
RARE COINS AND VALUABLE NOTES
How rare is the Mrs Tittlemouse 50p?
There are 1,700,000 Mrs Tittlemouse 50ps in circulation according to Change Checker.
That’s in comparison to around 200 million regular 50ps floating about in people’s change and more.
But if you also factor in the other 50ps from the Beatrix Potter collection, especially the other two 50ps released in 2018, Mrs Tittlemouse isn’t the rarest.
The Peter Rabbit coin also released in the same year has a mintage figure of only £1,400,00 while his sister, Flopsy Bunny 50p has 1,400,000 in circulation too.
Change Checker’s latest scarcity index update reveals exactly how it ranks amongst other rare coins though.
It’s got a score of 40 which makes it “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.
How much is the Mrs Tittlemouse 50p worth?
Sadly the Mrs Tittlemouse 50p isn’t as popular as it’s Beatrix Potter counterparts, so not many have sold for much of a mint on eBay.
The highest we found was a listing that closed on £8.50, just last month.
That being said, the coin still sold for 17 times more than face value.
Not all is lost though, if you were banking on making more of a mint.
Interest can change over time, so sometimes bidders will suddenly bid more, but that can also offer less.
What a coin will eventually sell for is down to what a bidder is willing to pay for it.
How about other 50ps in my change?
We already know that most of the Beatrix Potter 50ps will make a mint if you sell them on eBay – so don’t pass up the opportunity to snaffle one away if you spot it in your change.
Peter Rabbit can peak collectors’ interest that want to pay as much as £13.50 online, while Flopsy Bunny has sold for as much as £17 in the past.
Sell them all together and you could make as much as £24, like one seller who sold three coins with different characters on as a bundle.
But really any commemorative coins will be valuable to collectors.
The coins aren’t as widely produced as regular 50ps so they’re harder to come by – only making collectors more keen.
A good example of that is the ever-popular Kew Gardens 50p.
It’s one of the most valuable coins to collect, often selling for thousands more than its face value of 50p – as some bids reach over £300 or more.
If you spot a coin that looks a little different to the everyday, you should check it out against other listings on eBay to see how much you could get.
But beware of fakes – 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 and how much you would actually get for your find.
Rare coins and valuable notes – is yours worth a mint?
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