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Veterans Richard Pelzer (left), 101, and Ron Horsey, 98, who both served with the Royal Engineers, holding the new VE Day 50p coin at the Royal Mint manufacturing site in South Wales (Photo: The Royal Mint)

VE Day 50p coins released to mark 80th anniversary of WWII's end

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Royal Mint commemorates music legend with coin marking 85th birthday

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50p coin listed for £25,000 due to rare minting error spotted by owner

The commemorative coins mark the 60th anniversary of the first Red Arrows display

The Royal Mint has just launched some special Red Arrows 50p coins

The £1,000 coin is made from solid fine gold

The Royal Mint has launched a £1,000 coin - and it's really not cheap

The £1 note can cost hundreds of pounds if it's in the right condition - but there's a cheaper way

You can still buy a £1 note - but don't expect it to cost a quid

The five new designs include coins commemorating the Red Arrows, the modern railway and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Royal Mint unveils five special coins for 2025

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Rare 1965 coin could be worth £60,000 - but only under one condition

The Snowman is being depicted on the new 50p coin - with a gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars for someone to discover on Christmas Eve

Royal Mint hides gold version of new Snowman 50p in advent calendar

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King Charles £1 coins enter circulation - and could be worth hundreds

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These rare 2012 Olympic coins from London games are worth up to £150

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The Royal Mint is 'scrapping' these widely used coins as demand drops

Pop legend George Michael has been immortalised in the Royal Mint's new coin collection. (Credit: The Royal Mint/PA Wire)

Pop icon on Royal Mint coin

Royal Mint launch collectable dinosaur 50p coins

The Queen appeared on more UK coins than any other British monarch and approximately 27 billion coins bearing her likeness are still in active circulation.

Royal Mint reveals rarest Queen Elizabeth II coins - some worth £100s

A rare 20p Error Coin with Royal Mint certification which is being put up for auction

Rare 20p coin set to fetch a whopping £1,800 at auction
A 20p coin so rare that it is the only one experts have ever seen is set to fetch a whopping £1,800 at auction.
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Commemorative Star Wars coins from the Royal Mint

Royal Mint to release commemorative Star Wars coins

The Royal Mint has released a commemorative 50p coin design to mark the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush arriving in the UK.

The Royal Mint releases 50p coin design to mark Windrush’s anniversary

Which beloved Star Wars characters feature in the new coin collection?

The Royal Mint releases new Star Wars coins

The ‘world’s most beautiful coin’ depicting Queen Victoria as a royal fairy guiding a lion has sold for £267,000, 182 years after it was minted for her coronation.

Coin depicting Queen Victoria as fairy fetches huge amount at auction

The BBC show air never seen before footage of King Charles in an upcoming documentary

BBC documentary to show never seen before footage of King Charles

The 50p coin showing King Charles III in a crown (Photo: Royal Mint)

First images of 50p coin showing a crowned King Charles emerge

King Charles stamps

New Royal Mail stamps featuring King Charles go on sale

The Royal Mint has released a new Harry Potter 50p coin

Royal Mint release new Harry Potter 50p coin - how to buy

The Royal Mint Flying Scotsman collectable £2 coin

Royal Mint celebrate 100 years of Flying Scotsman with special £2 coin

A Brexit 50p coin has sold on eBay for £10,000

Brexit 50p coin fetches £10k on eBay - 10 million still in circulation

The Royal Mint has launched a new coin featuring Albus Dumbledore and King Charles as part of a new Harry Potter themed collection. The monarch’s likeness features on the “heads” of the special 50p, while the Hogwarts headmaster features on the other side.

Dumbledore joins King Charles on new 50p coin from Royal Mint
The new Harry Potter themed collection marks the 25th publishing anniversary of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone.
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Royal Mint visitors can strike their own King Charles III £2 coin

Royal Mint reveals first coins for 2023

The 50p coins with showing King Charles III (photo The Royal Mint)

First King Charles III 50p coins enter circulation - where to get one

Royal Mint releases Harry Potter 50p coin featuring Hogwarts Express

Royal Mint launches Harry Potter 50p featuring Hogwarts Express

Northern Ireland 2002 Commonwealth Games £2 coin

A list of the rarest and most valuable £2 coins in circulation

The Royal Mint has launched a new £2 coin to celebrate being in circulation for 25 years

Royal Mint launches new £2 coin to celebrate 25 years in circulation

Royal Mint unveils new collection celebrating 25 years of Harry Potter

Prince Charles, visiting the Royal Mint in 2017. The new King's image will eventually appear on newly minted coins (photo: Getty Images)

Changing face of our currency and stamps

The new 50p BBC coin is set to be in ‘huge demand’ for collectors as it still features the image of the late Queen. Picture by The Royal Mint

Royal Mint unveils new 50p coin to mark BBC’s centenary

New coins with portrait of King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II revealed - when they go into circulation

Demand for Queen Elizabeth memorial coins crashes Royal Mint website

Royal Mint reveals 10 rarest 50p coins - see the list

Buckingham Palace has released a new portrait of King Charles III with his family

Buckingham Palace release new portrait of King Charles III with family

New coins with portrait of King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II revealed - when they go into circulation

King Charles III coins: When memorial coin and new 50p to be released

Queen Elizabeth II: tasteful memorabilia, souvenirs to commemorate

Queen Elizabeth II: tasteful memorabilia, souvenirs to commemorate

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Coin and Medal

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal and coin collection from Royal Mint

Harry Potter books are loved around the world (Photo: Adobe)

Royal Mint announces Harry Potter coin collection - when its available

Royal Mint issues new Disney 50p coin in exclusive Winnie the Pooh series

The new 50p coin commemorates Alan Turing’s codebreaking during the Second World War (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint launches new Alan Turing 50p coin with hidden codes

50p coins are seen at the Royal Mint plant (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

The rare 50p fetching £150 on eBay - how to tell if your coin is valuable

The coin marks 120 years since the first publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint releases new £5 coin to mark 120 years of Peter Rabbit

The Bank of England has issued a warning over paper banknotes which are currently still in circulation (Getty Images)

The date when old £20 and £50 paper notes will no longer be accepted

Royal Mint release FA Cup commemorative £2 coin

Royal Mint releases commemorative £2 coin to mark 150 years of FA Cup

New 50p coin features the Queen on horseback to mark Platinum Jubilee

The special coins commemorate the Queen’s 70th anniversary as monarch (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint unveils two new coins in celebration of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Duke of Edinburgh Award volunteers have been gifted with a special memorial coin

Duke of Edinburgh volunteers gifted special memorial coins

The Royal Mint has launched a collection of Mr Men and Little Miss coins (Photo: Royal Mint)

Royal Mint launches new Mr Men and Little Miss coins - here’s how to buy them

An assistant helps an elderly customer pay for her purchases using the new decimal coinage in a London supermarket on the first day of national decimalisation (Photo: Leonard Burt/Central Press/Getty Images)

It's been 50 years since decimal currency was introduced in the UK

The Kews Garden 2009 coin is the rarest, while Flopsy Bunny also ranks high

The Royal Mint has revealed its 10 rarest 50p coins - here is the list in full