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Following the popularity of this coin, the more common 2017 edition depicted Peter side-on as he hopped towards adventure. By the age of 14, she had started a journal, written in code, to record her thoughts, ideas and sketches and kept it up until the age of 30. Her early sketches included detailed images of her pets and other animals. Her father, a talented amateur photographer, had friendships within the London art world including the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (1829–1896), whose family would holiday with the Potters in Perthshire, Scotland. Millais recognised Potter's talent, telling her: 'Plenty of people can draw, but you have observation.' With the encouragement of her father, Potter went on to study at the National Art Training School in London (now the Royal College of Art). The limited edition coins showed characters from the author’s iconic children’s story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, with Peter Rabbit the most popular (and most valuable) coins in the series.

Such was the popularity of the Beatrix Potter coins in 2016, The Royal Mint issued more coins the following year, and Peter Rabbit took centre stage again.'The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ was Beatrix Potter’s first tale and the coin features a well known illustration of Peter Rabbit hopping along. In fact, this coin and the 'Flopsy Bunny' 50p of the same yearare the rarest of all the circulation Beatrix Potter 50p coins. The first Beatrix Potter 50p coins were released in 2016 to mark 150 years since the famous writer and illustrator's birth. This first issue consisted of the following coins: The most common coins in circulation have a mintage in the tens or even hundreds of millions – the 1997 Britannia 50p, for example, was minted 456,364,100 times. The Flopsy Bunny 50p is equally as rare as the Peter Rabbit design (Photo: PA) What are the rarest 50p coins in circulation?The 2018 edition – the rarest to look out for – shows the rabbit as he was painted by the author, happily biting into radishes in the garden of the curmudgeonly Mr McGregor. This coin was released to celebrate Beatrix Potter’s life, and the coin features the dates 1866 to 1943, with Peter Rabbit at the centre. One of the most sought-after coins at the moment are the various Beatrix Potter 50p collections out there. A further commemorative edition of the Peter Rabbit 50p was released in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the coin. There were 32 drawings for The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies in Potter's will, which were presented to the British Museum in 1946. The group consists of 28 watercolours reproduced for the front cover and the illustrations beside the text, along with four preliminary studies for them, two of which are executed entirely in pen. They're something of an exception in the Museum's graphic collection as book illustrations have never been the focus for collecting, but such was the fame and quality of Beatrix Potter's drawings that they were gratefully accepted and have featured in two recent external exhibitions of her work.

There are different versions of new coins issued by The Royal Mint. The figures detailed above are for circulation coins - the examples that we find in our loose change. For each new coin, The Royal Mint issue aSilver Proof Coloured version, aBrilliant Uncirculated (BU) and the circulation copy. After the success of the coins in 2016, the 2017 coins had higher mintage figures, perhaps in a bid to meet demand. Peter returned in 2019, but this time the coin was not entered into circulation. The design, once again by Emma Noble and based on an original illustration by Beatrix Potter, shows an image from‘The Tales of Benjamin Bunny’ with Peter Rabbit holding a handkerchief which was used to take onions from the garden.While they will not be entering circulation, each coin is bound to be very popular when they go on sale, following the success of its predecessors. This design was one of five 50p coins issued to mark the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter'sbirth. The coin's design, by Emma Noble, features 'BEATRIX POTTER' and the years of her life, 1866 to 1943.

Also issued in 2016, this coin features a much larger image of Peter Rabbit, taking up the entire reverse design, though there is just enough room for his name across the top. Once again, in 2018, The Royal Mint put new Beatrix Potter coins into circulation. This time we saw Peter Rabbit munching on some radishes, much to the dismay of Mr McGregor. Potter's later life saw her depart from writing to focus on her work relating to land sustainability and conservation. She and William enjoyed thirty years of marriage living a simple life in Near Sawrey, uninterested in the trappings of wealth. In 2016, The Royal Mint released a collection of special 50p coins to mark 150 years since the birth of Beatrix Potter. The 2016 coins are the rarest out there, but there have since been additional releases in 2017 and 2018, with coins featuring Flopsy Bunny, Mrs Tittlemouse, The Tailor of Gloucester and a new Peter Rabbit design.There are other Peter Rabbit 50p coins for you to add to your collection, though you won't find them in your loose change as they were only issued in 'uncirculated' condition… 2019 Peter Rabbit 50p coin However, the 2009 Kew Gardens 50p remains by far the rarest coin in circulation, with a mintage of just 210,000: Perhaps in an attempt to reignite the interest in collecting the coins, the mintages of the 2018 Beatrix Potter coins were much lower than in previous years, so the 2018 Peter Rabbit 50p is one to look out for and put aside. In 1909, Potter returned with a degree of reluctance – due to wanting to develop other animal characters – to the rabbits that made her name and remained a favourite with her readers. She did so through the character of Benjamin Bunny, in The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies. In this story, Benjamin has grown up and married Peter's sister Flopsy. Very 'improvident and cheerful', Flopsy and Benjamin have a large family of children called the Flopsy Bunnies. The story opens by introducing the family and the fact that eating lettuces has a sleep-inducing effect on rabbits – illustrated here with the bunnies asleep in a lettuce patch.

In 1903, following the success of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, came The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, a story about a red squirrel's narrow escape from an owl called Old Brown. During a great period of creativity, fourteen more tales followed in just seven years. First issued in 2016, the Beatrix Potter 50p coins became hugely popular thanks to the subject - thousands of us grew up reading about the cheeky bunny and his friends - and the growing appeal of collecting 50p coins, sparked by the ambitious London 2012 Olympics 50p series. Beatrix Potter was born and raised in London, the eldest child of parents who had both inherited Lancashire cotton fortunes. Her father Rupert, a qualified barrister, married her mother Helen in 1863. They left their family roots in the industrial Midlands to live in a large house in the exclusive area of South Kensington, London. It was here, at number two Bolton Gardens, that Beatrix Potter was born in July 1866 and raised in an affluent Victorian household complete with maids, cooks, butlers and nursemaids. Discover the history of the British 50p piece, from 1969 to 2018, with your in-depth guide to designs and mintage figures, including collector notes, mintage figures and estimated values. Find out more >>>

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The design also features a profile portrait of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit can be seen at the bottom of the design. It's a rather small depiction of the cheeky rabbit, but he's there! Like the majority of the works on paper collection, they're not on permanent display to avoid the watercolour fading but are available to view by appointment in the Prints and Drawings study room. View a selection in the online gallery below. Kew Gardens 50p coin: Why Royal Mint named it the rarest in circulation, and how much it could be worth Not only are they rather lovely to look at and collect, but some go for quite a bit of money. Here are all the coins out there to complete your collection.

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