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. Following the popularity of this coin, the more common 2017 edition depicted Peter side-on as he hopped towards adventure.

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. 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 >>> After the success of the coins in 2016, the 2017 coins had higher mintage figures, perhaps in a bid to meet demand. 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?In 2016, The Royal Mint released a collection of special 50p coins to mark 150 years since the birth of Beatrix Potter. 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. 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.

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.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. Kew Gardens 50p coin: Why Royal Mint named it the rarest in circulation, and how much it could be worth 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: 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.