100 Years of the BBC 50p (2022)

No BBC 50p went into circulation, so every example is a brilliant uncirculated or proof coin and there is no price for one from change. The standard coin's value depends on its condition and packaging, with sealed Royal Mint packs worth more than loose coins or ones taken out of their card. Scratches or fingerprints on the open field around the globe lower the price of a loose coin. The silver and gold proofs are separate collector pieces, valued on their own.

The 100 Years of the BBC 50p was not issued for circulation, so it has no rarity rank.

A globe with curved transmission waves rising above it marks this one out, along with the words INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN and the dates 1922-2022. The heads side shows Jody Clark's fifth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II rather than King Charles III, even though the coin came out after her death. It was never issued for circulation, so an example comes from a brilliant uncirculated pack or a proof set rather than from change. No varieties are recorded.

The BBC was founded on 18 October 1922 and spent its first century informing, educating and entertaining audiences in the UK and around the world, from the early days of radio to the internet. The Royal Mint marked the centenary in 2022 with a 50p by the artist Henry Gray, whose reverse is about the corporation's global reach. A globe sits beneath arcs of transmission waves spreading outwards, and the lettering combines the dates 1922-2022, a line celebrating a hundred years of OUR BBC, and the words INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN. Gray's initials HDG appear on the same side. The coin also has a place in the story of the change of reign. It was the first coin The Royal Mint released after the Queen's death, and in support of the King's wish for a sustainable transition it still carries Jody Clark's fifth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. It was never struck for circulation. Collectors could buy it in brilliant uncirculated packs, and as a silver proof, a silver proof piedfort and a gold proof.