Monopoly 50p (2025)

The Monopoly 50p sold in packs is a collector coin, so condition and packaging drive its price. A coin in its original Royal Mint information pack is worth more than a loose one or a coin in a third-party certified pack, and marks on the lenticular panel or the plain field lower it. The colour edition is priced separately, as are the silver and gold proofs, and the Strike Your Own coin sells for far more than the pack coin.

The Monopoly 50p was not issued for circulation, so it has no rarity rank.

Mr Monopoly with the MONOPOLY logo, playing tokens and property cards around him is the pack version of this coin. Tilt it under a light: the GO sign should flip to the M money symbol. The Strike Your Own coin looks quite different, with Mr Monopoly leaping over GO and the board behind him, and no property cards. Both carry King Charles III on the obverse, and neither was issued for circulation.

Known varieties of the Monopoly 50p, all listed among the UK error coins and varieties:

• Colour edition: A colour-printed brilliant uncirculated edition, with an issue limit of 15,000 sold singly plus 2,500 in an advent calendar.
• Strike Your Own design: A separate, simpler reverse by Emma Noble showing Mr Monopoly leaping over the GO sign, with the Monopoly board behind and ©HASBRO / GO, struck only as a Strike Your Own coin at the Royal Mint Experience.

Monopoly reached British shops in 1935, brought over by the Leeds game maker Waddingtons, and with its board of London locations it quickly became a household name. For the game's ninetieth year in the UK, The Royal Mint worked with Hasbro on this coin. Product designer Bella Biggs drew the reverse. Mr Monopoly runs across the lower half beneath the boxed MONOPOLY logo, surrounded by classic playing tokens and a spread of property cards on which MAYFAIR, BOW STREET and TRAFALGAR SQUARE can be read. The anniversary wording curves above the logo, and a small ©HASBRO credit records the licence. Its most unusual feature is a lenticular GO sign that turns into the M money symbol when the coin is tilted. The pack coin came in an information pack, alongside a colour edition with an issue limit, part of which went into an advent calendar, and silver and gold proofs. Turn it over for Martin Jennings' portrait of the King.