Public Libraries 50p

£2.00

Issue date: 2000

Quantity minted: 11,263,000

Approximate values:
Circulated average condition: 50p
Circulated excellent condition: £2.00
Uncirculated: £7.00

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Description

Front Design:
Showing an opened book on top of a pillared public library building with the dates 1850 and 2000 above. Designed by Mary Milner Dickens.

Obverse Design:
Queen Elizabeth II portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley.
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More about the Public Libraries 50p

These special edition 50p coins were issued in 2000 to commemorate 150 years since the Public Libraries Act was passed as an act of parliament in 1850.

The Public Libraries Act first gave local boroughs the power to establish free public libraries. It was the first legal step towards the creation of universal access to information and literature, and it is seen as a milestone in the social education of the country.

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Moe
5 years 1 month ago

Is it worth selling

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Geoff Wolfe
5 years 1 month ago

Depends on the condition and how much you want for it.

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Pikala
4 years 9 months ago

How much is this coin worth? I have one I would like to sell

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Geoff Wolfe
4 years 9 months ago

Estimated values are shown at the top of the page (next to the big coin image). What yours is worth will very much depend on the condition of your coin.

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Niki
4 years 8 months ago

where would i be able to sell it?

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Geoff Wolfe
4 years 8 months ago

Either tell us what you’ve got on here or stick it on ebay. Don’t forget to mention the condition and how much you want for it (inc postage).

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Stevedawson
4 years 4 months ago

Hi just want to know how u tell if it’s circulated or not please vgxny

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Geoff Wolfe
4 years 3 months ago

Circulated means it has been used as money (circulated in the monitory system) so has touched other coins in pockets, tills, fruit machines etc etc. Uncirculated means it has never been spent as a coin and was removed from the monetary system before it could possibly be damaged or tarnished. So if you found it in change then it’s definitely circulated.

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Noumana Iram
4 years 2 months ago

I have one very nice condition make me an offer

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RmRomper
11 months 27 days ago

3.50 for circulated