Overview

• An Instagram and TikTok specialist says the newly circulating Bee £1 is the year’s key find, with Change Checker also flagging its low mintage.
• The Royal Mint confirmed 30.8 million new £1 coins are entering circulation, including 7.5 million with King Charles III and just 170,000 dated 2025 for the Bee design.
• Coverage continues to spotlight the 1933 George V penny, with the Royal Mint estimating only six or seven exist and a verified auction sale reaching £127,000 in 2016.
• A social‑media claim suggests a genuine 1945 silver threepence could fetch about £50,000, though this guidance is not backed by official sales data and should be treated cautiously.
• Error and low‑mintage pieces remain targets, including the 2011 Aquatics 50p early design, a 2009‑dated Athletics 50p, a 2017 Benjamin Bunny rotation error, and the 2008 undated 20p mule, which recently realised £68 on eBay.