Whilst slightly inconvenient we believe by sending all packages as a Tracked Large Letter, the contents are better protected and are less likely to be tampered with or go missing. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case. Milner was a safe maker from Liverpool who made numerous charitable contributions to the people of the Island. It's common to offer the Milner's Tower piece along with some other similar 50p coin, most frequently, the one commemorating the founding of Kew Gardens as well as coins representing the Olympics and some that recognise artists like Beatrix Potter and Benjamin Britten. The tower was built in the shape of a lock in honour of Milner who was a great benefactor of the town.

To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. The pin backs on these are a bit dodgey so you may need something different like a locker if you don't want to lose it. Originally issued by the Royal Mint in 2015, the vintage Milner's Tower 50p coin prominently depicts the tower on its reverse side, a landmark on the Isle of Man built in in 1871 to honour the legendary safe-maker William Milner.William was a safe maker from Liverpool whose charitable contributions to the people of the Island gave him the nickname, ‘The Godfather of Port Erin. Hi David, well done for spotting this, if you have a read of the blog, we mention that this was intentional due to it being a definitive design and not commemorative, you can also see the mintage figures.

As always, ‘The Change Checker guide to UK coin mintages’ is THE place to check how rare your coins are! If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy.The first of these is that because the population of the Isle of Man is relatively low, there have been relatively few units of this coin minted. The Milner’s Tower 50p is quite unique as it was issued on the Isle of Man between 2004 and 2016 as a standard edition 50p; but how much is it worth today? It is a special edition that was issued on the Isle of Man, so you won’t find it in general circulation in the UK, however, it is not uncommon to find coins from there in your change. Before discussing the specific and distinguishing characteristics of the Milner's Tower 50p coin, here are some of the basic properties that it shares with the many other 50p variants out there.