A rare coin has sold for 330 times its face value on eBay, fetching £165 for one lucky seller. The 50p coin was released just 13 years ago in 2009 to mark 250 years since the opening of London’s Kew Gardens in 1759.
The coin – which the Royal Mint estimate to have made 210,000 – features the famous Chinese Pagoda at the Royal Botanic Garden on one side and Queen Elizabeth II’s head on the other. Coin valuation website Coin Hunter puts the average resale price for the Kew Gardens 50p between £150.89 and £161.50, The ECHO reports.
According to its eBay listing, the “Fifty Pence 50p 2009 - Kew Gardens Genuine” had a starting price of just 99p. The price of the coin soared during what was surely an intense 32-way bidding war, with the seller taking home a whopping £165.
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