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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Emma Munbodh

Coin experts issue warning after 'not so rare' Brexit 50p sells for £650 on eBay

A series of Brexit 50p coins have exchanged hands for hundreds of pounds on eBay, despite not being considered particularly 'rare'.

Coin experts have been left puzzled by the sales, which last month saw one coin sell for £650 and this month another for £1,500.

Rare coins are usually given that title because they are just a few million of them in circulation – such as the Kew Gardens 50p – making them a ‘collectable’.

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