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Sophie Buchan & Aaron Morris

Man sells rare 50p Paddington Bear coin on eBay for £1,500

A man has successfully sold a rare 50p coin sporting beloved kids character Paddington Bear for £1,500.

The coin itself is said to be the fourteenth rarest 50p ever, and features the animated bear waving the Union Flag outside Buckingham Palace.

And according to Change Checker's Mintage figures index, the coin isn't even the rarest of all. The site says that Paddington at the Station is the most sought after of all the Paddington Bear coins - only having a mintage of 5,001,000.

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