A rare 50p coin has been sold for a whopping £175 and there are thousands more in circulation.
The coin was released in 2009 to mark 250 years since Kew Gardens opened in 1759 and the Royal Mint estimate around 210,000 were made. It features the famous Chinese Pagoda at the Royal Botanic Garden on the tails side with the Queen's face as normal on the other.
Change checking website Coin Hunter puts the average resale price for the Kew Gardens 50p between £150.89 and £161.50, meaning this particular coin has sold just above the price range. The 'genuine 2009 Kew Gardens 50p coin' listing on eBay sparked a 50-way bidding war before finally being sold for £175 - as Lincoln Live reports.
