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The most valuable rare 50p coins in the UK and where to sell them

Rare 50 pence coins are selling for around £600 online. Here are the most valuable - and where you might be able to buy or sell them...

Liverpool Echo · May 3, 2022

Rare Kew Gardens Chinese Pagoda 50p coins sells for £150 on eBay

The rare commemorative coin has sold for 300 times its original value

Evening Standard · May 3, 2022

Brits told to check if they have 'special' 50p coin that could be worth up to £150

Royal Mint says around 210,000 are in circulation

Wales Online · May 3, 2022

Rare Kew Gardens 50p sells for £215 on eBay after attracting flurry of bids

The Kew Gardens coin regularly top lists of the rarest 50p pieces. This particular coin sold for £215 on eBay after attracting 31 bids following a seven-day auction

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2022

Rare 50p coin sells for £150 on eBay - and there are thousands more in circulation

A commemorative 50p featuring Kew Gardens sold for £150 last week

Chronicle Live · May 2, 2022

Rare 50p coin sells for £150 with thousands more in circulation

It could be well worth checking to see if you have one of these lying around

Liverpool Echo · May 2, 2022

Rare £2 coin sells for £255 over design error - how to check your change for same mistake

If you find one, it could be worth up to £500.

Daily Record · Apr 20, 2022

Rare £2 coin sells for almost £300 after error as public urged to check change

The public have been urged to check their pockets and behind their sofa after a £2 coin sold for £255 after it was printed with an error - making it a rare coin

Glasgow Live · Apr 19, 2022

Rare £2 coin sells for £255 and there could be more out there

The coin sold for 127 times its face value after being minted with an error

Liverpool Echo · Apr 19, 2022

Check your change - that £2 coin in your pocket could be worth £255 because of a design error

A normal £2 consists of a yellow metal nickel-brass ring on the outside, and a grey cupro-nickel disc in the middle - but this unusual coin one is all yellow in colour

Wales Online · Apr 18, 2022