The Kew Gardens 50p coin is one of the most sought-after in the UK, with the Royal Mint naming it one of its rarest and most valuable coins
We are all being urged to check our change for a rare 50p coin after one sold for almost 1,000 times its face value at auction this week.It is one of the Royal Mint’s rarest and most valuable coins, with just 210,000 copies entering circulation when it was released in 2009.The coin features the Chinese Pagoda at the Royal Botanic Gardens on the tails side and a portrait of the Queen., which was designed to mark the 250th anniversary of the gardens in 2009.
The Kew Gardens 50p sells for £156.25 on average, but one seller received over £700 for one when they sold it on eBay.stem predominantly from the 2011 Olympics, with the wrestling, football and judo coins among the most valuable. Only 1.1million of each of these coins were produced.These coins - 1.4 million of which were minted - depict the characters from Beatrix Potter’s novels and celebrate the life of the English writer and these sell for around £5.
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