She pointed out that other versions of it were selling for just £2 on eBay, concluding: “We often have random coins that we don’t expect to take off that much and sometimes they just skyrocket. Speaking to The Mirror, Alexandra Fiddons from Change Checker wasn’t able to explain exactly why the coin would sell for such a purportedly high fee, but said that sometimes “random coins” do reach surprising prices. This coin was launched in 2016 to commemorate the famous battle’s 950th anniversary, with as many as 6.7 million entering circulation. Last year, for example, various reports claimed a Battle of Hastings 50p sold for £63,000 on eBay, supposedly because it was “very rare”.

This reports that the rarest 2009 Kew Gardens coin sold for an average of £156 over the auction website’s nine most recent listings, while the Olympic Football 50p fetched an average of £13.īattle of Hastings 50p coin: Why the ‘rare’ coin is actually fairly common, despite one ‘selling for £63,000 on eBay’

The rare coins website Change Checker has a recently updated eBay tracker, which claims that some 50p coins can fetch significant sums in the secondary sale market. 2011 Olympic Shooting, 1,656,500 Are the rare 50p coins valuable? Here are the rarest 50p designs in circulation, with their year and their total mintage, according to the Royal Mint:ġ0. “The Kew Gardens (50p) remains the most coveted coin, with a mintage of just 210,000, but it’s always exciting to find a special design in your change.” Beatrix Potter coins such as the Peter Rabbit 50p are among the rarest in circulation (Photo: PA) What are the rarest 50p coins in circulation? The Royal Mint’s director of UK currency Mark Loveridge said: “Coin collecting remains as popular as ever, and we were delighted to release a number of special designs into circulation in 2019. The 10 most valuable and rare 50p and £2 coins in circulation – and how much they’re worth

Collectable 50p and their value