The most expensive 50ps sold in Scotland in October - including rare £18,000 Beatrix Potter coin
dailyrecord.co.ukYou've no doubt read plenty of articles urging you to "check your change" in case you're handed a rare coin in the fistful of cash you get back after making a purchase.Equally, you may have thought to yourself: "What's the point?" or: "I bet these so-called 'rare' coins aren't actually worth that much really."However, as it turns out you can actually end up making a mint (excuse the pun) by listing rare coins - particularly 50ps, it turns out - on auction site eBay.
In fact, just this month alone (October 2024), some very lucky Scots have enjoyed a major windfall after selling their 50p coins online for as much as £18,000 - a staggering profit - after stumbling upon sought-after collectors items.
Some of the rarest 50p coins that people in the UK are hunting for at the moment include the Kew Gardens 50p. This elusive bit of coinage is incredibly hard to find with just 210,000 in circulation since being released back in 2009.If you find one, you're looking at a profit of thousands of pounds.
The London Olympics 2012 50p can also fetch a pretty penny.There's also a new King Charles III 50p coin that's even rarer than the Kew Gardens one: the Atlantic Salmon 50p, pictured at the top of this article, which is now the scarcest in active circulation.
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