Rare 50p coin minted to mark Kew Gardens anniversary sells for £175 on eBay

The coin, which is sought after by collectors, is estimated to be worth around £140, meaning the seller made some extra profit when it sold for £175.

A 50p coin has sold on eBay for a massive 350 times its original value, sparking a bidding war and leaving the seller laughing all the way to the bank.

The coin, which is highly sought after by collectors, is valued at around £140 - but the seller managed to make a tidy extra profit when it sold for a grand total of £175.

The coin was minted in 2009 to mark the 250th anniversary of Kew Gardens opening in 1759.

The Royal Mint produced around 210,000 of the coins, which feature the iconic Chinese Pagoda from the Royal Botanic Garden on one side and the late Queen's portrait on the other.

It was listed on eBay as a "Rare 100% Genuine 2009 Kew Gardens 50p Coin", and started with a modest price tag of £20.

But after 27 bids, the price skyrocketed to a final sale price of £175 - and the lucky seller even threw in free postage.

With 210,000 of the coins still in circulation, it might be worth rummaging through your spare change for a Kew Gardens 50p.

If you're lucky enough to find one, make sure to check the date.

This is because the Royal Mint reissued a batch of the coins in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 50p coin, and these versions don't fetch as high a price.

However, they have been known to sell for between £70 and £80 on eBay, so you could still be in for a decent payout.

This isn't the only coin to have hit headlines in recent days.

In a viral TikTok clip from @CoinCollectingWizard, other app users were told of the potential value of a certain two pence piece.

He detailed: "£1,000 if your 2p says New Pence. There are so many news articles and eBay listings of people trying to sell the 1971 New Pence Two Pence coin for thousands."

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