Exact year to look out for a rare 50p that could be worth 20 times MORE – do you have one in your change?

COIN experts person revealed the nonstop twelvemonth to look retired for connected a uncommon 50p coin which tin beryllium sold for 20 times its archetypal value.

Those successful possession of the uncommon coin whitethorn find themselves successful luck, arsenic collectors are selling them connected eBay.

The 50ps diagnostic Britannia, a symbolic practice of Britain, and were issued betwixt 1969 and 2008.

However, lone 3,500,000 of the 2008-dated coins entered circulation, making them highly sought-after by coin collectors.

That twelvemonth besides marked the last clip the Britannia plan was utilized earlier the Royal Shield plan was introduced.

The unsocial 2008 50p coin is presently fetching astir 20 times its archetypal worth connected eBay.

One coin collected managed to merchantability the coin for £9.99 with different ones going for a akin price.

However, it's not the lone 50p that is worthy a beauteous penny.

A coin that featured a unsocial plan sold for a whopping £1,500.

The error "Lines Over The Face" Aquatics 50p fetched the elephantine sum successful a caller auction.

The mistake coin is similar plentifulness of others, specified arsenic the Lord Kitchener £2 and 1983 "New Pence", which are truthful invaluable owed to them being manufactured incorrectly.

The 50p Lines Over The Face mistake coin sold for £1,500 successful a caller auction tally by RWB, based successful Wiltshire.

Kimberly Day, coin adept from RWB, said: "Only a fewer 100 examples with this uncommon plan saltation are believed to person been released.

"We're delighted that this coin has raised specified a sum, it's a just terms for specified a uncommon coin and we judge its worth volition lone summation implicit time."

The modular Aquatics 50p was issued by the Royal Mint, the authoritative shaper of British coins, successful 2011.

It was portion of a postulation released to people the 2012 London Olympics - with 29 designs representing different sports.

The mistake coin is truthful rare, that it tin merchantability for elephantine sums similar successful RWB's caller auction - and it's been known to merchantability for £1,600 successful the past too.

How overmuch are different 50p coins worth?

Many coins tin beryllium worthy overmuch much erstwhile sold connected eBay arsenic portion of a collection.

However, sometimes you'll get amended idiosyncratic prices if different enthusiast needs your coin to implicit their collection.

The uncommon Blue Peter Olympic 50p has been flogged connected eBay for £205.

The coin shows an jock doing the precocious leap and was drawn by nine-year-old Florence Jackson aft winning a contention connected the kid's TV show.

Plus, 1 seller pocketed a whopping £63,000 flogging his Battle of Hasting's 50p too.

So-called 'error coins' tend to beryllium worthy a batch too, due to the fact that there's seldom much than a fewer 1000 of them successful circulation.

One 50p that was mistakenly struck twice sold for arsenic overmuch arsenic £510 connected eBay due to the fact that it was rare.

It's not lone 50ps either - a rare mistake 10p coin sold for implicit 1,000 times much than its look worth connected eBay successful the past.

Likewise, determination are several rare £2 coins in circulation which could beryllium worthy conscionable nether £50.

How to merchantability a uncommon coin

You tin merchantability a uncommon coin on eBay, Facebook, oregon successful an auction.

If you're selling connected Facebook, determination are risks attached.

Sellers person antecedently been targeted by scammers connected Facebook saying they privation to bargain a uncommon coin and asking for money upfront for a courier to prime it up.

But it's a ruse to get wealth retired of you and the courier is ne'er sent.

To debar this happening, it's ever champion to conscionable a Facebook seller successful idiosyncratic erstwhile buying oregon selling anything.

Ensure it's a nationalist gathering spot that's successful a well-lit country and if you can, debar utilizing outgo links.

Most sellers similar to woody with currency straight erstwhile gathering to guarantee it's legitimate.

The safest mode to merchantability a uncommon coin is much than apt astatine auction. You tin organise this with The Royal Mint's Collectors Service.

It has a squad of experts who tin assistance you authenticate and worth your coin.

You tin get successful interaction via email and a subordinate of the valuation squad volition get backmost to you.

You volition beryllium charged for the work though - the outgo varies depending connected the size of your collection.

You tin besides merchantability uncommon coins connected eBay.

But instrumentality into relationship that if you negociate to merchantability your point past eBay volition complaint you 10% of the wealth you made - this includes postage and packaging.

Always carnivore successful caput erstwhile selling immoderate uncommon coin, you volition lone get what the seller is consenting to wage for it.