Full list of quirky rare coins featuring famous characters worth up to £356 – do you have one?

SPOTTING a uncommon coin lying astir the location tin sometimes beryllium your summons to making a fewer other quid.

A coin is usually classed as uncommon if a constricted magnitude of the portion was enactment into circulation, making it harder for radical to get a clasp of it.

Sometimes, the coin volition person an antithetic marking, and different times it tin diagnostic a acquainted quality oregon cartoon which drives up request from collectors.

You whitethorn person seen precocious The Royal Mint released a 50p coin featuring the Gruffalo to celebrate the 20th day of its books.

The Sun has rounded up the astir invaluable coins featuring quirky characters.

Based disconnected of past sales, if you sold each of these 5 coins you could fetch a full of £356.

Jemima Puddle-Duck - up to £69.99

Jemima Puddle-Duck is simply a cute quality featured successful the Beatrix Potter children's story: 'The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.'

The coin was released successful 2016 by The Royal Mint to observe the 150th day of the classical tale.

The Royal Mint is the authoritative shaper of British coins, and is liable for making and distributing them

There were conscionable 2.1million of these coins minted, making it a ace uncommon find.

These regularly merchantability for astir £8.50 connected eBay.

One sold for £69.99 backmost successful July, but it besides came with the archetypal showcase container and packaging, which is worthy bearing successful mind.

It is besides important to retrieve that coins are lone worthy however overmuch idiosyncratic is consenting to wage for them.

So wherefore it mightiness merchantability for a greater sum connected month, the adjacent period purchaser request whitethorn person dwindled.

007 Bond Coin - up to £27

The Royal Mint released a postulation of James Bond coins successful 2018 to observe the 60th day of the classical spy movie.

Amongst the pieces released was a metallic 10p coin featuring the iconic 007 weapon logo and weapon tube synonymous with the movie series.

It is ranked 3rd connected Change Checkers' latest scarcity index, which features 26 uncommon 10p coins.

In July, 1 sold for £27 but much precocious it has been snapped up for £10.

The Gruffalo - up to £26

Back successful 2019, The Royal Mint issued a brace of commemorative 50p coins to observe the communicative 2 decades on.

The first 50p nod to the publication featured The Gruffalo's caput up adjacent - warts and all.

The second 50p Gruffalo edition shows the full beast lasting successful beforehand of a mouse, who is the protagonist of the story, successful the heavy acheronian forest, designed by Magic Light Pictures.

The coins outgo £10 erstwhile they archetypal launched connected the Royal Mint website, but present you tin lone them by on eBay for astir £15.

In August, we saw 2 coins merchantability for £26 and £22.

These are some precocious markups compared to the £10 Royal Mint sold them for immoderate 5 years ago.

However, different radical person managed to people Gruffalo coins for arsenic small arsenic £6 connected eBay.

Blue Peter - up to £216

This Blue Peter 50p coin was released successful 2009 up of the London Olympic games successful 2012.

It features a cartoon of a precocious jumper connected the back, with the plan etched by a nine-year-old girl.

The representation was created by schoolgirl Florence Jackson for a contention tally by fashionable kids TV amusement Blue Peter.

It features a high jumper bending backwards implicit a pole, with a amazed look connected its face.

Florence's drafting was selected retired of 17,000 entries, and she became the youngest idiosyncratic to ever plan a coin.

Over 2.2 cardinal of the Blue Peter 50p coins were issued, with astir minted successful 2011.

In Change Checker's astir caller scarcity scale the coin is ranked 26th successful the array of 50p coins, with 25 scarcity scale points.

Earlier this month, a bidder paid £216 for the coin connected eBay, suggesting request for the coin is high.

A fewer bids earlier this different 1 of the coins sold for £146.

Flopsy Bunny - up to £17

This 50p coin features the Flopsy Bunny from the classical puerility communicative of Peter Rabbit.

The Royal Mint lone produced 1.4million of these coins truthful it is rather rare.

Change Checkers' latest scarcity scale shows the cartoon rabbit is ranked 10th successful the array of uncommon coins with a scarcity scale of 58.

Sellers person ambitiously listed the coin for £750 connected eBay but nary offers person been made for the piece.

The astir caller merchantability made connected the coin was for £8.99 successful August.

However, successful the past it has sold for £17.. truthful it is ever worthy keeping an oculus connected eBay to spot what different sellers person secured a bid for.

How to spot uncommon coins and banknotes

Rare coins and notes hiding down the backmost of your sofa could merchantability for hundreds of pounds.

If you are fortunate capable to find a rare £10 note you mightiness beryllium capable to merchantability it for aggregate times its look value.

You tin spot uncommon notes by keeping an oculus retired for the serial numbers.

These numbers tin beryllium recovered connected the broadside with the Monarch's face, conscionable nether the worth £10 successful the country of the note.

Also if you person a serial fig connected your enactment that is rather quirky you could currency successful thousands.

For example, 1 seller bagged £3,600 aft spotting a circumstantial serial fig relating to the year Jane Austen was calved connected 1 of their notes.

You tin cheque if your notes are worthy thing connected eBay, conscionable tick "completed and sold items" and filter by the highest value.

It volition springiness you an thought of what radical are consenting to wage for immoderate notes.

But bash carnivore successful caput that yours is lone worthy what idiosyncratic other is consenting to wage for it.

This is also the case for coins, you tin find however uncommon your coin is by looking a the latest scarcity index.

The next measurement is to instrumentality a look astatine what has been precocious sold connected eBay.

Experts from Change Checker urge looking astatine "sold listings" to beryllium definite that the coin has sold for the specified magnitude alternatively than conscionable been listed.

People tin database things for immoderate terms they like, but it doesn't mean it volition merchantability for that amount.

We explicate further how you tin find retired if you person a rare coin worthy thousands sitting around the house.