How to spot rare ‘upside down’ error on your 50p that makes it over 500 TIMES more valuable – is one in your change?

AN ULTRA-RARE mistake connected a 50p coin has skyrocketed its worth - you mightiness person 1 successful your wallet.

The Benjamin bunny coin is 1 of 4 50p coins that were released successful 2017 to observe famed writer Beatrix Potter -  coins with Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten and Jeremy Fisher connected were besides released arsenic portion of the collection.

TikTok account CoinCollectingWizard instructed viewers to support their eyes peeled for the lucrative coin.

He said: "If the Queen is upside down connected your 50p coin past it's worthy 'big money'. This 50p is an mistake each due to the fact that the plan is facing the incorrect way.

"The mistake that's near the Queen's caput successful a antithetic absorption connected the obverse plan of the Benjamin Bunny connected the reverse volition person happened successful the minting process."

He added: "When you flip it round, the Queen should beryllium facing the aforesaid mode Benjamin Bunny. If the Queen is facing immoderate different way, past you person recovered a uncommon rotation mistake worthy money.

"Error coins are inactive ineligible tender truthful agelong arsenic the archetypal coin is inactive successful circulation too."

The influencer added: "That means you tin easy travel crossed 1 successful your change.

"Often times mistake coins tin merchantability for a batch much than their look value. So this is decidedly thing you request to beryllium looking for arsenic it tin beryllium easy missed."

Concluding the video, helium advised coin fans to instrumentality a person look astatine the Benjamin Bunny 50p coin and said: "Flip that rabbit implicit and cheque the Queen."

25 cardinal of the coins were minted, truthful unsocial it won't usually spell for overmuch much than £2.60.

But uncovering 1 with a mistake is rare, though it does marque the coins much desirable astatine the aforesaid time, particularly arsenic they're produced successful debased numbers.

Could I beryllium quids-in with a uncommon mistake coin?

Often times mistake coins volition merchantability for a batch much than their look value.

In April a uncommon £1 sold for £155 because it had upside down penning connected its side.

Plus successful February past year, different mis-struck £1 coin was sold for £112 arsenic it had an mistake that near the silver-coloured interior portion of the pound looking similar a fried egg.

Error coins are inactive ineligible tender - truthful agelong arsenic the archetypal coin is inactive successful circulation too.

That means you could easy travel crossed 1 successful your change.

Get an imperfect coin verified by the Royal Mint, and you could past spot a worth connected yours if you travel to sell.

It volition besides fto you cognize if your alteration is morganatic oregon not arsenic unluckily determination are many fake coins successful circulation.

Online tools from alteration experts like Coin Hunter are adjuvant to spot however overmuch it could beryllium worthy too.

Plus, the fig of bids connected the listing tin assistance you found that the coin is the existent woody arsenic well.

The Benjamin bunny mistake coin lone had 2 bids placed connected the listing, truthful galore coin experts volition beryllium skeptical of whether it really sold for the terms it said it had.

Also retrieve that if you're selling connected eBay, you request to support successful caput that a purchaser could propulsion retired arsenic good which means it won't person sold for the terms that it says it has.