This 50p has SOLD for £1,000 - are you sitting a gold mine on loose change?
EBAY is a great place to find rare coins such as this Battle of Hastings 50p coin. Is this fifty pence piece really that rare? Look for this coin to make you a mint online.
A rare 50p coin sold online recently for £1,000 on eBay.
The Battle of Hastings coin, created in 2016, has proven popular among collectors.
Royal Mint said of the piece: “To mark 950 years since the Battle of Hastings, the date that made history, The Royal Mint released this commemorative 50p coin.
“John Bergdahl’s medieval composition expertly captures the essence of the period.”
The piece depicts a figure from the Bayeux Tapestry.
eBay: 50p coin wore £1,000 - rare Battle of Hastings coins worth huge sum could be hiding in your wallet
The tapestry commemorates the battle in 1066, which is often considered the beginning the Norman conquest of England.
The battle, which the Normans won, took place near Hastings in East Sussex in 1066.
It is now seen as a defining moment in British history.
Battle of Hastings 50p - how rare is it?
This coins actually not rare at all, according to expert site Change Checker.
The website gives the coin a scarcity rating of one, making it the most common possible type of coin.
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There are 6,700,000 of these coins in circulation.
A number of these coins have sold for huge sums online previously.
Another Battle of Hastings 50p coin sold for £5,000.
The coin depicts King Harold being shot in the eye when he was defeated by William the Conqueror.
Another 50p coin has sold online for a large sum recently.
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The Benjamin Britten 50p coin sold for £585.
The listing is titled: “Benjamin Britten extremely rare 50p 100th anniversary 2013 coin”.
It is being sold by user gla.uk.0ng1g3neq, who is from Tredegar in the United Kingdom.
The description reads: “Collectors coin. It is extremely rare it is to mark 100 years since the birth of composer Benjamin Britten. It is a lovely collectable.”
What is so rare about this particular coin? The Royal Mint website gives us a clue.