COINING IT Ultra-rare 50p selling for staggering 300 THOUSAND times its face value – do you have one in your pocket? A RARE 50p coin is going under the hammer for a whopping 300,000 times its face value - and punters are raking through their pockets to see if they have one too. The mind-blowing coin is going for a staggering £150,000 after its owner highlighted its stunning detail and reference to an iconic writer. Her character Benjamin Bunny, from her book The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, features on the rare coin's face. The rare sale comes after the UK's rarest coin sold for nearly 300 times its face value after an intense bidding war.

Source: The Times April 14, 2025 00:38 UTC