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Kate Lally & David Flett

RARE PHOTOS: It s time to check whether you could own a 50p piece worth 150 | Vintage Vibes

Got any old 50p pieces knocking around your home? If the answer to that question is yes, then you could literally be coining it in.

Certain versions of the seven-sided coin can fetch up to three figures and they don't even need to be that old, with one rare type from 2009 sold on eBay for £150 last month. That 50p piece was launched to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Kew Gardens' opening in 1759, reports the Liverpool Echo.

On the tails side, it features the Royal Botanic Garden's famous Chinese Pagoda, while the Queen's head adorns the other side. The Royal Mint estimate that 210,000 were made with website Coin Hunter putting a valuation of at least £140 on the commemorative coin.

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