Coins

[RizzoTheRat]

I found a Johnson's Dictionary 50p in my pocket this morning. Never having seen one before I googled it and and found a story in the Express for one selling for nearly £2.5k
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/984326/e...

The search bar in google also had several links to people selling them on e-bay for between £2500 and ...99p. Dealers seem to be selling perfect condition unused ones for £4.50. How the hell does someone end up falling for a £2500 one?

[anonymous-user]

they don't it is click bait.

[Saleen836]

If it were true i would have £5k sitting in my collection with just 2 coins

Someone I know bought 2 Kew gardens 50p coins for her and her mother as an investment, I had the 'a fool and their money are easily parted' phrase going through my head when she told me she paid £97 for one and £93 for the other!

All anyone needs to do is go on ebay and look at the 'sold' listings for any so called rare 50p/£2 coins, you wont see any having sold for lots of money

[red_slr]

The best price wise is the kew gardens 50p which is worth about £70 or more sometimes. Most of the "rare" 50ps are worth less than 10 quid. That said I have a collection of about 100 now and even if they are only worth 5 quid each it's still something for nothing!!

[Nickyboy]

I had a load of the Beatrix Potter coins, selling for "up to £2k" apparently, looking on ebay there were a few up for close to that but when you look at the sold listings, they all sold for no more than £2 each, most for 99p

[meehaja]

I keep "edition" coins as interesting curios for the kids. That said, I sold some olympic 50p's for £2 during the olympics.

[Rich_W]

meehaja said:

I keep "edition" coins as interesting curios for the kids. That said, I sold some olympic 50p's for £2 during the Olympics.

I looked at the "Triathlon" 50p during the Olympics. When you could get them from WHSmiths
Didn't buy one
Looked around the time of Rio16. And they were a tenner each or so!
Didn't buy then either!
Just checked today. Still a tenner upwards



By chance I actually found an old large 5p and an American quarter today in my spare room (bit tidying!) Probably worth fk all!

[ApOrbital]

2p or not 2p.

[Notreallymeeither]

I’ll give you 50p for it (so long as free P&P)

[bigandclever]

They walk among us....