eBay: Rare 50p coin listed for £325 – do you have one of the Kew Gardens coins?

The eBay website is where you can find the rarest and most valuable of coins.

Coin collectors often use this website to buy and sell the most sought after editions.

A rare 50p coin is listed for £325 on the website. It is a Kew Gardens design in a silver proof edition.

The listing is titled: “Rare 2009 Kew gardens Piedfort 50p silver proof coin. Ultra low mintage of 3000.”

The seller’s description provides some more information about the silver proof coin.

It reads: “On offer here a Rare Kew gardens Piedfort silver proof 50p coin so twice as thick as normal version, weighs 16 gram with ultra low mintage of.

“3000, Sterling silver as can be seen on paper work I’ll send with coin. Ag. 925 sterling. It’s a small page that come with coin as part of set. 

“Low mintage as nobody realised just how popular Kew 50p would become. Stunning coin in original capsule from Royal Mint.”

So how rare exactly is this coin? The Change Checker website gives us a useful idea.

The website gives the coin a scarcity rating of 100, which means it is “very scarce”.

It reveals the coin, released in 2009, has a small mintage of 210,000.

The Royal Mint website provides some further information about the origins of this coin.

The description reads: “A design showing the pagoda encircled by a vine and accompanied by the dates “1759” and “2009”, with the word “KEW” at the base of the pagoda.

“In 2009 the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew marked its 250th anniversary as a botanical garden and The Royal Mint was proud to join in the celebrations with a splendid commemorative design.

“The reverse design, created by Christopher Le Brun RA, featured the famous Chinese Pagoda at Kew with a decorative leafy climber twining in and around the tower.”

Another rare coin listed on eBay at the moment is a Mrs Tiggy Winkle 50p piece.

It is listed for the “Buy it now” price of £500, although bidders can also make their own offers.

The listing is titled: “Beatrix Potter Mrs Tiggy Winkle 50p 2016 Circulated Very Rare Collectible Coin”.

The coin is listed by eBay user @erialc124, who has a 100 per cent positive feedback rating on the website.

The description reads: “Beatrix Potter Mrs Tiggy Winkle 2016 50p coin. Very rare. Has been circulated so has been used but is in very good condition.”