eBay: 'Rare' Paddington Bear 50p coin selling for £6,500 – expert issues warning

It can also be bought on the Westminster Collection website for a reasonable £12.99.

According to the coin website, Change Checker, it has a high mintage of 5,001,000.

The website also classed the piece as “common”, not rare, and gave it the ranking of “two” on the Scarcity Index.

Experts at the magazine, Spend It? Save It? What Should You Do? suggested the coin is actually worth only £5.

The magazine also issues a warning about coins with a high price tag.

source: express.co.uk