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The Royal Mint is encouraging people to go through their loose change to discover whether they have a rare 50 pence piece.
Around one in 300 people is estimated by the Mint to have the Kew Gardens coin in their possession after it was released into circulation in 2009 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Around 28.9 billion UK coins estimated to be in circulation Credit: PA wire
The Mint described the coins as "incredibly rare", so much so that it is the rarest commemorative coin design to be placed into general UK circulation, with just 210,000 of them ever released.
The Kew Gardens coin, which features a design showing the pagoda of the Gardens encircled by a twisting vine plant, is already prized by collectors and a search on the eBay auction website showed that several have recently sold for upwards of £20.
Designed by Christopher Le Brun, the coin bears the dates 1759 and 2009 and says "Kew" at the base of the pagoda.Shane Bissett, director of commemorative coin at the Royal Mint,
While the face value of the coin is 50 pence, what it's worth to collectors is another matter.
– ROYAL MINT STATEMENT
. Credit: PA wire. Credit: Press Association. Credit: Press Association Note - A Reader has pointed out that there was a rarer coin - There was a rarer 50p in circulation with the old style 50p shown here It commemorates our presidency of the EU. Notice that it has 2 dates
