RARE coins can often pop up in your change with quirky and interesting designs – just like the Dinosaur Megalosaurus 50p
Even though dinosaurs are long extinct, this coin has only been around a short while.
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The coin was issued in 2020.
It was the first coin in a series from The Royal Mint which celebrates the Discovery of Dinosaurs in a major collaboration with the Natural History Museum.
The reverse was designed by Robert Nicholls.
And it of course features the mighty Megalosaurus – which one of the first dinosaurs to be discovered.
But there’s actually no official mintage figures from the likes of experts like Change Checker.
That means it doesn’t come in any place on the experts’ notorious Scarcity index scale and we don’t know for sure just how rare it is.
But you can look on eBay to see how much you might be able to get for a copy of your own.
The most we’ve seen one of the coins going for on the online auction site is £13.29.
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The oin sold earlier this month after attracting nine bids – but it did come complete with its original presentation pack which will have interested some buyers more.
Another version out of the packaging sold for just £5.50 in comparison.
But because it’s not a circulated coin it means you’d have to outright buy it in any other circumstance.
Officially from the Westminster collection the 50p costs £4.99 to buy – so you won’t make much more of a profit on eBay if you have the same success as some of the previous sellers.
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How rare are other 50ps in my change?
This dino design is a quirky and very unique 50p, but there are plenty of similar strikes out there like it.
If you spot something a bit different to the usual shield or Britannia designs normally found on 50ps, you could be quids-in.
That being said, a coin is only worth what someone is willing to bid on it.
Normally designs with a low mintage can be more valuable to collectors as they become increasingly harder to get their hands on.
We don’t know exactly how many were minted of this coin – but that could be something that interests the right collector so it’s not necessarily a bad thing.
You can check in with experts like Coin Hunter, Change Checker, or The Royal Mint though to see what your change is worth – they’ll give you the most accurate result.
Then you can try selling it on eBay – other listings on eBay will help you to see how much you could get too.
But beware of fakes – and keep in mind that a buyer could always pull out, which means the coin won’t have sold for the price it says it has.
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