20p on sale on eBay for £950 – for a rare reason

A 20p coin has gone up for sale on eBay for an incredible £950.

A seller has listed the coin claiming it is incredibly rare.

But why could the 20p be worth such an astronomical amount of money? Well the seller, Lee Burgess from Yorkshire, claims the coin has a rare minting error meaning it has no date on either side like a typical coin will have.

And it is not the first time they have gone for hundreds of pounds.

The seller said: “This is a genuine 20p British coin that has a rare minting error where it has no date on either side.

“A mule.. they used the new die on the rev which was the Royal Shield of Arms and then they used the older version of the 20p coin obverse which has no date.

“After a while the ROYAL MINT found their own error and used the correct dies. there were lots put into circulation and this is one of them RM are buying them back actually to put into their OWN presentation cases.

“I have put my price up as some folks thought it was not real !!… it wasn’t expensive enough they said.

“So be assured this coin has no date on either side.

“It is in good collectable condition – has been in circulation.”

To view the coin on eBay click here

BirminghamLive recently revealed how keen eBayers are putting 50ps on sale hundreds of pounds each.

Beatrix Potter coins were being sold for between £100 and £800.

The first Beatrix Potter 50p coins were released in 2016 to mark 150 years since the famous writer and illustrator’s birth.

It is the Peter Rabbit coin from 2016, which has 9,700,000 in circulation, that is marked at the highest price on eBay, at £8,800,000.