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Coin experts left baffled after 50p sells for £63,000 on eBay - with 6m more out there

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A 50p coin has just exchanged hands for £63,100, and there are 6.7million more out there in circulation. The coin, which was released in 2016 to mark 950 years since the Battle of Hastings, was listed on eBay on June 15 and has since traded hands for 126,000 times its face value.

It's left experts stunned - with many saying it's not even a "rare" edition. The back of the Battle of Hastings 50p coin was created by designer John Bergdahl four years ago.

It features the drawing of King Harold with an arrow through his eye, taken from the Bayeux Tapestry. It was created to remember the day when King Harold II was defeated by William the Conqueror, leading to the conquest of England by the Normans.

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