Expert reveals key signs that coins are 'rare' as certain ones worth thousands

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Recently, certain coins that look pretty ordinary have ended up selling for thousands of pounds on online marketplaces. One lucky Glaswegian reportedly bagged £10,000 after selling a 'rare' Brexit coin on eBay in February.And another seller received £1,500 for another 50p coin featuring Paddington Bear.

Because of this, a lot of people are eager to know how they can tell if any coin in their collection is worth a fortune or not.And if they do turn out to be rare, what's the best way of selling them and receiving the cash?

To help people out, our sister title Glasgow Live spoke to coin expert Rachel Hooper, who is the project group manager for Change Checker, an online tool for finding and swapping rare coins.Rachel, who has worked in the coin industry for five years and specialises in UK new issue coins, says that there are a lot of different factors in place when it comes to valuing a coin.

She said: "You have a number of ways you can look out for rare coins and ways to spot why your coin would be worth a certain amount. "We would always advise that if you had a coin in your collection you were trying to sell and another collector has been trying to track that down for a really long time, of course that collector would potentially be willing to pay above the odds to get hold of it to complete their collection.