'I was over the moon': Dad's delight at cashing in after finding rare coin

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When Ben Mason was handed a 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games coin at his local shop last year, he immediately knew he had a rare piece on his hands.

The 26-year-old got home and quickly listed it on eBay where it was later snapped up for £236.74. "I was over the moon when I found it - absolutely ecstatic,” says Ben, from Royton, who was left with £206 after fees. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. "It's been hard recently, not just for me but for everyone with the cost-of-living crisis. "It helped massively with energy bills and food as I'm a father of four.

I just couldn't believe that a coin could be worth so much." Stay-at-home-dad Ben chose to list his coin for auction at a lower price in the hope he'd get a few bids.

He said: "I had it listed on eBay for auction as when I searched, I noticed everyone was selling as buy it now for £200 plus. "As no one had one on for auction I thought I'd take the opportunity to put it on as an auction starting for £100 bidding.