An old 50p coin that is rarer and harder to find than the more famous Kew Gardens design could be worth up to £60. The EC 50p was released between 1992 and 1993 by the Royal Mint to celebrate the completion of the Single Market and the UK’s presidency of the European Council.
Its design features a birds-eye view of a conference table with 12 chairs around it for each of the ministers, with the UK at the top of the table. READ MORE: Greggs customer outraged over 'tone deaf' note mocking boss left inside store But only 109,000 of these rare 50ps were minted - around half of that of the Kew Gardens coin, which has a mintage of around 210,000.
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