eBay is home to a great many rare and valuable coins, from antique pieces to ones produced in the last couple of decades.
Rare coin types can be worth hundreds and even thousands of pounds on the buying and selling website.
One such coin is a 2006 Wounded Soldier 50p coin selling for an impressive £225.
The coin has been listed by seller beverlaser_0, who has 100 per cent positive feedback.
The item is titled “Wounded Soldier 2006 50p Coin Hero Rare Fifty Pence Collectable Circulated“, while the description reads simply: “Rare circulated coin”.
The design features two men in army uniform, with one of the men carrying the other in his arms.
So why is this coin deemed rare? The Royal Mint website gives us a clue as to its valuable status.
The description of the coin explains it was created for the 150th anniversary of the institution of the Victoria Cross.
It reads: “Depiction of a soldier carrying a wounded comrade with an outline of the Victoria Cross surrounded by a sunburst effect in the background.
“The Victoria Cross is the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. All who have received it have shown extraordinary bravery, many at the cost of their own lives.”
The information also explains that the coin was designed by Clive Duncan, and that it is one of two designs created for the anniversary.
The 2006 Wounded Soldier 50p has a mintage of 10,000,500, according to the website.
Recently, a rare 50p coin celebrating the 250th anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s dictionary went on sale on eBay.
The reverse design of this silver 50p coin has the words ‘fifty pence’ written on it in the characteristic style of the dictionary it commemorates.
It has the usual heptagon shape of most 50p coins, but in its rareness it stands out from the rest.
The seller, who goes by the username go666o2012 and has 100 per cent positive feedback, describes the coin simply as a “very rare used coin”.
However the Royal Mint website gives us more information about this particularly special piece of British currency.
“Entries from the dictionary for the words FIFTY and PENCE, with the figure ’50’ above, and the inscription JOHNSON’S DICTIONARY 1755 below,” reads the entry on the website.
