A 50p the Royal Mint has dubbed as the second-rarest coin ever minted has gone up for grabs in Norfolk.
The Kew Gardens 50p - which depicts the Chinese pagoda at the Royal Botanic Gardens - was until recently considered to be the rarest coin in circulation with only 210,000 ever made.
It was released in 2009 to celebrate 250 years of the tourist spot and now 15 years later a Dereham local has listed the coin for £185 on eBay.
The Royal Mint has since stripped the coin of its rarest title and passed it to a 50p depicting the Atlantic salmon with the King’s portrait.
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It has 10,000 fewer copies in circulation when compared to Kew Gardens.
But despite being dethroned in official rarity, the Kew Gardens coin remains the most expensive on the online marketplace.
It recently sold for £151 in Swaffham, attracting 18 bids and for £127 in Norwich, receiving five bids as well as being currently available for £185 in Dereham.
In comparison, an Atlantic salmon listed by that same eBay user from Dereham sold for just £59.95 last Saturday, about a third of Kew Garden's average price of £156.25.
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