Brits are being encouraged to inspect their loose change for a prized 50p coin that is currently in circulation and could be worth significantly more than its face value. This coveted piece from 2009 can command up to £150 at auction.

In a video shared on the social media platform TikTok, a specialist known as the Coin Collecting Wizard provided some guidance on what to look out for. He referred to the Kew Gardens 50p as the "holy grail" of coin collecting.

This particular coin bears an image of the gardens' renowned Chinese pagoda on its reverse side (the tail side). In the video, he challenged viewers to identify which coin among several was valued at £150, revealing it to be the Kew Gardens coin at the end.

"This is the holy grail of UK coin hunting - the Kew Gardens 50p," he decla

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