Is your spare change worth £500? Ebay Tracker reveals most valuable UK coins and banknotes

By Change Checker | January 18, 2023 |

Could the spare change hiding down the back of your sofa be worth nearly £500?

Change Checker’s Ebay Tracker reveals the UK’s most valuable coins and banknotes, including the rarest 50p in circulation – the Kew Gardens.

King Charles III 50p, Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland £2, and Kew Gardens 50p - your spare change could be worth £500

This latest update reveals the highest basket value since the eBay Tracker began in 2017.

eBay Tracker reveals spare change could be worth £490

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We’ve seen the demand for coins surge since the sad passing of the Queen.

Collectors are rushing to fill the gaps in their Queen Elizabeth II coin collections and they’re definitely not wasting time in getting hold of the first coins King Charles III coins.

And it seems they’re prepared to part with a fair bit of money to get their hands on certain coins and banknotes…

Change Checker eBay Tracker listing UK’s most sought-after coins and banknotes.

In fact, if you’ve got all these coins in your collection, you could be sitting on £493! That’s a great rainy day deposit.

The biggest money-maker is of course the Kew Gardens 50p – currently selling for around £167 on eBay.

The Kew Gardens 50p - one of the most valuable coins in the Change Checker eBay Tracker. Is your spare change worth £500? Use the Change Checker Ebay Tracker to discover more.
Kew Gardens 50p – the rarest circulating UK 50p.

It’s also worth keeping an eye out for a polymer £10 banknote with the serial number ‘AA01‘. These notes are currently selling for around £25!

And, the King Charles III 50p is already causing a flurry in the collecting world, as it’s fetching over FIVE times its face value! So, if you haven’t already, get checking your change for this 50p.

King Charles III 50p - recently issued in circulation and currently fetches £2.50 on secondary market site eBay. Is your spare change worth £500? Use the Change Checker Ebay Tracker to discover more.
King Charles III 50p – recently issued in circulation and currently fetches £2.50 on secondary market site eBay.

So, how much is your spare change worth?

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12 Comments

  1. Shaun Mackin on February 8, 2023 at 9:32 am

    Can’t see king Charles 3rd new ‘undated’ 50p being worth too much…too many in circulation



    • Alexandra on February 8, 2023 at 11:31 am

      Hi Shaun,

      The King Charles III 50p does feature a date, underneath the shields on the reverse design. It’s just a bit tricky to spot 🙂

      Thanks,
      Alex



  2. Christine on February 7, 2023 at 10:03 pm

    hi, how do I use my trading cards



    • Shaun Mackin on February 8, 2023 at 9:34 am

      Save them…they are extremely collectable , try not to rub the seal off.



  3. Rik on February 7, 2023 at 1:55 pm

    Last 4 hunts I’ve found 3x Olympic football and a Jemima Puddleduck.



  4. Ron on February 7, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    Surely the 10 201950th anniversaty reissues of earlier 50p issues are like hens teeth..only 32k of each minted, makes the Kew Gardens 50p positively common place.



  5. Paul Mcleod on January 22, 2023 at 4:57 pm

    Finding a circulated QE 2 with King Charles on it was the highlight of my week, last week.



  6. Heather Shepherd on January 20, 2023 at 4:48 pm

    I have an extremely old 50p coin



  7. Zac on January 19, 2023 at 11:28 am

    The QEII Memorial Coin wasn’t in circulation in January 2021.



    • Rachel on January 20, 2023 at 2:28 pm

      Hi Zac! 4.9 million Memorial 50ps entered circulation in December 2022. As we don’t have data from before this, the 2021 price is taken as the coin’s face value of 50p.



  8. Phil on January 18, 2023 at 3:42 pm

    I got some coins but not sure if worth anything



    • Richard Wisbey on February 7, 2023 at 2:21 pm

      Sir Isaac Newton £50!?!?