Brits urged to scour their wallets and coin jars for rare 50p piece worth around 100 times its face value

Brits are being urged to scour their wallets and coin jars for a rare 50 pence piece that could be worth around 100 times its face value.

If you find this coin from 2017 you could be in luck - however, it must feature a specific error.

According to an expert, the Benjamin Bunny coin could fetch up to £50 if you find this certain mistake.

The coin is one of four pieces that were released in 2017 to celebrate the life and works of famed author Beatrix Potter.

This collection also included coins featuring Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten and Jeremy Fisher.

But what makes the Benjamin Bunny coin so special is that a batch of them were minted with an unusual rotation error.

This gives it the appearance that Queen Elizabeth II is looking the wrong way.

Speaking on social media platform TikTok, an expert known as the Coin Collector UK, explained more to his more than 160,000 followers.

He said: “Sell this 50p for £40 to £50 if you find the rare error version of the Benjamin Bunny in your change.”

He described the error in question to look for.

“You can see on the regular version when we flip the coin around, the Queen is looking directly to the right,” he continued.

“However, in 2017 the Royal Mint did end up producing some errors.

“You can see where we flip this one round, she’s looking upright. This is called a rotation error, they’re quite uncommon.”

Last year The Sun reported how an example of this coin sold for £40 - 80 times its 50p value.

And in 2021 another of the pieces sold for a staggering £255 on eBay.

The expert added: “I’ve only ever found this one on the Benjamin Bunny, you don’t come across these too often on your 50ps. It’s usually the £2 coins that have rotation errors.

“But it’s always worth a check. If you flip it round from the top and the Queen’s looking upright or in any other direction other than to the right then it’s worth about £40 to £50.”

But he emphasised that the regular version of this coin is only worth 50p.

He said: “They don’t come up for sale too often, but this seems to be the average selling price on eBay.

"The regular version of the coin without the error is unfortunately only worth 50p as they minted 25 million of these upon release.”