这枚邱园 50 便士硬币在 eBay 上售价为 186 英镑 - 原因如下

收藏家喜欢错误硬币，因为它们的产量如此之低，这意味着它们很难获得。

A RARE Kew Gardens 50p coin has sold for £186 on eBay after the seller revealed their copy had an unusual error.

一枚稀有的邱园 50 便士硬币在 eBay 上以 186 英镑的价格售出，此前卖家透露他们的硬币有一个不寻常的错误。

The Kew Gardens design is one of the most sought after, so it can typically sell for hundreds on the online auction site anyway.

英国皇家植物园的设计是最受欢迎的设计之一，因此它通常可以在在线拍卖网站上以数百美元的价格出售。

But the minting mistake has made the coin sell for a lot more than its face value as well.

但铸造错误也导致硬币的售价远高于其面值。

Bidders took their chance on the coin before it sold on October 27 this year.

今年 10 月 27 日，竞标者在这枚硬币售出之前抓住了机会。

Between them they placed 23 bids, which was enough to rocket the price to £186.

他们总共提出了 23 次出价，这足以将价格飙升至 186 英镑。

And the lucky winning bidder had to pay £9.46 for Royal Mail Special Delivery on top of the £186.

幸运的中标者除了 186 英镑之外，还必须为皇家邮政特快专递支付 9.46 英镑。

The coin is suspected to have been mistruck at some point in the minting process.

这枚硬币被怀疑在铸造过程中的某个时刻被误投。

While that makes it an imperfect design, it's exactly the thing some collectors are looking for to fill their collection of one-offs and rare finds.

虽然这使它成为一种不完美的设计，但这正是一些收藏家正在寻找的东西来填补他们的一次性和稀有发现的收藏。

We take a look at what might happen if you spotted an odd one in your change, and how much you could make selling it on.

我们来看看如果您在零钱中发现了奇怪的东西可能会发生什么，以及出售它可以赚多少钱。

Why has this 50p sold for so much?

为什么这个50p能卖这么贵？

Collectors love error coins as they are produced in such low numbers - meaning they're difficult to get hold of.

收藏家喜欢错误硬币，因为它们的产量如此之低，这意味着它们很难获得。

But that just means they can place a high price on something worth a lot less at face value.

但这仅仅意味着他们可以对表面价值低得多的东西定价高。

That's what happened with this 50p after it sold for over 287 times more than what you'd get for it in a vending machine or a parking meter or more.

这就是这个 50 便士的情况，它的售价是自动售货机、停车计时器或其他价格的 287 倍以上。

Usually error coins will have missing elements, like the rare commemorative WW1 £2 coin spotted missing the words "two pounds".

通常错误硬币都会缺少一些元素，例如罕见的一战纪念币 2 英镑，被发现缺少“两磅”字样。

The design printed may be misaligned too, and in some cases that can make a coin look like it's been overlapped by another.

印刷的设计也可能会错位，在某些情况下，这会使一枚硬币看起来像是被另一枚硬币重叠了。

Because they come across as peculiar, bidding wars can break out as collections scramble to claim something unique for their own.

由于它们给人的印象很奇特，因此当藏品争先恐后地声称自己拥有独特的东西时，竞标战可能会爆发。

But from one day to the next, interest can change on particular rare coins.

但随着时间的推移，人们对特定稀有硬币的兴趣可能会发生变化。

The Kew Gardens 50p remains at the top of the charts on Change Checker's scarcity index so often collections are just after a copy because of the rare design.

在 Change Checker 的稀缺性指数中，英国皇家植物园 50 便士仍然位居榜首，因此，由于其稀有的设计，收藏品往往紧随复制品之后。

There's no hard and fast guarantee you'll be minted snapping one up, though others have had success in the past, and a faulty one could boost your chances too.

虽然过去也有其他人取得过成功，但并不能保证您一定会抢购其中一件，而一件有缺陷的商品也可能会增加您的机会。

Could one crop up in my change?

我的改变中会出现这样的情况吗？

The Royal Mint manufactures between three million and four million coins a day, so mistakes will often happen and can rock up in your change.

皇家造币厂每天生产三百万到四百万枚硬币，因此经常会出现错误，并且可能会影响您的找零。

Error coins are still legal tender too, so one could easily fall into your possession through any kind of transaction.

错误币仍然是法定货币，因此很容易通过任何类型的交易落入您的手中。

If you spot a coin that looks different to normal or is imperfect, you can check it against other listings on eBay to see how much others are selling for, or are willing to pay for a similar strike.

如果您发现一枚硬币看起来与正常硬币不同或不完美，您可以将其与 eBay 上的其他商品进行检查，看看其他人的售价是多少，或者愿意为类似的硬币支付多少钱。

But remember that on eBay, a buyer can always pull out of the sale, which means it won't have sold for the price that it may say it has.

但请记住，在 eBay 上，买家随时可以退出销售，这意味着商品不会按照其声称的价格出售。

Experts also warn of fakes - especially when it comes to buying and selling on eBay - so you have to be careful when you're on the hunt.

专家还警告人们谨防假货，尤其是在 eBay 上买卖时，因此您在寻找假货时必须小心。

Change experts like Coin Hunter or Change Checker will help you verify if it's real too, and they can help place a value on the coin that might put some weight in your wallet.

像 Coin Hunter 或 Change Checker 这样的找零专家也会帮助您验证它是否是真实的，他们可以帮助您对硬币进行估价，这可能会给您的钱包增加一些重量。