The Snowman 50p coin sells for £50 on eBay in Worcestershire

A seller in Pershore, Worcestershire made a small fortune after listing the 50p coin that has a Snowman design.

The listing sparked a mini-bidding war on the online auction site as 15 bids were placed.

The Royal Mint released a commemorative collection of 50p coins to celebrate the Christmas film and now one has sold for £50.

There are a collection of Royal Mint coins featuring characters from The Snowman film (Image: eBay)

On eBay, the coin was pictured inside a gift box with the Royal Mint stamped on it.

Rarest 50p coins in circulation in the UK

The rarest is the Kew Gardens 50p which was designed to mark the 250th anniversary of the gardens in 2009. Only 210,000 coins were ever minted with this design.

The Kew Gardens 50p sells for £156.25 on average, but one seller received over £700 for one when they sold it on eBay.

The other rarest coins stem predominantly from the 2012 Olympics, with the wrestling, football and judo coins among the most valuable. Only 1.1 million of each of these coins were produced.

Five incredibly rare and valuable British coins

Flopsy Bunny and Peter Rabbit designs which were produced in 2018 are also highly valuable.

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These coins - 1.4 million of which were minted - depict the characters from Beatrix Potter’s novels and celebrate the life of the English writer and these sell for around £5.

In 2019, 500 million coins were produced, with three new 50p designs.

These included one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Paddington Bear at St Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London.