The item is listed on eBay for £1,250.

This is 2,500 times its face value.

It is described as an ‘extremely rare King Charles III 50p coin’.

The coin was circulated in 2022.

According to Change Checker: “The 50p features the 2022 date and the reverse design created for the 1953 coronation crown, designed by Edgar Fuller and modelled by Cecil Thomas.

“The obverse bears the first definitive coinage portrait of His Majesty the King.”

The item is located in Warrington and postage is 85p.

Other sellers have listed the coin on the online marketplace for a variety of prices, ranging up to £8,500.

To view the coin for sale, visit here.