Two rare coins are up for sale on the popular auction website, Gumtree, for a cool £500.
The £2 coins were released into circulation by The Royal Mint in 2016 as part of a set celebrating the works of playwright and poet, William Shakespeare, to commemorate the 400th anniversary since his death.
The £2 coin takes inspiration from Shakespeare’s most famous historical play, Macbeth, and was designed by John Bergdahl and features an edge inscription that reads “The Hollow Crown.”
The Gumtree coins are being sold as a pair for £500 in the hopes of attracting the attention of keen collectors.
The advert description states that the coins are in “immaculate” condition and are a “bargain for collectors” that are “selling on other websites for big bucks.”
But, is it a rare coin?
According to coin collecting website, Coin Hunter, the 2016 Shakespeare Histories design is the 28th rarest £2 coin in circulation and collectors currently pay around £2.75 to own one.
There are over 2.5 million of the coins in circulation which means you have about a 1 in 131 chance of finding this design in your change.
But if you find one, you might as well pop it on Guntree - you never know how much you'll get for it.
