People across the country are now being urged to check their loose change for a rare 50p coin - which could leave them quids in. Thousands of the rare coins are said to be in circulation and they are potentially worth £255.
The piece in question was released back in 2009 and it features an athlete doing the high jump. It was designed by nine-year-old Florence Jackson as part of a Blue Peter competition at the time.
Florence designed the drawing and it was then transferred onto the coins in the build up to the 2012 London Olympics. Over 20,000 of the coins were made and they never officially went into circulation but a few somehow entered, reports The Mirror.
Back then the coins were sold for £1.09 but now they are worth a lot more and some coins have been sold for as much as £286 on eBay. One seller has just sold theirs for a whopping £225.01 after listing it on eBay.
The highly sought-after coin received 17 different bids and jumped a lot after starting at just £9.99. That coin was sold back on June 19 and it was listed as a "rare uncirculated Blue Peter winner's edition 50p coin pack 2009".
If you do come across one of the rare coins you should check the year on it straight away. That is because a second edition of the coin was then made in 2011.
Then around 2.2 million coins were made and put into circulation. That means that the 2011 version will not be worth anywhere near as much as the original.
Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here.
READ NEXT:
- Huge Jubilee coin worth £15k and measuring 22cm is the largest ever made by Royal Mint
-
Teen boy attends prom in red dress after telling mum about dream outfit at the age of 12
-
Scots mum suffers painful bites after 'bringing Spanish black flies home in holiday suitcase'
-
Wee Highland dancer, 4, falls during sword dance and gets back up to cheering crowd
-
Man caged after killing grandad by pushing him down flight of stairs at busy Scots station
