Rare Brexit 50p coin - only two known in the world - worth over £40k

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gregory Edmund, a numismatic specialist from Spink & Son auction house, told The Telegraph: “Ever since the official London Gazette notice for the 2019 Brexit 50 pence has existed, I have wondered if survivors of the one million cancelled coins would one day surface. “This truly feels like my Charlie Bucket moment discovering the numismatic Golden Ticket.” A thousand trial coins had also been made to mark the first exit date of March 29 2019, which was missed by Mr Johnson’s predecessor Theresa May. open image in gallery A thousand trial coins had also been struck to mark the first exit date of March 29 2019, which was missed by Mr Johnson’s predecessor Theresa May. Their inscription reads: “Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations.” open image in gallery Former chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid holding the Brexit coin Author Sir Philip Pullman called for the coins to be boycotted for not having an Oxford comma and wrote on Twitter that the omission meant the coin should “be boycotted by all literate people”.