One of YOUR 50p coins could be worth 260 times its value as Royal Mint reveal rarest in circulation

The next time you 'fish' out a 50p coin from your wallet it could be worth 260 times its face value - after the Royal Mint revealed a coin depicting the Atlantic Salmon is the rarest in circulation. The Royal Mint has revealed a 50p coin depicting the Atlantic Salmon is the rarest in circulation Just 200,000 of the silver heptagon-shaped coins were released to UK banks and post offices at the end of last year The 2009 Kew Gardens 50p is the next rarest, with 210,000 currently in circulation Chris Barker, information and research manager at the Royal Mint Museum, explained 'This really is a watershed moment for the British coinage tradition, because if you go back in the history, it tends to be dominated by heraldry. A 50p coin showing Olympic Football, designed in 2011, has 1,125,500 in circulation A coin showing Olympic wrestling is the fourth rarest 50p coin currently in circulation A coin showing the Olympic judo event, to mark the London 2012 games, is in fifth place This 50p coin was designed to mark the triathlon event at the London Olympics in 2012 A commemorative 50p coin depicting the beloved character Peter Rabbit, designed in 2018 A coin showing Flopsy Bunny is equally rare, with 1,400,000 in circulation Olympic tennis made it onto ninth place in the rarest 50p list released by the Royal Mint Olympic goalball is on the list at number 10, with 1,615,500 now known to be in circulation In October, the 'most highly prized 50p in existence' caused a mini bidding war on eBay and eventually sold for £4,000. The Royal Mint unveiled eight new coins to mark the reign of King Charles III last October The obverse of the 50p coin features the head of King Charles III looking to the left The individual who listed the coin received 26 bids on the coin before finalising the sale on September 14.