Ordinary-looking 50 cent coin that could be worth more than 70 times its face value

Aussie coins can be more valuable than they initially appear due to a number of factors, including tiny errors or the year they were minted.

An ordinary-looking 50 cent coin could be worth more than 70 times its face value, according to a coin expert.

Aussie coins can be more valuable than they initially appear due to a number of factors, including tiny errors or the year they were minted.

50 cent coins, which he said can be worth between $2 and $38 depending on their condition.

That’s because only 5.6 million of the coins were produced, making them “pretty hard to find”.

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collectors love to have in their collection and they’ll pay a lot more to have a perfect condition coin.”

“If you find a coin that looks like it’s never been used before, get it checked out by a professional or send it back to the Mint for destruction or re-usage in other things,” he said.

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2000 Millennium coins.

Yahoo Finance the variety could be worth more than its face value but the exact amount will depend on the coin’s circulation.

one million 50 cent coins were produced by the Mint making them worth between $15 and $40 each.

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