AN iconic 50p coin has sold for an eye-watering 660 times its face value after a fierce bidding war. The 2009 coin is one of ...

RARE coins are being sold on eBay for an eyewatering 400 times their face value. Fierce bidding wars that went on for 10 days ...

The gardens also include the ornate Great Pagoda and Kew Palace – the former summer residence of King George III, which is open in the summer months.

Designed by Christopher Le Brun, the 50p shows the Kew Gardens pagoda encircled by a vine with the dates 1759 and 2009 and the word Kew at the base. The coin entered circulation in 2009 through ...

An eBay seller in Manchester has sold a rare Kew Gardens 50p coin which the Royal Mint says is "arguably the most sought-after" 50p coin.

Providing a convenient combination of must-sees, simply book here via the Tiqets website and save up to seven per cent on your combination tickets on selected dates to Kew Gardens and Windsor Castle.

With 13 bids, the coin which features the Kew Gardens pagoda with a decorative leafy climber twining in and around the tower, caused a mini-bidding war on the online auction site.

Kew Gardens, which is a major tourist attraction and a hub for botanical research, hopes to be “climate positive” by 2030. To do so, it will need to store more carbon than it releases.