Gold Brexit 50p coins worth £945 are sold out

Gold commemorative Brexit 50p coins priced at £945 have already sold out after being put on sale by the Royal Mint.

The coins, which were produced in a limited edition of 1,500, were no longer available to buy from the website by yesterday morning.

A limited-edition two-coin set, with a historic 1973 50p marking the UK’S accession into the European Economic Community and a new 2020 50p marking the withdrawal from the European Union, has also sold out. Priced at £30, 5,000 sets were produced.

The Mint was operating a queuing system to get on its website yesterday to filter demand for the coins.

It also limited silver versions of the coin, in a limited edition of 47,000 and priced at £60, to three per household.

Both the silver version and the £10 brilliant uncirculated version of the coin were awaiting stock by yesterday morning, with shipping promised within ten working days. The brilliant uncirculated version of the coin is not limited edition. People do not have to pay for a Brexit coin as they will also appear in loose change.

Around three million Brexit 50p coins were entering banks, post offices and shops from yesterday.