Everyone urged to check purses immediately for 50p coins that could be worth over £150 each

All Brits are being urged to check their change for a 50p coin that is selling for over £150. We've all got bits of spare change dotted about the place - whether it be in your handbag, car, wallet, or down the back of the sofa - but it could be worth a lot more than you first thought.

Money website Change Checker has issued a list of the UK’s most sought-after coins in circulation in the last three months. The list gives an idea of which coins are currently worth more than their face value due to popularity or rarity.

The list is broken down into three sections: the rarest 50 pence pieces, A to Z 10p coins and £2s currently in circulation. The Kew Gardens 50p has once again topped the most wanted 50p coin index.

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According to the Change Checker eBay tracker, this particular coin fetches an average of £156 on the auction site - but there have been examples of it selling for as much as £250. While there have been no changes amongst the top runners for each of the indexes, there are some notable shuffles amongst the medium ranks with certain coins jumping as many as 14 places.

There are also two new 50p editions in circulation following this year’s 50th anniversary of Pride and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The Kew Gardens 50p has once again topped the rarest 50 pence piece list - so it's worth keeping an eye out for one of these coins. This coin was released in 2009 to mark 250 years since Kew Gardens opened in 1759, and there are only 210,000 in circulation.

Created by Christopher Le Brun RA, it features the famous Chinese Pagoda from the gardens being intertwined by a leafy climber. According to the Coinhunter website, this