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This King Charles £1 Coin Is Worth Almost £100 - How to Spot

On Friday, a 2025 British £1 coin featuring His Majesty King Charles III sold for £90.08 on eBay after 16 bids, fetching roughly 90 times its face value due to a minting error.
Minting error swapped the King's portrait onto the reverse while the bee design appeared on the obverse, meaning the centre round did not match the coin's outer inscription.
The eBay listing described the piece as "Uncertified and ungraded", noted fineness 0.925, and called it an "unusual album filler for collectors". Its thicker, "yellow" centre round distinguished it from cupro-nickel "silver" coins in circulation.
Collectors bidding on eBay drove the price far above face value, while some collectors prefer dealer valuations for more robust assessments. Such misprint discoveries may prompt more people to inspect their loose change.
Since its April 1983 debut, the £1 coin underwent major redesign to 12-sided format in 2017. Rarity and mintage levels typically determine top collector values, with the 50 pence piece remaining among the UK's most collected coins.

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