I’m the UK’s youngest coin collector – I have 1,000 including rarest 50p with amazing detail and is worth £50
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DYLAN knew he had a knack for spotting rare coins when he found a £2 Brunel Portrait, worth £30, when he was just 5-years-old. The 11-year-old, who recently won a prestigious coin-collecting award from ChangeChecker as Junior Collector of the Year, now has 1,000 rare and valuable coins in his collection.
![[Dylan holding his Junior Change Checker of the Year award.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dylan-Change-Checker.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Other coins include the UK's rarest 50p coin the 2023 Atlantic Salmon, which regularly sells for £50 online. He was given the coin on his birthday and it recently overtook the Kew Gardens 50p coin as the rarest 50p. Dylan spoke to The Sun about how he finds rare coins on a budget and how to sell them for profit, although he has no plans to sell his entire collection just yet.
The youngster will often go to a bank and exchange money notes for 50p and £2 coins and sift through them to find coins that are rare or he can add to his collection. He said: "Get coins from the bank because it doesn't really cost any money and if you decide you don't want to collect coins anymore you can just spend the coins.".
The school-boy also recommends heading to local thrift stores and second-hand shops. He also uses eBay to source rare coins - but he rarely sells any in his collection. His highest sale on a coin to date was £8, when he sold two London 2012 Olympic 'wrestling' coins that he bought for £1 each and sold for £8 each.
