Two botched Brexit 50p coins which could be in YOUR pocket worth up to £40k due to mistake

As a result, they melted them down and produced a collection with the correct date of January 31.

However, two surviving pieces of rare change managed to fall between the cracks and are now known to be worth a small fortune.

They both feature the incorrect date - the original date that the Tories intended to duck out of the economic bloc - on October 31, 2019.

As MPs forced Boris Johnson to delay his Brexit deadline, the Royal Mint ordered all incorrect coins to be melted down and had said that the money was invalid.

Due to the rarity of the coin, collectors became entranced with the Royal Mint’s mistake - keen to discover more of the rare coins.

One auctioneer has described the find similar to stumbling across Willy Wonka’s “golden ticket”.

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Spink and Son auction house researcher Gregory Edmund has said that he expected the coins to be worth £40,000 at auction.

“Ever since the official London Gazette notice for the 2019 Brexit 50-pence has existed, I have wondered if survivors of the one million cancelled coins would one day surface,” Edmund told The Telegraph.

“Given the extremely stringent security at the Royal Mint, to suddenly have two examples survive, and be available for study at the same time, is an unique opportunity.”

“This truly feels like my Charlie Bucket moment discovering the numismatic Golden Ticket.”

A Royal Mint spokesman said that they could not confirm the “validity” of the coins. It is understood that they had destroyed the coins bearing the wrong date.

The coins also depict the words: “Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations."

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