Taking the mick out of someone’s poor maths skills is downright cruel at the best of times.

But if you try and sell four 50p coins for a grand total of £1, you’re opening yourself up to a lot of well-deserved stick.

Unfortunately for this woman, she dug herself a bigger hole by insisting it was a ‘good deal’.

Maths is definitely not her strong point (Picture: Plymouth Gossip Girls/Facebook)

She was also completely unaware the coins from the Royal Mint’s Beatrix Potter collection were potentially worth thousands.


A Peter Rabbit coin from 2016 sold for £5,000 on eBay earlier this year.

Unbeknown to this, the mathematically-challenged entrepreneur uploaded a picture of the coins onto a local Facebook group in Plymouth.



The set included two prized Peter Rabbit coins, one Jeremy Fisher coin and one Tom Kitten – all of which are legal tender.

Her business sense was immediately called into question by other Facebook users when she offered the coin collection for just £1 – half its actual value – because she wanted to give people ‘a good deal’.

Here's how the daft conversation went down Someone please take up her offer (Picture: Plymouth Gossip Girls/Facebook)

A lot of people happily joined in the fun (Picture: Plymouth Gossip Girls/Facebook)

Talk about digging yourself a bigger hole (Picture: Plymouth Gossip Girls/Facebook)

‘Whatever hun…’ (Picture: Plymouth Gossip Girls/Facebook)

She posted: ‘I will separate the bundle but will sell all four for £1 as there are two the same.

‘When you sell bundles it’s always cheaper to make a good deal.’

When people pointed out the coins were worth £2, the woman argued the lower price was because two of the coins had the same design.

The post was uploaded onto Plymouth Gossip Girls Facebook page – with names blanked out – with many people commenting on the absurd advertisement.

One person wrote: ‘Why are you selling £2 for £1? It’s like me selling you a £10 note and saying you can have it for a fiver!’

Another commented: ‘Is this a joke? It doesn’t matter if it’s double! You’re selling money for less that it’s worth!’

When someone said ‘£1+£1=£2 regardless of peter bloody rabbit on it,’ she replied: ‘Whatever hun, I have 2 the same so don’t equal the same, bye bye.’

Oh dear.