Gold commemorative Brexit 50p coins priced at £945 have already sold out after being put on sale by the Royal Mint on Friday morning.

The coins, which were produced in a limited edition of 1,500, were no longer available to buy from the website by lunchtime.

A limited-edition two-coin set - with a historic 1973 50p marking the UK's accession into the European Economic Community and a new 2020 50p marking the withdrawal from the European Union - has also sold out.

Priced at £30, 5,000 sets were produced.

The Mint was operating a queuing system to get on its website on Friday to filter demand for the coins.

It also limited silver versions of the coin, with only 47,000 produced and priced at £60, to three per household.