Stop what you’re doing now as this unique coin could be lurking in your possession. According to a coin collector on TikTok, it recently sold for £62,000 at auction
Rare coins can be hard to find, but it’s totally worth it when one lands in your pocket.
Certain pieces could sell for an absolute fortune, depending on mintage and circulation. It’s always crucial checking the quality of the designs as some with minting errors can flog for thousands online or at auction.
Now according to TikTok user @CoinCollectingWizard, a specific coin which recently sold for £62,000 could be lurking in your wallets. It appears the 1945 silver three pence was recently spotted by someone, which shows you “can find rare coins out there”.
In the video, the user explained: “The silver three pence had become so unpopular by 1945 and the mint had already changed them in 1937 to the bigger, heavier 12-sided nickel brass three pence. But the silver three pence were still being made alongside the brass version.
“In 1945 the silver coin’s final year, a mintage of 371,000 pieces was apparently deemed redundant because of public acceptance of the nickel brass version and was ordered to be melted down.”
The coin collector claimed its silver was then used in other mint products, although some “escaped their fate”. Now these have been found in random collections around the world and “might just be sitting in your coin jar”. He added: “The most recent one found went for £62,000 at auction.”
And since the video was shared recently, it racked up over 200 likes with dozens of shares. One person commented: “Awesome video mate,” while another added: “Wow my 94-year-old granddad has a silver one.” And a third commented: “I had a silver three pence found in my shop in the 70s but no idea where I put it.”
Looking for more coins which could be worth a mint? Recently, we revealed the rare coins which could “make you rich” as one piece can easily sell for £100,000. The same uploader said the 1905 Half Crown from the UK has only 166,008 ever made which could sell for between £450 and £10,000.
