A coin collector has revealed a detail on £2 coins that can make them much more valuable – and has urged everyone to check if they have one in their piggy banks at home
Rare coins are currently a hot topic, but do you have this unique £2 design in your pocket? It’s always worth digging through your collection as you never know what gems might be lurking there. Recently, one collector hit the jackpot after uncovering a rare 50p coin valued at £200.
The Atlantic Salmon design, bearing King Charles III on the reverse, is also extremely an extremely rare coin. These can potentially fetch hundreds of pounds, with one going on eBay for a tidy £153. Now, TikTok users are being told to forget about the 20p and 50p coins and keep their eyes open for a special £2 coin that recently commanded hundreds at auction.
User @CoinCollectingWizard, who has over 250,000 followers, spotlighted the 2016 Shakespeare’s Tragedies £2 coin which went for a remarkable £123, roughly 60 times its face value.
These coins were struck to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death.
Each of the three coins honours a different category of Shakespeare’s works – tragedies, comedies and histories. So, what makes this coin so extraordinary?
The user revealed: “It’s a hard to spot error affecting the edge of the coin that has attracted interest from collectors.
“Instead of the standard edge inscription, which should read, ‘What a piece of work is a man’, this one has the words from another £2 coin around the edge. Mint errors like this one can add significant value to common coins.”
The error coin is unique as it bears the edge inscription for king and country.
Check your 2p coins for two words making them worth £2,000
‘Extremely rare’ 50p coin listed for £20,000 with millions in circulation
The video has caused quite a stir among coin enthusiasts, racking up over 400 likes and a slew of comments since it was posted. One viewer couldn’t contain their excitement, exclaiming: “Wow.”
Another admitted: “I have one.”
So, is it time to sift through your collection of rare coins?
