Finding one small minting error on a £2 coin could mean it sells for more than 60 times its value to collectors. So do you have this special piece lurking in your wallets?
Rare coins are all the rage at the moment, but have you got this particular £2 piece in your pocket? It’s always a good idea to rummage through your coin stash – you never know what treasures might be lurking. One lucky person hit the jackpot when he discovered the UK’s rarest 50p coin, featuring an Atlantic Salmon design and King Charles III on the reverse, tucked away in his collection.
These coveted coins are now fetching big sums, with one changing hands on eBay for a tidy £153 last year. But TikTok fans went wild with talks of another coin to keep an eye out for – a £2 coin that fetched hundreds under the hammer.
TikTok user @CoinCollectingWizard, who boasts a following of 191,400, highlighted a 2016 Shakespeare’s Tragedies £2 coin that sold for an impressive £123, approximately 60 times its face value. These coins were minted to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death.
The set is made up of three coins, each celebrating a different genre of Shakespeare’s oeuvre – tragedies, comedies, and histories. So, what makes this coin so special?
The user explained: “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.”
It’s worth noting the error coin will bear the edge inscription ‘for king and country’.
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Several £2 coins are known to have the wrong edge inscription, with the mistake being an edge intended for a different coin minted in the same year. The revelation, shared in a video two days ago, has already garnered over 200 likes and numerous comments.
One user exclaimed: “Wow.” Another confessed: “I have one.”
So, have you rummaged through your rare coin collection yet?
