Rare 2p coin worth £1,000 could be hiding in your change
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCould you be sitting on a small fortune? If you own a certain rare coin, the answer could be yes. Recently, specific coins have been causing quite a buzz after two old pennies stirred up interest online.
Notably, one of these coins fetched £127,000 at auction, so it's worth keeping an eye on your collection. On TikTok, user @CoinCollectingWizard, who has amassed 198,000 followers, posted a video of himself cleaning a coin valued at £1,000.
He said: "Did you know about the New Pence 2p coin worth £1,000? Don't worry though this one is 1971 and not the rare date. "Want to know what rare New Pence coins to look out for, keep watching.
After the design changed from New Pence to Two Pence in 1982, a mistake was made during production of a small number of 1983 coins.", reports the Mirror.
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