'Rarest' £2 coins worth up to £35 in circulation - check your change now
dailyrecord.co.ukPeople in the UK are being urged to check their change for some rare £2 coins that could be worth over 17 times their value.This month, it's officially been 25 years since the iconic bi-metal £2 coin we all recognise entered circulation, after being first struck in November 1998.
And there are 63 different designs for this one coin, with around 37 of them still in circulation, according to the experts at Coinhunter - so it's worth having a root around in your spare change to see if you have any.
The remaining 26 were issued as "commemorative coins" and never entered circulation, the Mirror reports. Here are the coin designs you should be looking out for, that could be worth up to £35.
In 2002, Manchester hosted the seventeenth Commonwealth Games, and several £2 coins were created to mark the event. Currently, the most sought-after is the Northern Ireland version, followed by Scotland and then England.Each of the coins has the same base design featuring a runner holding a flag, but it's different for each country.
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