Rare Shakespeare £2 coin with minting error could fetch you over £120 - how to spot
Brits have been urged to scrutinise their spare change for a unique £2 coin that could potentially be worth over £120. This particular coin, if it bears a specific error, could command a price significantly higher than its nominal value.
The 2016 Shakespeare’s tragedies coin, which displays a skull image on its reverse side, is especially sought after by collectors due to a certain mistake. An expert, who goes by the name Coin Collector UK on social media, took to TikTok to elaborate.
He urged his followers to meticulously inspect the outer edge of the coin for its inscription. "£123 if you find this Shakespeare £2 coin," he stated.
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"So what you want to be checking for on your Shakespeare’s tragedies coin is the edge inscription." Some of these coins were minted with an incorrect inscription.
The correct phrase should read "what a piece of work is a man", while the faulty versions will display "for king and country". The expert continued: "It should say around the edge, ‘what a piece of work is a man’, like this one."
However, in 2016, the Royal Mint made a blunder and ended up producing some coins with the edge inscription from the army centenary coin. That reads 'for king and country'.
Determining the exact value of this coin can be challenging, he admitted. Yet some have recently been sold online for as much as £123.
The Coin Collector added: "Like with most error coins this is quite hard to value as they don't come up for sale too often.
"One however, did sell a few months ago at auction that went for £123. Others have sold on eBay for the £30 mark and another one also sold for £65.
"They are definitely one worth looking out for in your change. If yours says ‘for king and country’ on the edge, then you found the rear error version. This one, which was the circulating version with the correct inscription, unfortunately is only worth £2 as it has a mintage of around five million."