Rare coin collectors will know just how much certain pennies are worth. Often the money is sold on eBay where it snaps up for hundreds – or even thousands – more than its face value.
Usually the ones worth a fortune feature a minting error or have less of them in circulation.The rarest copper coins in circulation are reported to be from a batch of 2p coins that were minted in 1983.
Now the experts at Ocean Finance have looked into the rarest coins out there with four in particular you need to look out for.
So do you have any of these coins hiding away in your change?These coins feature the wording "new pence" on the front when they should have said "two pence". "New pence" is old wording that featured on 2p coins between 1971 and 1982 to help people adjust to decimalisation.But a batch of 2p coins dated 1983 was accidentally minted with the old wording on.Now this mistake has made the coin valuable to collectors with some flogging for around £1,700 on eBay.The £2 coins are made up of two kinds of metal – the silver cupro-nickel disc surrounded by a nickel-brass ring round the outside.Two metals do mean a greater possibility of errors being made.
Read more on dailystar.co.uk