If you find one of these, hold on to it: they can be worth up to £1,700 at auction. The design features a football emblazoned with the date, and 16 small dots to represent the teams taking part in the tournament. Check your pocket change as a rare Lincoln. Only around 2,000 of these commemorative coins were made to celebrate Euro ’96 – which took place in England – making them extremely rare. Other rare coins that have sold online include a buffalo coin with three legs for 1,400 along with a Flying Eagle cent sold, which sold for 11,128.
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1996 football European Championships gold proof two pound (Photo: Amazon) One of the more well-known ‘rare’ coins out there, this 2p might not look or sound all that exciting to non-collectors, but when you consider that they’ve been valued between £1,000 and £1,350 in the past, you might get a little more enthusiastic.Ģp coins minted between February 19 should say ‘New Pence’ on the front, with those minted post-1982 should say ‘Two Pence’.Ī mistake in 1983 meant a batch were printed with the old wording, making them valuable to collectors. ‘Silver’ 2p coin sells for £1,350 at auction 1983 New Pence 2p coin (Photo: eBay/ berniesbitsandbobs) In 2016, a silver 2p that was almost discarded as a fake after it was discovered in a charity collection tin sold at auction for £1,350 – almost 70,000 times more than the actual value of the coin. The copper of the old 2p coin is of a distinctive hue, so it shouldn’t be too hard to spot if you’ve got any of these old pennies printed onto the wrong base.Ī silver two pence piece dated between 19 could be worth anywhere between £200 and £1,000. Silver 2p (1971 to 1992) (Photo: eBay/ cornwall-emporium) Rare Coins Bust Seated Trade Dollars Morgan Silver Dollars Peace Silver Dollars Eisenhower SBA Sacagawea Presidential American Innovation Dollars Half Dollars Quarters Dimes Nickels Cents Half Cents 2 Cents 3 Cent Silver 3 Cent Nickel Half Dimes 20 Cents Historical European Coins U.S. Only ten of these were ever produced, and if that didn’t make them scarce enough, Edward VIII abdicated less than a year into his reign, which meant the coins became redundant. The result of an accidental pairing of a 10 cent heads (obverse) die and the normal mob of roos reverse die it’s thought that between 5000-10000 of these coins were minted. Like the George V penny above, these three pence coins were also pattern coins – a coin not approved for general release instead made for the purpose of seeing how a coin design might look. The Year 2000 1/10c Mule is the number 2 on our list of Australian Coins that are worth money. 1937 Edward VIII brass threepence (Image: Old Currency Exchange) Before you use the Price Guide, you should read the following information very carefully. The PCGS Price Guide is a guide to assist the coin buying public in determining values for all important United States rare coins.
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If you do happen to be one of the very few people in possession of such a coin – which was never intended for release into circulation – they’re estimated at a value of around £72,000. The PCGS Price Guide prices apply only to PCGS-graded coins.