YOU could be sat on a fortune if you happen to own a rare "fried egg" £2 coin as collectors scramble to buy the £600 rarity.
A design error on some of the Royal Mint's Mayflower 2020 coins has left them looking like a runny fried egg as the middle has "spilt" out onto the outer rim.
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The design depicts the famous English ship known as the Mayflower that transported a group of English families, known today as thePilgrims, from England to theNew Worldin 1620.
Some 400 years later, the special coin was made to commemorate the determination and courage shown by the passengers and crew, according to the Royal Mint website.
The edge inscription includes a quote from the Mayflower Compact: "Undertaken for the glory of God".
But some possess the strange "fried egg" quirk as a result of a manufacturing errors.
Two pound coins like this one have two metal rings - one on the outside made of a yellow nickel-brass ring and the one inside is made of a steel coloured nickel plated brass.
But this error coin has beenmis-strucksomewhere in the minting process, meaning the middle ring is not perfectly lined in the centre.
"I'm not sure how much value this error adds, but it's certainly a cool piece regardless.” The “fried egg” error occurs when the middle of the coin, typically the gold-colored inner circle, spills out into the silver outer ring, resembling a fried egg.
In this case, for some reason, a complete nickel-brass blank found its way to the coining press and was struck by the £2 dies in the usual way. This coin is an example of an extremely rare minting error and is especially pertinent due to these coins being meant to be the first bi-metallic United Kingdom decimal coins.
Overall, it's pretty straightforward. The deciding factors are historic significance, how many were issued (or 'minted'), interesting designs and the condition of the coin. Uniqueness is also important. For example, you might not find a coin with an 'error' – like a missing date – very interesting.
Which £2 coins are the rarest? The rarest in circulation are considered to be the 2022 Commonwealth Games £2 coins for Northern Ireland and Wales. Just 485,500 and 588,500 of each were minted respectively. They frequently sell on eBay for about £40 and £25.
Error coins may be of value to collectors depending on the rarity and condition. Some coin collectors specialize in error coins. 1999 U.S. Lincoln cent depicting wavy steps. Errors can be the result of defective planchets, defective dies or the result of mistakes made during striking.
You want to look for die cracks, cuds, and missing elements. Pay close attention to the portrait's eyes, ears, mouth, and chin, looking for signs of doubling. Be sure to look at the rim, too, watching for anything abnormal. Be careful as you check each coin.
These 1998 £2 coins were released at the same time as those minted in 1997. This explains why some of the £2 coins in circulation feature the new portrait and others show the earlier portrait. Since millions of the 1997 £2 coins were issued, there is no reason to believe that these coins are particularly rare.
The dots around the edge of the Queen's head side disappear on my £2 coin, is this rare? The misaligned dots around the Queen's head on £2 coins is common and is just a variation caused during the mass production of the coins.
According to the blog ChangeChecker, the rarest one pound coin currently in circulation is the Edinburgh £1. The coin was part of a series depicting the four capital cities of the UK and is the only £1 coin with a mintage below one million.
The 1933 version of this coin is perhaps the rarest and most sought-after one of all. The only privately owned one is held by Stuart Weitzman. It was last valued at $7,500,000 compared to its original $20 value.
Year and Mint Mark – The year and mint mark of a coin go a long way in determining value. There are many year/mint combinations of various coins that are either extremely popular with collectors or extremely rare (low population).
The standard version is not unusual, but one without the words two pounds are rare. Experts at The Royal Mint Museum said the wrong design - on the heads side - was stamped onto the coin during production. The letter being sold with the coin is from the museum's Information and Research Manager.
The coin is missing the words 'Two Pounds' on the reverse, an ultra rare error which has been authenticated by the Royal Mint. This £2 coin was issued in 2014 to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.
In a rare minting error, known as a “bullseye error”, the flame that is meant to sit between the firefighters ends up printed on the other side of the coin, covering the face of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
RARE MINTING ERROR 2006 Isambard Kingdom Brunel £2 Two Pound Coin Collectable Dots round the inner circle run off and the writing around the edge of the coin is upside down. Can be seen from the photos.
Extremely rare £2 coin from the William Shakespeare Collection. The coin features a skull with a rose to depict Shakespeare's tragedies. The minting error is shown in the pictures whereby the text around the side of the coin is showing as upside down with the queens head facing up. It should be the other way round.
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