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Check Your £2 Coins for Four Words Making Them Worth £60
A 2016 Shakespeare £2 coin with a rare edge inscription error sold for £52, over 26 times its face value, highlighting a minting anomaly collectors seek.
- On Tuesday, a Shakespeare £2 coin sold on eBay for £52.34 plus £2.70 postage, listed with a rare edge error bearing the inscription `For King & Country`.
- The Royal Mint's 2016 Shakespeare coins included a batch struck with an incorrect edge, creating a known anomaly where edges are swapped between coins.
- Coin specialists note the error can multiply value as observers estimate errored coins may fetch around £60, with 4,615,000 Shakespeare's Tragedies £2 coins in circulation.
- Coin hunters across the UK have been urged to check their change after recent sales drew attention, with Coin Collector UK on TikTok advising viewers to inspect the coin's rim for engraved text despite the fault being hard to spot.
- Examples from past sales show that the 'fried egg' minting error has fetched up to 112.08 on January 25, illustrating strong secondary-market interest.
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'Very rare' Royal Mint Shakespeare £2 coin selling for more than £50 on eBay
A 'very rare' £2 coin has sold for 26 times its face value because of one subtle error.
·Swindon, United Kingdom
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