Is this coin valuable?

Bishie · 10 Jan 2017 at 00:19

I was routing through some small change at home and came across this peculiar £2 coin. If I hadn't looked at it twice, I'd have spent it on bread and milk!

I suspect it might be valuable, but eBay is seldom accurate! The coin seems to be going for as much as £750, but I doubt it even sells for close to that!

Mr Badger · 10 Jan 2017 at 00:21

In before: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17990762

FoxEye · 10 Jan 2017 at 00:21

Its value is £2, clearly

What somebody might pay for it - given plenty of people with more money than sense - could be anything

robfosters · 10 Jan 2017 at 00:27

No, it's worth about a fiver max.

Since the furore about the AA numbering on the plastic fivers, everyone thinks they have a double eagle on their hands.

ChroniC · 10 Jan 2017 at 00:33

http://www.changechecker.org/coin/145/2pound

Worth £2, since there are 5.7 million of them in circulation.

JBod · 10 Jan 2017 at 00:37

ChroniC said:
http://www.changechecker.org/coin/145/2pound

Worth £2, since there are 5.7 million of them in circulation.

http://www.changechecker.org/coin/145/2pound-2014-First-World-War-Centenary.aspx

Bishie · 10 Jan 2017 at 00:39

Bread and milk it is then!

Raymond Lin · 10 Jan 2017 at 01:01

I was expecting a Stalker coin dammit.

Sliver · 10 Jan 2017 at 01:12

Well done, you've found £2. :0

Amp34 · 10 Jan 2017 at 02:20

JBod said:
http://www.changechecker.org/coin/145/2pound-2014-First-World-War-Centenary.aspx

And that's uncirculated quality, which the OP's isn't...

So £2 it is.

I have an original £2 coin from 1986 and that seems to be worth £13. Not bad, although I wonder if that's outpaced by inflation?

J.D · 10 Jan 2017 at 03:07

Mr Badger said:
In before: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17990762

That was an amazing read.

I did think the OP in that thread was reaching a bit far with his estimations but the way some people were responding to him was a bit obnoxious. I'm glad he was proven correct and that the people berating this person had to eat their words.

Justice isn't usually prevelant in todays society so when it does happen, it's special. Well done to Stalker coin guy!.

jas72 · 10 Jan 2017 at 07:39

Coins always interest me as well but i wouldn't start collecting them as it would be come an obsession .....

Best to buy the bread and milk.

The 2€ coins have many reverse sides as well, wouldn't mind a few from the vatican or Monaco.

Tom0 · 10 Jan 2017 at 07:46

Value, £2.

Worth, what someone is willing to pay for it.

I'll give you £1.

nutcase · 10 Jan 2017 at 08:24

Looks pretty worn, might only be about £1 left

Diagro · 10 Jan 2017 at 08:45

I have a £2 coin that's worth £36.

Its my prized £2 coin and lives on the shelf in a plastic case

bledd · 10 Jan 2017 at 09:07

Raymond Lin said:
I was expecting a Stalker coin dammit.

Yuh

[FnG]magnolia · 10 Jan 2017 at 09:15

Mr Badger said:
In before: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17990762

It's post #7 that really made that thread. That plus his unironic username.

Edrof · 10 Jan 2017 at 11:18

Can't comment on the value but it's a super coin for military history enthusiasts.

Big Spender · 10 Jan 2017 at 11:36

i can offer £1.36

silversurfer · 10 Jan 2017 at 13:10

Condition counts for a lot, if it was mint maybe and with history, presentation and some kind of limited run. They do make collectors version usually in silver or gold mixes, it has to be some weird misprint to be worth something and be that damaged. Recently I read about five pound notes engraved on the see through part by a famous artist, worth 20k?
I used to have all sorts of old coins but none was near good condition, all I have now is a Victorian sovereign and it literally never leaves the box just in case the gold gets dented or scratched. With our interest rates far too low etc I'd advice people to save the old empire coinage not the newer stuff, ie. coins with actual metallurgical value in it