Is your 20p coin worth £50?

bullit in head said:
ther are only 2500 or so special 20p pieces iirc
and considering about a thousand or so have gone through on ebay alone in the last year or so I would emagine the likley-hood of you having a special one now and not knowing it are rare.

bullit
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I saw it yesterday when I was going through my change from Morrisons and thought it was odd that the writing around the edge was so large and no date.

_Jimlad_ said:
so far a few posters said they have one or two, where are the pics?
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As I said, I am at work, and my wallet is at home, how do you expect me to take a pic?
 
divosuk said:
What, like most people did with the George best £5 notes
They were fetching £20-£25 when they first were on the market

And are now worth £8-£10 if you are lucky ;)

There's only so many collectors interested in faulty 20p pieces these days. I'd say get rid of it now - you may get around £100 if you are lucky.
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Difference is the George Best notes were meant to be released. But meh, I am no expert lol I have better things to do that collect coins xD
 
Is it bad that I haven't handled actual cash in so long (we're talking years) that I didn't even know a new 20p existed? My mates call me The Queen lol :o
 
As has been said about 4 times already.....

"The London Mint Office, a private company specialising in unusual coins, is offering anyone who finds one £50 - 250 times their legal value - in the hope of selling them to collectors for an even higher price."

The royal mint (that made them) are having nothing to do with offering £50 for them. The London mint are a specialist company in Coins.


Again...

There's the The London Mint (a shop in London) - and they're onyl offering £50 to the first 10,000.
And the The Royal mint (the government based coin producing place)

(and even some websites are getting their reporting on it wrong)

OK.
 
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How is this not possible, tbh? LOL Debit card, a wallet full of credit cards and, if I'm pushed, a cheque book and pen in the car. I've not needed cash in years lol :)
 
Rainmaker said:
How is this not possible, tbh? LOL Debit card, a wallet full of credit cards and, if I'm pushed, a cheque book and pen in the car. I've not needed cash in years lol :)
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Your friends dont talk about money to you? And you use a card for buying small things in the shop?
 
Sash said:
Your friends dont talk about money to you? And you use a card for buying small things in the shop?
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Well I've never had a mate say "Ooh! You seen this new 20p piece? :D", no - we're blokes :confused: And yes, I use my cards for *everything*. If they won't take a card, I pay by cheque. The likes of Tesco are so desperate to keep custom they'll let you buy a 10p mix on your card never mind a couple of quid's worth of drink and a paper or whatever :p
 
If you really want a photograph of one I'll get one this afternoon.
A work colleague of mine has one.
I was telling him about the story, trying to describe how he could identify the coin and he suddenly said "What, like this?"

Low & behold - he has one.

He's already registered at the site which is paying £50 for the coin, obviously no obligation to sell.
I'm trying to convince him he maybe should keep it a little while - minting errors just so rarely happen I think this coin will probably be worth more than £50 to him.
 
Here is a picture of the one that my colleague has:

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