Rare £2 Coins: Which Ones Are Worth Keeping? It starts innocuously enough. You’re paying for a coffee in a service station on the M6, you get your change, and something catches your eye. The coin sitting in your palm looks different — the colours are slightly off, the design unfamiliar. You squint at it. Is … Read more
50p Coins Worth More Than Face Value: A Complete List The humble 50p coin is one of Britain’s most collected coins, and for good reason. Since its introduction in 1969, the Royal Mint has issued hundreds of different designs, many of which now change hands for far more than their face value. Some sell for … Read more
Rare 50p Coins: A Collector’s Guide to UK Commemoratives The Coin That Started It All It was a Tuesday afternoon in a Tesco in Shrewsbury when my aunt first noticed something odd about her change. She’d bought a loaf of bread and a tin of soup, and as she dropped the coins into her purse, … Read more
Error Coins in the UK: What to Look for in Your Change Most people glance at their change, pocket it, and think nothing more of it. But tucked inside that handful of coins from the supermarket till or the pub might be something genuinely extraordinary – a minting mistake that slipped through quality control and … Read more
The Most Valuable Modern UK Coins in Circulation You’ve probably heard the stories. Someone’s gran found a 50p at the bottom of her purse, looked it up online, and discovered it was worth thirty times its face value. It sounds like the kind of thing that only happens to other people – but the truth … Read more