A misprint on a £2 coin could make it worth up to 50 times more than its original value. The coin, issued to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jersey Zoo, is very rare
One rare coin could earn you a handy bit of spare cash in the run up to Christmas, all thanks to a misprint.
The design flaw on a £2 issued in 2019 could be worth up to 50 times its original value. Rare coin site The Great British Coin Hunt suggests Brits should be on the look out for the Jersey Zoo Gorilla coin, first issued in 2019. The coin was issued to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jersey Zoo, but is now only available secondhand. You can try and spot an error on one already being sold in the knowledge it may actually sell for more, however.
When the coins were being printed, someone managed to put a dye for a £2 ‘Red Arrows’ coin issued the same year in the machine by mistake. This resulted in a number of uncoloured gorilla coins, Great British Coin Hunt claims. The site said that there was supposed to be a full set of the coin available, but only a few were printed due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Normally, the coin will sell for around £100, but the misprinted ones can be worth up to £300, the Mirror previously reported.
It isn’t the only misprint on a £2 coin. In 2014, a £2 coin featuring Lord Kitchener was issued with a printing error. There are believed to be around 800 versions of the coin that have the error on. The image of Lord Kitchener, the secretary of state for war at the outset of World War One, is still very famous in the UK. Kitchener is known as the face of the recruiting posters showing his face with the words “your country needs you”
TikTok user Coin Collector UK said: “If you find this £2 coin check it for an extremely rare error. The coin must lack the inscription “two pounds” on the Queen’s side, otherwise it’s just a regular £2 coin.” This year, the Snowman is being depicted on a new Royal Mint 50p coin – with a gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars for someone to discover on Christmas Eve.
The Mint said that to further celebrate the launch of The Snowman 2024 collectable 50p, it has hidden a solid gold coin behind door 24 in one limited-edition The Snowman advent calendar, offering someone the chance of “striking gold”. The Snowman 50p coin is available in a range of precious metal finishes, including colour editions, on the Royal Mint’s website, with prices starting at £12. It will not be entering general circulation.
