Silver 2 pence
UK | |
Value | £0.02 (face value) |
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Mass | 7.12 g |
Diameter | 25.9 mm |
Shape | Circle |
Composition | Cupro-nickel or Nickel-plated steel used in 10 pence |
Obverse | |
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Reverse | |
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Silver two pences are British error coins that occur when silver-coloured two pence British coins are accidentally struck after a cupro-nickel blank, which is used for ten pence coins, was left inside the barrel during the minting process.[1][2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Comparison_between_error_and_2p.png/220px-Comparison_between_error_and_2p.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/2_penny_silver_obverse_to_used.png/220px-2_penny_silver_obverse_to_used.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Silver_2_penny_2.png/220px-Silver_2_penny_2.png)
Years of minting[edit]
- 1971: struck on cupro-nickel blank
- 1992 - 2018: cupro-nickel blank
- 2001: Copperless, appears duller than the others
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Silver_2_penny.png/220px-Silver_2_penny.png)
Occasions found[edit]
- 2014: A petrol station owner found a silver two pence in a new packet of coins minted in 1988. The coin sold for £1,200 at the Charterhouse Auction house in Sherborne.[3]
- 2015: A 1971 silver two pence was found in the donation box for unwanted foreign currency at a hospital in Reading.[3]
- 2016: A silver two pence was found in a Poppy Appeal tin. The mint confirmed that this two pence was set in nickel-plated steel usually used for ten pences. It is now owned by the Westminster Collection.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Donated 2p coin auctioned for £800 by Reading hospital". BBC News. 19 July 2015.
- ^ a b "'Silver' 2p sells for £1,350 - 67,500 times face value". BBC News. 15 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Rare 2p coin put in hospital donation could fetch £1k". BBC News. 17 July 2015.