These coins need to feature specific dates or errors to be particularly valuable
Brits have been urged to keep an eye out for three highly sought after coins. These pieces, that are still in circulation, could be worth more than £43,000 combined.
However, each coin needs to have a specific feature or date to be particularly valuable. In a video uploaded to social media platform TikTok, an expert known as the Coin Collecting Wizard detailed what to look for.
He highlighted the importance of the Brexit 50p coin, the Olympics aquatics 50p coin, and a Lord Kitchener £2 coin. The expert also explained what it is specifically you should be looking for.
Firstly he shared that a certain 50p coin could sell for as much as £40,000. The coin minted to commemorate the date that the UK left the EU on January 31, 2020.
But a number of these coins were produced prior to this date with what is now an incorrect date. This is because it had been planned that Brexit would take place the previous year.
Therefore, the specific dates you want to find are March 29, 2019, or October 31, 2019. The reverse side of the coin (also known as the tail side) is easy to spot and features the phrase “peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations”.
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On its obverse side (head side) you will see the image of Queen Elizabeth II. The expert said: “This is the Brexit 50p coin from 2020.
“Now before you get excited it’s actually a different date you are looking for. If your Brexit 50 pence says anything other than 31 January 2020, then you have found a super rare coin estimated to be worth £40,000.”
Next, he shared how a 50p coin from 2011 could be worth £2,000. Known as the Olympic aquatics coin, this features the image of a swimmer.
However, you want to find an earlier version of this coin where the lines representing water go over the swimmer’s face. “This one is 50 pence from 2011, part of the Olympics set you can find in your change,” he said.
“If you find this aquatics 50p but there are lines over the swimmers face then you have just found a rare first edition coin worth £2,000.” Finally, he revealed that a £2 from 2014 could be worth as much as £1,000.
On its reverse side it features the image of Lord Kitchener to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War. But only an error version of this coin is valuable.
He added: “This is a two pound coin from 2014 known as the First World War Lord Kitchener. Again just like the other coins, you are looking for something different.
“If you were to flip this coin over and it doesn’t have the words ‘two pounds’ on the obverse then you have found the rare mule error worth over £1,000.”