Check your small change ... It could be worth a fortune

[hypnotic]

Check your 20p pieces.

Here's why .... Linky

Then try putting "20p" into ebay and see what you get ....

Just seen one reach £460 with 15 hours to go.

 

[whitewash]

ill be keeping my eyes open!

 

[stu_the_flat]

Can they be identified by the unique Tail pattern? If so I've just thrown one down the vending machine yesterday!

 

[whitewash]

i think that only some of the tail pattern ones were minted without a date, im sure not all of these coins are of the ultra rare henstoothrockinghorses***moneytree variety.

infact ive just found one of that design with a date on it.

 

[dod]

hmm, I've got one

Edit: no I haven't, I was looking at the wrong side

 

[Loopy]

infact ive just found one of that design with a date on it.

They need to be dateless.

 

[Tim Sainsbury]

Got my hopes up there, found a couple with that design ... but dated ...

 

[whitewash]

They need to be dateless.

i know

 

[Bonsaidad]

I am going to look through my bottle of 20p coins.




TTFN Paul

 

[hepburn]

I'm gonna start removing the date on mine...

 

[chameleon]

I handle cash every day at work. I often have quite a few quid in 20ps, bet I'll never find one now as everyone will be checking them :razz:

 

[Galaxy66]

In the papers today there is a full page ad placed by "The London Mint Office" for you to register your interest in selling such a coin..... should you find one.
You must also register before the 18th July to take advantage of the £50 buy price, and only the first 10,000 registrations will be accepted.


Marketing trick methinks.

 

[AndrewA123]

Marketing trick methinks.

I thought that when I heard someone from the mint state "at least it has people looking at the great new designs on our coins"

they may of course just be putting a brave face on it, either way a lot of people on ebay will be making a lot of money from it..... just not me. or at least not yet

 

[smooth]

Tee hee £200 seems about the average price for one on ebay!
No bad % interest that!

 

[Galaxy66]

I thought that when I heard someone from the mint state "at least it has people looking at the great new designs on our coins"

they may of course just be putting a brave face on it, either way a lot of people on ebay will be making a lot of money from it..... just not me. or at least not yet

Btw the "London Mint Office" has zilch to do with the Royal Mint,

http://24carat.co.uk/londonmintofficeframe.html

 

[Ian D J]

I've just had a rummage about in my loose change bottle and haven't come across any of those "rare" 20p coins. The only unusual coinage I have come across was a Barbados dollar coin that looked excatly like our 50p. Wow.