Posted 06/04/2023 05:37 am
The coin is a Great Britain 2 new pence, 1971.
These are super-cheap, super-common coins - 1971 was the first year of issue, and they literally made a billion of them (1.45 billion, to be precise). They contain slightly more than 2p worth of copper. Even in super-high, mint-fresh-shiny state, they are only worth less than US$1. With those green spots all over it, yours is, sadly, less than pristine.
You might sometimes see on eBay such coins being offered for sale for hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars. These are criminals, using a bogus eBay listing to do a bit of money laundering.
These are super-cheap, super-common coins - 1971 was the first year of issue, and they literally made a billion of them (1.45 billion, to be precise). They contain slightly more than 2p worth of copper. Even in super-high, mint-fresh-shiny state, they are only worth less than US$1. With those green spots all over it, yours is, sadly, less than pristine.
You might sometimes see on eBay such coins being offered for sale for hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars. These are criminals, using a bogus eBay listing to do a bit of money laundering.
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