Posted 02/08/2020 5:09 pm
Hi Jayt03 and 
Even in uncirculated condition, 1971 British half, one and two pence coins are worth very little. That was the year decimal currency was introduced, and hundreds of millions of the new coins were stockpiled ready to go into circulation on 15th February, 1971. Even today the 1971 1p and 2p coins are extremely common in circulation, and circulated examples are worth only face value. Unfortunately, an ill-informed journalist on a tabloid paper wrote an article a few years ago saying that 1971 1p coins were valuable, and this seems to have started people trying to sell them on ebay for ridiculous sums.
Even in uncirculated condition, 1971 British half, one and two pence coins are worth very little. That was the year decimal currency was introduced, and hundreds of millions of the new coins were stockpiled ready to go into circulation on 15th February, 1971. Even today the 1971 1p and 2p coins are extremely common in circulation, and circulated examples are worth only face value. Unfortunately, an ill-informed journalist on a tabloid paper wrote an article a few years ago saying that 1971 1p coins were valuable, and this seems to have started people trying to sell them on ebay for ridiculous sums.
