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I noticed that a £2 coin in my change had the "wrong" words milled into the edge of the coin. The coin is a Shakespeare tragedy 2016 with a skull and rose - the words should be - WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN. The next coin minted was The Army - the words are FOR KING AND COUNTRY. My coin, the Shakespeare coin, has The Army words milled on the edge Apologies for the poor photos, I do not have a macro lens     Has anyone seen this before? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Can we see photos of both sides of the coin also?
Maybe so we we can see the face and the edge at the same time
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Usually an error like this indicates a forgery, but I have to say your coin looks good. If all checks out right, it could be a very rare/valuable error coin! I suggest checking in with a good coin dealer in your area as it is always easier to judge these things in hand rather than with photos. If this still looks good, then a decent coin specialist auction house would be the next stop. You could sell on ebay, but the challenge there is always convincing the serious buyers that you coin is genuine - there are so many fakes and chancers around! |
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I must admit a forgery was my first thought.
I will have to find a coin dealer to have a look so it can be appraised properly
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I have to say your coin looks good.  to the Forum! A very interesting coin! |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Might I suggest only handling the coin with gloves? If this is a genuine error then it's definitely going to command a price, and any residue from fingerprints and such will serve to detract. Welcome to the community, by the way  Edited by Collector28
08/02/2020 05:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I mentioned this coin to someone that I know and they suggested if you on Facebook that the pictures of the coin get posted to the Two Pound Coin Collectors Group £2 since it is not an error that is known.
Did you recently acquire this coin? If so, was it in change or in a bag of coins from the bank or post office?
It does look like the UK cash centres been receiving requests for £2 coins, hence why we seeing new looking 2015 and 2016 coins in circulation.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I am going to have the coin appraised by an expert tomorrow.
I received the coin in change on Friday; looked at it and thought that the words did not seem to relate to the coin, so looked it up and here we are.
Thanks for the guidance about handling the coin - I will now be more careful.
Will let you know what the appraiser thinks.
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Formerly nancyc
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I don't have any first hand knowledge of these coins, but I did read somewhere that the center pieces can be removed (I think it was by freezing) and replaced by other centers not intended for that coin. Can't remember where I read it but it could only be 1 of 3 places I look up coins, CCF, Facebook or The Australian Coin Forum. I would be very suspicious of this coin. I may possibly have seen one of these topics: http://goccf.com/t/193954&whichpage=2http://goccf.com/t/332188life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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08/02/2020 7:58 pm
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Even if the centre piece were swappable, the edge inscription still wouldn't fit with the design, since the outer ring has the William Shakespeare design on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Any further update on this?
If you use Facebook, can you post the pictures of the coin to Two Pound Coin Collectors Group £2 page?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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A coin with the same error was posted today to the Fifty Pence Coin Collectors Group 50p group around 22:15 UK time.
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United Kingdom
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I have seen some more of these posted on Facebook - so it looks like four have been reported so far. We doubt that the mint is aware of this mistake and therefore, they will no been able to give us an idea of how many were made with this error.
Locations of finds so far:
Newcastle
Whitehaven
Dunblane
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08/08/2020 09:41 am
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Posted 08/01/2020 12:12 pm
