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Rare 2p coin sells for £485

A rare ‘silver’ two pence coin struck in error by the Royal Mint has sold for £485 – 24,250 times its face value. The seller, from Granton, Edinburgh, posted the silver-coloured coin on online marketplace Gumtree with the lofty asking price. It was sold this morning (January 3) to a …

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Warning as coin worth £10 sells for £300 on eBay

Michael Bond’s most famous literary creation, Paddington Bear, was well-known for piercing suspicious characters with his hard stare. And that may well have been his response to the news that a ‘Paddington Bear at the Tower of London’ 50p coin sold for £300 on eBay. The 2019-minted coin is part …

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New £5,000 coin unveiled by Royal Mint

The Royal Mint has unveiled a new £5,000 coin – the largest ever made – weighing in it five kilos. Just one of the exclusive coins has been made but it has already been sold for an undisclosed amount. It is part of a new “Great Engravers” series, that celebrates artists …

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Royal Mint releases Wallace and Gromit coins to mark 30th anniversary

A Wallace and Gromit coin has been unveiled to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the animated double-act first hitting the screen. The Royal Mint on Tuesday launched the new 50 pence piece depicting the pair and bearing the Latin inscription “caseus praestans”, which translates as “cracking cheese”. The coin was designed by Wallace and …

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