Rare 20p Coins
In 2009, the Royal Mint made a BIG mistake on some 20 pence coins making them worth at least £50 each!
If your purse is bulging with all of that annoying loose change, now might be the time to look at it all a little bit closer because who knows, you could be quids in.
Errors like this are extremely rare, in fact so rare we’ve never heard of another ‘Bronze 20p’, but The Royal Mint verified the authenticity of the coin with a letter and so here at Change Checker we knew this was an opportunity not to be missed. Alun Barker's rare 20p coin (Image: Alun Barker / SWNS). Rather than being produced with a bronze metal blank, known as a planchet, like every other 20p made in 1990, this coin was struck on a. One of the rarest coins ever, the bronze 20p coin is dated 1987. The Royal Mint said it was the result of an extremely rare minting error, with a blank 1p somehow finding its way into the presses and ending up with a 20p struck onto it. Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Guernsey 20p Coins turning up in UK change that is worth a lot of money. Do you have any of these rare 20p Coins if so how much are t.
Back in 2009, the Royal Mint made a mistake and accidentally issued up to 200,000 20 pence coins without a year stamp. This makes them worth at least £50 EACH!
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Have you got one of these hiding in your purse? Picture PA
The rare coins are worth so much because they are the first coins without a date stamp to enter circulation in over 300 years.
The mistake happened when the reverse side of all coins from the 1p to £1 were redesigned in 2008.
The coins were designed by Matthew Dent to feature a different part of the Royal Arms Shield so that when they are put together they complete the picture and the full shield is revealed.
Rare 20p Coins List
The old coin had the date on the back. Picture iStock
Rare 20p Coins 2006
Previously, the 20 pence coins had the dates printed on the reverse side, however the date moved to the front with the new design. Although it would seem that someone forgot to actually move it!
Rare 20p Coins 1983
A undated 20p in mint condition could fetch up to £100 from a collector so you'd better get checking!