Coins worth anything

Eric999

Hello, been collecting change for almost 2 years now and decided to count it all up this weekend (up to over £700 now) but before I drag it all to a bank I was wondering whether there might be some decent collectible coins in there. I have several hundred of everything except 2 pound coins as they don't fit in the jar.

I found an article on the Mirror that said there were some decent 50p pieces and stuff but I was wondering whether anyone had a half decent quick guide with pictures on the most valuable versions of some coins?

Cheers.

HappyMJ

They really need to be mint...i.e not circulated. Even then they aren't worth much.

Just drag them to the bank and put them into the coin counter. The free one not the type that you see at the supermarket. The teller won't want that many all at once and they may charge to accept them. You can usually only deposit up to £2 of copper, £5 of silver and £20 of gold coins all at once without charge over the counter. All banks have different amounts so ask your bank. They'll probably need bagging as well. Children are sometimes exempt so if you have a child think about getting them to deposit it for you into their account.

If your bank doesn't have a free coin counting machine then it may be worth opening an account with one that does.

ariba10

£20 of gold coin.

Would not be a very big coin?

Misstress

Check your 20 pence to see if they are undated on both sides, they go for about £40 on ebay.

Kew Gardens 50 pence go for about £20

Look on ebay for other examples.

noe

There's also obviously the fabled 1983 'new pence' two pence and the 50p Olympic swimming coin with lines through the face which would net you several £100s.

Back on planet earth, also keep your eyes open for the 2002 Commonwealth Coins (in particular Northern Ireland) if you have the set of four you could get £30 and possibly one for the future is the 2011 Edinburgh £1 coin as that's a pretty low mintage, but again you won't be able to pack in work.