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    • Source: Silver 2 pence
    • Silver two pences are British error coins that occur when silver-coloured two pence British coins are accidentally struck after a cupro-nickel blank, which is used for ten pence coins, was left inside the barrel during the minting process.


      Years of minting


      1971: struck on cupro-nickel blank
      1992 - 2018: cupro-nickel blank
      2001: Copperless, appears duller than the others


      Occasions found


      2014: A petrol station owner found a silver two pence in a new packet of coins minted in 1988. The coin sold for £1,200 at the Charterhouse Auction house in Sherborne.
      2015: A 1971 silver two pence was found in the donation box for unwanted foreign currency at a hospital in Reading.
      2016: A silver two pence was found in a Poppy Appeal tin. The mint confirmed that this two pence was set in nickel-plated steel usually used for ten pences. It is now owned by the Westminster Collection.


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