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.