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.