Brits have been urged to keep an eye out for an obvious error on a 2p coin that could make it extremely valuable. This ...

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The coins that were made from the new planchets using the old dies were rare and, therefore, became valuable. In 2016, the first of these coins to be identified sold for $18,800 at auction.

Coin collecting, or numismatics (a term which also encompasses the study of coins), has been a practice for at least 2,000 years, with Augustus — also known as Octavian — famously gifting a ...

Coins are struck using two dies - one for the ... It was very expensive to make dies so using an old die with a new die could be an attempt by the person in charge of the mint to save money ...