Some 50p coins are worth £200. Some £2 coins are worth £30. Some pennies are worth thousands. We show you exactly what to look for — with mintage data, real value estimates and simple identification guides.
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Olympic rarities, the famous Kew Gardens 50p and the shield design — mintages and values explained.
Explore 50p guides →Commonwealth Games, Britannia, Trinity House and more — which bimetallic £2 coins carry a premium.
Explore £2 guides →Wheat pennies, doubled dies and the legendary 1943 copper cent — a beginner-friendly hit list.
Explore US guides →Rotated dies, doubled dies and true mint errors — learn to separate real errors from damaged coins.
Explore error guides →Coin roll hunting, essential supplies and storage — everything you need to start the hobby right.
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Four S-mint reverse-proof dollars — young Steve Jobs, Borlaug, Cray-1, refrigeration truck — open for orders October 13 at $60, 2 per household.
It costs about 13 cents to make a 5-cent nickel — lawmakers now want it retooled. What collectors should know before the bill is even signed.
Orders open today at noon EDT — $107 for 10 S-mint coins, with the one-year-only Statue of Liberty half dollar and the first Liberty dime since 1945.
Football, Wrestling, Judo and more — ranked by mintage with real value estimates for circulated finds.
The 210,000-mintage legend explained — what it's really worth, how to identify it and how to spot fakes.
The lowest-mintage £2 coins ever issued — Commonwealth Games, Britannia, Trinity House and the Trevithick mule.
Four designs, 485,500 minted each — the full identification and value guide to the Manchester 2002 coins.
From the 1943 copper cent to the 1999 Wide AM — the penny dates every beginner should memorize.
The reported rotated-die error on the 2017 Newton 50p — plus how to tell real errors from damage.
True doubled dies vs worthless machine doubling — with the key dates that can be worth thousands.
What to ask your bank for, what to search for, and the etiquette rules that keep tellers happy.
Loupes, scales, capsules and albums — the essential kit, what to look for, and mistakes to avoid.
An honest guide: why most shield 50ps are worth face value — and the few exceptions worth knowing.
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Each guide shows the exact design, date and mintage figures that make a coin valuable — so you can check your change in seconds.
We publish honest value estimates based on recent sold prices, and show you how to verify them on eBay yourself.
A £10 loupe and a pocket scale turn guesswork into certainty. Our supply guides recommend beginner-friendly gear.
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