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  2. Two pence (British decimal coin) - Wikipedia

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    The British decimal two pence coin (often shortened to 2p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage equalling 2 ⁄ 100 of a pound. Since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the year British currency was decimalised , its obverse has featured four profiles of Queen Elizabeth II . [ 1 ]

  3. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    In 1992 the composition of the 1p and 2p coins was changed from bronze to copper-plated steel. Due to their high copper content (97%), the intrinsic value of pre-1992 1p and 2p coins increased with the surge in metal prices of the mid-2000s, until by 2006 the coins would, if melted down, have been worth about 50% more than their face value. [16]

  4. Silver 2 pence - Wikipedia

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    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. [3] 2015: A 1971 silver two pence was found in the donation box for unwanted foreign currency at a hospital in Reading. [3] 2016: A silver two pence was found in a Poppy Appeal tin.

  5. 4 Unusual Coins That Are Surprisingly Worthless — And Why - AOL

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    The world's most valuable coins usually have some combination of rarity, historical significance, unusual features and minting errors. When at least a couple of those boxes are checked, you can ...

  6. What Makes a Coin Valuable? Experts Say It’s These 8 Factors

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  7. 11 of the World’s Most Valuable Coins - AOL

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    The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle is currently the most valuable coin in the world. Interestingly enough, it isn’t the rarest — the coins were minted between 1907 and 1933, but many cashed in the ...

  8. List of British banknotes and coins - Wikipedia

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    Gold coin demonetized within one year. [coins 2] Gold penny: 1/8 to 2/-£0.0833 to £0.1: 1257–1265. Gold. Undervalued for its metal content and extremely rare. Quarter noble 1/8: £0.0833: 1344–1470. Quarter angel 2/-£0.1: 1547–1600. Gold. Florin or two shillings: 2/-£0.1: 1848–1970, circulated from 1971 to 1993 with a value of ten ...

  9. Two pence (Irish coin) - Wikipedia

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    The steel-based coins are magnetic. After reducing the size of the five and ten pence coins introduced in the early 1990s, the two pence coin was the fourth largest Irish coin, with only the twenty and fifty pence and the pound coin coins being larger in the series. The two-pence coin was withdrawn when euro coins were introduced on 1 January 2002.