{"id":239041,"date":"2023-10-21T04:39:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T04:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=239041"},"modified":"2023-10-21T04:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T04:39:11","slug":"rare-fried-egg-error-2-coin-sells-for-600-do-you-have-a-valuable-one-in-your-pocket-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/rare-fried-egg-error-2-coin-sells-for-600-do-you-have-a-valuable-one-in-your-pocket-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare 'fried egg' error \u00a32 coin sells for \u00a3600 – do you have a valuable one in your pocket? | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

YOU could be sat on a fortune if you happen to own a rare "fried egg"\u00a32 coin as collectors scramble to buy the \u00a3600 rarity.<\/p>\n

A design error on some of the Royal Mint's Mayflower 2020 coins has left them looking like a runny fried egg as the middle has "spilt" out onto the outer rim.<\/p>\n


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The design depicts the famous English ship known as the Mayflower that transported a group of English families, known today as the\u00a0Pilgrims, from England to the\u00a0New World\u00a0in 1620.<\/p>\n

Some 400 years later, the special coin was made to commemorate the determination and courage shown by the passengers and crew, according to the Royal Mint website.<\/p>\n

The edge inscription includes a quote from the Mayflower Compact: "Undertaken for the glory of God".<\/p>\n

But some possess the strange "fried egg" quirk as a result of a manufacturing errors.<\/p>\n

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As a result, collectors are willing to pay hundreds of pounds for the coin – influenced by the fact it is no longer in circulation.<\/p>\n

And that's exactly what happened for one lucky owner, who recently sold theirs for \u00a3600 on eBay.<\/p>\n

A total of 33 bids were made for the rare piece of loose change, before it was sold to the winner last month.<\/p>\n

That saw the rare coin sold for over 300 times its face value of \u00a32.<\/p>\n

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Two pound coins like this one have two metal rings – one on the outside made of a yellow nickel-brass ring and the one inside is made of a steel coloured nickel plated brass.<\/p>\n

But this error coin has been\u00a0mis-struck\u00a0somewhere in the minting process, meaning the middle ring is not perfectly lined in the centre.<\/p>\n

Last year, another \u00a32 coin with the "fried egg" error but with a different design also sold for well above its face value on eBay.<\/p>\n

It's known to collectors as the\u00a0Charles Dickens \u00a32\u00a0and was issued in 2012 to mark the 200th anniversary of the author's birth.<\/p>\n

A coin expert also revealed the exact date you should look out for on a rare \u00a32 coin that's worth \u00a3200.<\/p>\n

Known as the 2003 Falkland Islands \u00a32 coin, it has grown in value and is not highly sought after by collectors – so keep an eye out.<\/p>\n

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