A rare 20p coin sold for a whopping £232 on eBay – over 1,000 times its face value. The coin, which features a rare minting ...

“Things just happen. Errors, the reason why they’re interesting, cool, desirable and rare is because they happen by accident,” he said. “Quite often it’s not until much later that you find out about ...

A coin connoisseur has urged Brits to scrutinise their spare change for a penny that could potentially be worth a whopping £2 ...

But some contain errors ... Again, actual values of sold examples at auction are typical significantly less than this figure, at least in the current numismatic coin market.