Some coin collectors may be willing to pay way more than the coin's face value if it has a certain error on the outer rim.
A rare £2 coin is being sold by an Oxfordshire resident on eBay for £10,000. The item is listed on the online marketplace for 5,000 times its face value and features William Shakespeare's name ...
The Royal Mint has previously commemorated other literary giants such as William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and JRR Tolkien on £2 coins. Rebecca Morgan, director of commemorative coin at the Royal ...
Other literary figures who have been commemorated on 2-pound coins include William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and J.R.R. Tolkien.