Silver 2 pence

Silver two pences are British error coins that occur when silver-coloured two pence British coins are accidentally struck after a cupro-nickel blank, which is used for ten pence coins, was left inside the barrel during the minting process.^[1][2]

Comparison between error and normal two pences

Silver two pence 1971

Error Silver Two Pence

UK
Value	£0.02 (face value)
Mass	7.12 g
Diameter	25.9 mm
Shape	Circle
Composition	Cupro-nickel or Nickel-plated steel used in 10 pence
Obverse
Reverse

Years of minting

• 1971: struck on cupro-nickel blank
• 1992 - 2018: cupro-nickel blank
• 2001: Copperless, appears duller than the others

Silver 2 pence 2011 (note the dull colour)

Occasions found

• 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. The mint confirmed that this two pence was set in nickel-plated steel usually used for ten pences. It is now owned by the Westminster Collection.^[2]