Charles Dickens 2 Pound Coin
Value and sell this £2 coin
2012 Two Pounds 2 Coins in Circulation page Three different £2 coins were issued in 2012. Two commemorative coins; one to mark the Olympic handover ceremony from London 2012 to Rio in 2016 and another to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. 'Flawed' £2 Charles Dickens coins are seemingly a collector's dream after two have been sold for £3,500 on eBay. The coins, which were first produced in 2012, feature a side-profile of Dickens.
For valuation purposes, the Charles Dickens £2 is known as a Face Value (FV) coin, as the collector value is close the the coin face value of 2 pounds when selling costs are taken into account.
Selling on eBay: If sold on eBay for the current high end estimate of £2.95 plus cost price postage, you would receive about £2.42 after eBay fees of £0.40 and PayPal fees of £0.13 are deducted.
2012 Charles Dickens £2 coins have been in circulation for 9 years, so will be in used condition. A 2012 circulated coin in excellent condition can achive a higher price, Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) versions of this coin will sell for significantly more.
20 August 2018, 08:16 Updated: 20 August 2018, 08:19
Two rare £2 coins have fetched over £3,500 online...do you have one in your purse?
'Flawed' £2 Charles Dickens coins are seemingly a collector's dream after two have been sold for £3,500 on eBay.
The coins, which were first produced in 2012, feature a side-profile of Dickens made out of the titles of his most famous novels.
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However, the ones that will earn you the big bucks have 'minting errors' on them.
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The silver inner part of the coin will feature small, raised dots around the outside of the image of the Queen, but halfway round these ridges will disappear.
Stamped across the rim will also be the words 'something will turn up' - but these will be written upside down when the Queen's image is facing upwards.
These infamous words were uttered by Mr Micawber in the classic Dickens novel Oliver Twist.
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Without these two minting errors, sadly the coin isn't worth all that much; collecting website HobbyLark estimates that you could fetch around £8 for a flawless Charles Dickens coin.
The Royal Mint issued these coins in 2012 to mark the 200th anniversary of 'one of Britain's finest writers'.
Charles Dickens 2 Pound Coin Worth
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