I was shocked to find my ‘botched’ £1 coin was worth 600 times its face value – always look out for this error

A POSTMISTRESS has been near stunned aft a botched £1 coin turned retired to beryllium worthy much than 600 times its look value.

Diane Bath, 62, who runs The Post Office successful Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, said took a transportation of caller alteration stamped with King Charles’ face.

But “hawk eye” unit spotted that a £1 coin successful the transportation appeared to beryllium wholly gold.

The mistake by The Royal Mint - said to beryllium incredibly uncommon - meant that it was each brass, alternatively than the two-tone nickel.

So far, it’s believed to beryllium one-of-a-kind and experts accidental it could fetch hundreds astatine auction.

Diane, who has been a postmistress for implicit 20 years, said: “I americium perfectly implicit the moon.

"Obviously we grip currency each of the clip and it’s the astir breathtaking find I’ve ever had successful implicit 2 decades.

"I had a look online and couldn’t spot 1 similar it, truthful I knew it indispensable beryllium worthy a decent amount.”

Diane contacted immoderate experts and was told it could beryllium worthy astir £600, but Oliver Reece, British Coin Specialist astatine Baldwin’s, said it could fetch much astatine auction.

He said: “It whitethorn not beryllium unsocial but surely they are, by their precise nature, rare things and the marketplace is rather beardown for modern errors.

"I should deliberation it would beryllium worthy a bully fewer 100 pounds but you ne'er cognize however these things volition spell astatine auction arsenic determination are often nary nonstop comparisons.”

Diane said she’s keen to merchantability it astatine auction, aft getting it verified, successful lawsuit “more travel into circulation”.

She added: “At the infinitesimal I deliberation it’s one-of-a-kind truthful I would beryllium funny successful trying to merchantability it."

A The Royal Mint spokeswoman said: “The Royal Mint has choky prime controls successful spot and the accidental of encountering immoderate UK coin with mistake is exceptionally low.

“We ever impulse collectors to beryllium cautious and to bash their research.”

Last month, it was revealed that a batch of ultra-rare Aquatic 50p coins made with a misprint are worthy thousands.

Only 600 with an mistake were manufactured successful 2011 up of the London Olympic games.

They’ve had collectors battling it out, with 1 going for a whopping £3,766.

In August it was said that a £2 coin released successful 2014 to people 100 years since the First World War could beryllium worthy thousands.

There are lone a fewer successful circulation with the misprint which fails to see the words £2 from the caput side.

Last year, Rachel Hanson, 38, picked up a rare £1 coin which had been stamped doubly portion buying her Chinese takeaway.

The full-time mum-of-two from Melksham, Wiltshire aboriginal flogged it for £250 to assistance wage for her vigor bills.

A 2009 Kew Gardens 50p printed successful mistake is besides a “rare find”, fetching for implicit £140 astatine auction.