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YOUR £2 coin whitethorn beryllium worthy up to thirteen times its look worth if it contains a circumstantial poignant sketched operation connected it.
The inscription connected the coin comes from a poem published successful 1919 pursuing the decease of its writer astatine the extremity of the First World War.
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The poem was written by Wilfred Owen, a starring writer and worker from the Great War.
He died conscionable a week earlier its extremity successful 1918 but wrote a fig of poems that gained acclaim for their harrowing depictions of conflict.
The extract featured connected the coin is taken from his enactment 'Strange Meeting', published posthumously successful 1919.
The connection reads: "The information untold, the pity of war."
The coin was specially released successful 2018 to commemorate the 100th day of the armistice of the First World War.
Listings of the coin connected eBay person attracted immense attention, with immoderate selling astatine galore times their look value.
One that sold this period had 10 bids and was yet bought for £23.
Another sold successful July saw 12 bids and a last terms of £26, thirteen times the coin's look value.
The coin was portion of the last twelvemonth of commemoration successful The Royal Mint's five-year bid and features a plan by artist Stephen Raw.
His plan was modelled successful clay taken from the Sambre-Oise Canal wherever Owen was killed successful 1918.
This is not the lone uncommon £2 portion retired there, however.
A acceptable of £2 coins commissioned for the 2002 Commonwealth Games successful Manchester often pull sale prices of much than £50 online.
One sold for £57 connected July 3 - which is 28 times much than it's value.
The astir invaluable coin successful the acceptable is the Queen Elizabeth II £2: Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland.
The coin's main diagnostic is simply a sketch of a moving pistillate accompanied by the emblem of Northern Ireland.
We database immoderate of the different astir invaluable £2 coins below.
Most invaluable £2 coins
We uncover the astir invaluable £2 coins and however overmuch they've sold for successful the past.
2002 Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland - £60
In 2002, 4 antithetic designs of this £2 coin were created to commemorate the Commonwealth games, but the Irish version is the rarest with lone 485,500 minted.
We've seen this coin listed for arsenic overmuch arsenic £60 on eBay in May with 1 bid.
There's more money on the enactment if you've got the implicit acceptable though.
One seller proved this close erstwhile each 4 coins went for a whopping £100.
2002 Commonwealth Games England - £35
Another successful the 2002 Commonwealth series, the English version is 1 of the rarest coins successful circulation.
Some 650,500 were minted at the time, making the coin uncommon capable for eBay bidders to happily wage arsenic overmuch arsenic £35 for it.
The borderline of this coin besides has the inscription "Spirit of Friendship, Manchester 2002", which adds entreaty to collectors too.
One precocious went connected the marketplace connected eBay for £27 with 1 bid.
2002 Commonwealth Games Wales - £27
With lone 588,500 enactment into circulation, the 2002 Commonwealth Games Wales £2 coin celebrates Wales' achievements successful the event.
The portion features a fig successful question holding a banner, encircling the Welsh flag.
It is the 4th rarest successful the Commonwealth acceptable and the 4th rarest successful the wide list.
We've seen one sell on eBay for £26.97 successful May this twelvemonth with 10 bids.
London 2012 Handover - £35
At the extremity of each Olympic Games, the adjacent big metropolis of the Games is celebrated with a emblem handover ceremony.
In 2012 we gave the emblem to Rio to instrumentality connected the adjacent tournament.
That lawsuit was immortalised connected the plan of a £2 coin, with conscionable 845,000 released into circulation.
We saw 1 merchantability for £35 connected eBay this period aft 10 bids.
Olympic centenary - £37.95
Carrying connected the sporting theme, the Olympic centenary £2 marked 100 years of the modern games in 2008.
There are 910,000 successful circulation truthful uncovering 1 isn't specified a pugnacious ask.
We've seen 1 mentation merchantability connected eBay for £37.95 successful February.
2002 Commonwealth Games Scotland - £24.97
Out of each of the invaluable Commonwealth coins, Scotland's is the sixth rarest retired of each uncommon £2 coins.
It has a mintage of 771,750 - immoderate 286,250 much than were released successful the Irish version.
It features beauteous overmuch the aforesaid plan arsenic the different coins successful the bid but the Scottish emblem is connected the plan instead.
Bidders connected eBay person inactive paid higher than look value, we've seen 1 mentation merchantability connected eBay for £24.97 successful May.
Olympic handover - £9.99
Still successful the apical 10 is the Olympic Handover coin.
This £2 details Beijing in 2008 handing implicit the Olympics to London in 2012, and shows the Olympic emblem and 2 hands shaking.
One sold for precisely £9.99 successful May connected eBay with 1 bid.
There are 918,000 of these successful circulation.
King James Bible - £23.95
Next connected the database is simply a coin showing the King James Bible.
One was for £23.95 successful May connected eBay with 1 bid.
According to Change Checker, determination are 975,000 successful circulation.
Mary Rose - £19.50
A circulated £2 showing the celebrated Mary Rose vessel sold connected eBay for £19.50.
There are conscionable implicit 1 cardinal successful circulation, and it lands ninth connected Change Checker's scarcity index.
2015 First World War (Navy) - £10.50
There were besides 650,000 of the First World War Navy £2 coins minted successful 2015.
The coin features a battleship plan by military artist David Rowlands and the 5th representation of the Queen.
It's besides the 2nd successful a five-coin bid remembering the First World War and celebrates the efforts of the Royal Navy and their publication to the warfare effort.
One sold connected eBay successful May for £10.50 with 2 bids.
Great Fire of London - £14.95
The Great Fire of London £2 coin was archetypal enactment into circulation successful 2016 to people the 350th day of the historic event.
The reverse broadside of the portion was designed by Aaron West, depicting the metropolis of London burning.
The coin wasn't ever considered truthful rare, but it has since transpired its mintage fig was incorrectly published.
A caller auction connected eBay saw the portion spell for £14.95 with 1 bid.
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