Rare 1p coin worth £127k could be sitting in your wallet - check for the date

This coin is among the "most expensive" and rarest coins successful Britain, an adept said

Brits person been urged to cheque their aged jars of coins astatine location for a circumstantial penny that could beryllium worthy a whopping £127,000. According to 1 adept the coin is among the “most expensive” British coins ever, with lone 7 ever produced by the Royal Mint.

The coin successful question was produced during the reign of King George V. However, lone those dated 1933 are worthy a batch of wealth present truthful you request to marque definite you cheque the date.

This is due to the fact that determination was debased request for penny coins that twelvemonth with immoderate of the fewer produced successful 1933 placed successful the walls of buildings oregon fixed to museums. In a TikTok video, an relationship named The Coin Collector UK explained what to look for.

“£127, 000 pounds for this aged 1 penny coin,” helium said. “So the day that you privation to beryllium checking your pennies for is the twelvemonth 1933.”

To show helium utilized a akin penny coin from 1938, indicating the day on the bottommost of the coin. The Coin Collector continued: “See, conscionable down present this 1 is simply a 1938 which is really the closest happening I have. Unfortunately I don't person the archetypal one.

“And the 1933 penny volition beryllium a George V penny. See it’s decidedly 1 you privation to beryllium looking retired for, it’s an highly uncommon coin. One of the astir costly British coins ever.”

He revealed however overmuch they tin fetch astatine auction. “As I said, seen successful auction successful 2016 successful America for implicit £127,000. It's believed that lone 7 of these were ever produced successful 1933 owed to debased request for coinage during that year.

“Three of these were enactment into the walls of buildings. Two were fixed to museums, 1 to the Royal Mint, which I’ve really seen successful idiosyncratic and different to the British Museum. Then 2 were sold disconnected into backstage collections, 1 of which sold for £127,000.”

He added: “So, it's ever worthy checking your aged jars of coins successful lawsuit you bash person a uncommon 1933 penny.”

In the remark conception of the video the adept clarified that determination could person been much than 7 of the coins made. He said: “Believed 7 are made, could beryllium more, immoderate whitethorn person gone walkabouts etc.”

According to the Royal Mint Museum, nary grounds was kept astatine the clip of however galore pennies dated 1933 were made “but it is thought to beryllium nary much than six oregon seven”.