willsy68

The first 2, I got just over £450 each a few days after it hit the newspapers. the rest have been £150 and under and the last one up for sale sold for £56. I now have one left that I will either give to the family or wait for 20 - 30 years and then see what the market is doing. Thanks for all your input with regard to the planchet and all the other replies that I have received. When I can get hold a digital camera to take a photo of it, I think i'll probably just throw it on ebay and see if I can get a couple of pounds for it, then at least it may go to somebody who has an interest in that sort of thing. Thanks again all, Phillip.

I had 9, but have just sold the last of 8 and am keeping one to hand down to my family.

I am unsure about this, due to the fact that it was after my wife had torn the plastic bag open and tipped the contents into the till that she noticed the coin and put it to one side. It now sits in a bag with the undated 20p's that I have found. (sorry about the photo)

I have taken the coin to the bank and they weighed it for me on one of their machines. They said it is 8.00 grams and that this is the correct weight for a coin of this denomination, they also said that it is possible for coins like this to 'slip through the loop' but it does not happen very often due to stringent machine checks at the mint. My 'acid attack' response was made after looking at your picture - which shows a very rough surface, quite unlike what an unstruck blank would look like. You have to account for that. Oh, I see. The photo is not of the coin I have,it is a generic photo that I copied and pasted off a website as I do not own a digital camera to be able to take pictures.

I have taken the coin to the bank and they weighed it for me on one of their machines. They said it is 8.00 grams and that this is the correct weight for a coin of this denomination, they also said that it is possible for coins like this to 'slip through the loop' but it does not happen very often due to stringent machine checks at the mint.

Hi All, I have found a 50 pence piece that is completely blank and rimless in a sealed bag of change that I got from the bank (I am a publican). I have emailed the mint office to ask if this is quite a common occurrence and am waiting to receice a response from them. I floated around on the 'interwebs' for a while (which is where I found this site), and it seems that if there is any value in this coin at all, it would be worth less by having a rim around it. Can anybody help me with some information (thought you guys and girls would be the people to ask) with regard to these sort of coins and whether there would be any point in putting it up for sale, on eBay for instance? Many thanks, Phillip