Odd silver 2p coin 1971

[MACKSILKY.]

Hi guy's, a friend at work brought this odd looking 2 pence coin in to show me. I'm not really clued up on decimal coins so i thought i would put it to the forum. Anyway it's a 2 pence coin dated 1971 and silver in appearance. It doesn't look sprayed or painted, any ideas. And are these rare?

sorry about the quality of the scans i took them at 3AM. Cheers lads and lasses for any info.

Regards jim.

 

[Nordle11]

Hi Jim,

It's a silver plated coin I would say, the overall appearance gives me that impression. The details are all a bit fuzzy, where the plating is just filling it in.

[VickySilver]

If I was better at posting, I'd put one of mine up...It still could be a circulated nickel off-metal strike, hard to tell. Weighing it is always a good start, but sometimes not too easy to get to a gram scale...Dealer inspection may be a possibility, but that assumes there is a dealer that would know the difference.A do-it-yourself method is to lightly scratch the middle of the edge of the coin to see if it breaks through potential plating, without bothering the obverse or reverse surfaces & with a circulated coin such as this would not tend to affect value.

A couple years ago, I bought a plated penny that was slightly off-centre and very similar to the 1967 that Azda posted for me in the TPG section of this Board. Message: these can be tricky.

[Nordle11]

2 minutes ago, VickySilver said:

If I was better at posting, I'd put one of mine up...It still could be a circulated nickel off-metal strike, hard to tell. Weighing it is always a good start, but sometimes not too easy to get to a gram scale...Dealer inspection may be a possibility, but that assumes there is a dealer that would know the difference.A do-it-yourself method is to lightly scratch the middle of the edge of the coin to see if it breaks through potential plating, without bothering the obverse or reverse surfaces & with a circulated coin such as this would not tend to affect value.

A couple years ago, I bought a plated penny that was slightly off-centre and very similar to the 1967 that Azda posted for me in the TPG section of this Board. Message: these can be tricky.

Any dealer should have gram scales  just make sure you find the right one.

[MACKSILKY.]

Thanks for the info, i've got scales so i will weigh it next time i see him. Will post the result.

regards jim.

[copper123]

Its worth £1200 accordinding to the daily mail

[VickySilver]

Well, that might be a tad optimistic. I got the last off metal strike from London coins that graded out at PCGS65 and was about 250 quid by recollection. Also bought an OMS 1981 penny OVERSTRUCK on a 1956 6d where the original date is legible under the overstrike for about 400....If truly copper-nickel I would guess about 100 or so might be the best to expect with a dealer offering half that. I'm not a dealer at all, and collect these avidly but like others want a top condition piece...

[Nordle11]

Well put, I would expect the same. I think the ridonkulous price quoted was from that previous sale that was hyped by the Daily Mail (yet again). It's fine though, if someone wants to spend 1k+ on a coin worth £100, I'm not going to stop them  

[MACKSILKY.]

Hi, guys, at last managed to get the two pence weighed. It weighed 7.2 grams. So is this a circulated nickel off metal strike?

If so how common are they.

cheers jim.

 

Edited October 19, 2016 by MACKSILKY.
They instead of them.

[VickySilver]

Interesting that I have a weight of the 2P (1971) as 7.12 gm. so that on a mass/weight basis is NOT supportive of off metal strike (OMS). However, still looks on examination of pictures to be just that. Also, for some reason I have seen multiples of both the 1P and 2P 1971 dates....