Rare Two Pound Coins

1. Valuable £2 coins. There are 37 £2 coins in circulation in the UK right now and although the British people have taken to collecting 50p coins since the Olympic 50p collection was introduced and more recently, collecting rare 10p’s since the alphabet 10p’s were minted, the £2 coin still remains very collectable. These are the top ten most valuable £2 coins in the UK with their.
2. One in 559,522,588? A Rare Coin Indeed! In 2007, 10,270,000 Technology £2 coins were issued for circulation. Between 1997 – 2015., a total of 416,145,838 Technology £2 coins have been released into circulation. If you add the total number of commemorative £2 coins which have been issued – 143,376,750, over 559,522,588 £2 coins have been.
3. Part of the same collection is this London Underground Roundel £2, featuring the iconic London Underground logo. Just over 1.5 million of these coins were released into circulation, making it rarer.

Single Metal Two Pound Coins 1986-1996 2 Coins in Circulation page Commemorative £2 coins in a single metal (a brass alloy) were struck from 1986 to 1996, usually in very large numbers, but despite this, the £2 coin failed to catch on with the public until the bi-metallic, thinner, lighter coin was introduced in 1998. 2 Pound Coin Value List. This is based on the number of years the coin has been in circulation and on 2 pound coin bank bags checked. The term rare as used on this webpage refers to a coins availibility in active circulation (coins not held in a private collection), not in terms of the number of coins.

Since the first very bi-metallic £2 coins were released back in 1998, there have been over 40 UK £2 coins in circulation! Many of these coins commemorate key moments in Britain’s history and heritage.

But with so many in circulation, how can you tell which are the ones to look for?

Luckily for you, we’ve done the leg work and compiled a number of resources to help you determine how rare your £2 coin is and how much it might be worth.

Mintages

A key tool for working out how rare your coin might be is our £2 mintage chart. Generally speaking, the lower the mintage, the rarer the coin and the harder it will be to find in circulation.

Here are the most up to date mintage charts for UK £2 coins in circulation, with the UK’s rarest circulation £2, the 2002 Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland sat in top spot with the lowest mintage figures of just 485,500.

We haven’t been able to include the 2017 Jane Austen £2 or the WW1 Aviation £2 coins in our charts yet as the mintage figures are yet to be released, however you can view our previous £2 mintage figures here. There hasn’t been any feedback from Change Checkers finding these coins in circulation but we’re hoping they’ll turn up soon and do let us know if you find any in your change!

eBay Tracker

To help you determine the value of your coin, we’ve created our eBay Tracker, which takes the last 9 sold prices achieved on eBay and gives you the median price achieved (rounded to the nearest 50p). By taking the median, rather than an average, we avoid skewing created by one or two excessive prices achieved.

Here’s the top 5 highest selling £2 coins from our eBay Tracker, with the Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland sitting on top spot as the highest selling £2, followed by the Commonwealth Games England and Wales respectively. In 4th place is the 2017 Jane Austen £2. Mintage figures for this coin have not yet been released and collectors don’t seem to have found the coin in their change, which seems to have made the coin very popular to buy on eBay, but will you wait to find this coin when it enters circulation?

Scarcity Index

To give you a complete picture of how your coin compares to other £2 coins in circulation, we have combined the mintage information with two other key pieces of information to provide the Change Checker Scarcity Index:

• How many of each design are listed as “collected” by Change Checkers, indicating the relative ease of finding a particular coin.
• The number of times a design has been requested as a swap over the previous 3 months, showing the current level of collector demand.

Here’s our most recent Scarcity Index for £2 coins, with yet again the Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland coming in on top as the most scarce £2. Where does your £2 rank on the Scarcity Index?

Hopefully these tools will enable you to get a more realistic picture of how rare your £2 is and how much it might be worth. Of course, these figures will change in time as the latest £2 coins are released into circulation, so stay up to date with all our latest coin news and information.

Have you found any rare coins in your change recently? Let us know in the comments below.

If you’re interested in coin collecting, our Change Checker web app is completely free to use and allows users to:

– Find and identify the coins in their pocket
– Collect and track the coins they have
– Swap their spare coins with other Change Checkers

Sign up today at: www.changechecker.org/app

£2 pound coins in circulation - valuation guide.

The first thing to mention is the fact that all £2 coins, whatever the design are worth £2.

That said, a coin collector, such as someone looking to add to or complete their 'Great British Coin Hunt' collection, may be willing to pay more than face value.

Realistic prices for circulated (but in good condition) collectible £2 coins would normally range from two to six times face value. Actual value to a given collector will of course depend on the design (and how difficult it is to find) and condition of the coin.

When valuing a two pound coin, scarcity is key - as at today, what are the chances that this coin will appear in my change.

This of course depends on the total number of £2 coins in circulation and the total number of your target coin in circulation.

It is not possible to know exact numbers, but we know it cannot be more than the number produced (coins made for circulation, so excluding Royal Mint brilliant uncirculated versions) - and will likely be much lower due to coins already in other people's home collection and lost or damaged coins.

Popular and interesting designs are more likely to be held in home collections, so these designs become increasingly hard to find in circulation.

Year of issue is another factor to consider, older coins have had more time to be taken out of the circulation pot, so can be hard to find. Coins that have remained in circulation for a long time, may well be in poor condition, with designs rubbed down, marks, dull colour etc. A collector would want a coin in good condition, so this helps push up prices for older coins that were removed from circulation by another collector.

Scarcity leads to additional demand, which in turn creates a price point for each coin.

Rare Two Pound Coins 2014

To help you determine a fair value, see the £2 coin valuation table which shows an expected sale price range based on recently sold circulated coins.

Note: Some examples of coins that are in excellent or uncirculated condition, could achieve higher values. You should also consider all other factors refered to in this article when determining a fair price to buy or sell a coin.

Rare Two Pound Coins 2016