Rare British 2 Pence 1971 ??

[PACO]

Hey everyone, I detect twice a week in Colonial Pa.
I don`t post much, but i dug a 1971 British 2 Pence.
i almost threw it across the field because it`s about
200 years to new for me. I think it could be Rare !!
Give me some help on this one........ Thanks, Paco

 

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[Erik in NJ]

Does it say "two pence" or "new pence"?

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Not sure if it's rare or not but it's still a real nice find !

 

[Red-Coat]

No, not rare I'm afraid since 1971 saw the highest mintage at a whopping great 1,454,856,250. That's because we were building stock prior to the switch to decimal currency in that year and the withdrawal of old coins.

All of the 1971 dated 2p coins carried the words "New Pence" on the reverse, and that continued until the word "New" was dropped in 1982. The wording became "Two Pence" from that year onwards. There is however a rare variety from 1983 when a small number of coins were accidentally struck using reverse dies that carried the older wording "New Pence". People sometimes refer to that as "the 1971 reverse" (since that was the year it was first introduced. That has led to confusion (largely created by tabloid newspapers telling people to check their change) that there is a rare variety actually dated 1971. There isn't.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[l.cutler]

Very common, but always fun to find foreign coins.

 

[vpone]

was a cool coin to see come out of the ground pac

vp