After British currency went decimal in 1971, all 2p coins had 'New Pence' on the reverse until 1981. These rare [pounds sterling]2, 50p, 20p, 2p coins are worth a LOT more; It has come to light that a variety of regular-looking coins that have been in circulation for years could be...
The 2p rumour is still doing the rounds. A man telephoned the other day (January 2005) asking what I would offer for a few 'Extremely rare' 1970's Twopences with 'New Pence' on the back. For some reason I found myself actually being polite to him, and I turned him down fairly ge...