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Still haven't found out the correct details of our error coin, but we are going to try and sell it on eBay. was wondering if anybody has any feedback or guidance before doing so?

Hello All Despite constant" friendly" reminders, i have had no response with reference to my coin. My husband and i think that we may be better taking it to a proffessional for advise, but would not know where to start with this. If anybody has any further feedback, or advise as to where we should take our quest, we would be most appreciative.

Will do thank you Clive!!!!!!!

Hello all, I contacted the mint as advised, and to date have received no correspondance. Is this usual? Should i send a reminder ? It has been nearly three weeks now. Advice appreciated Rachel

Thank you for the link Andy I have made contact with them , it is just a case of waiting now. Will update you when i get a reply. Again many thanks Rachel

Have you ever done this before? Is this the safest option and are his contact details readily available?

My question exactly!!!!!! I have tried contacting the royal mint but they are closed, will try again tomorrow. Perhaps somebody who has a piedfort might check their measurements just out of curiosity. I have considered the piedfort option at great length, and have reached the conclusion that our coin does not meet the given criteria. Here, they have only been producing piedforts since 1982, i believe. These are to commemorate changes of design or introduction of new coins. I believe that the design changed prior to 1999 therefore this would not fit with our coin...or would it? Also piedforts are silver and described as double the weight.

20p_front.pdf This is a picture of the coin from the front. I hope that they are clear enough, and sorry for the delay!!! Not sure i picked the quickest method of uploading images but it appears to have worked.

20p.pdf I really hope that this works!!

Mark I have just checked on the Royal MInt website, they make coins and blanks for 60 countries. They produce over 90 million a week. their website is www.royalmint.com it was here that i found the information of the original 20p This looks like a possibility.

Thank you both, My initial research brought me to the conclusion that it was a piedfort, purely because of the condition but my husband says it definately isn't silver. Do they make cupri-nickel piedforts? The annoying thing is we have had this coin some time, the emergence of the mule 20p made us re-address the coin but as they are both 20p when you do an internet search everything refers to the mule!! Will hastily add photos for you to see because i don't think that it is a forgery, if it is, it is of excellent quality. thanks again Rachel

Hello As previously mentioned in the help section, i have obtained an error coin that is thicker than normal. Mark has recommended posting photos( i am working on that one!!!) and listing some of its measurements. It is a 1999 issue, 20p coin, that is the same diameter as normal but instead has a thickness of 2.4mm and weighs 7.5g. It is in excellent condition as you will see when we establish how to get the photos off our phone! I have looked at the royal mint website and they specify that a 20p coin should be 1.7mm thick and weighs only 5g. Should i contact the mint directly? Could you point me in the right direction for a valuation? Any help will be much appreciated Rachel