i posted on this earlier looks like some1 has got lucky
Customer handed 20p worth ?7,000 in change for pint
Mistakenly released by the Royal Mint in Cardiff last year, each piece has a new picture on the tails side where the date used to be, mismatched with the old design on the other
Lloyd Hefferman, 38, was enjoying a summer drink with his friends at The Botolph Arms pub in Peterborough, Cambs, when bar staff handed him the coin.
The 20p coins, which are the first in 300 years to enter circulation without a date, are still legal tender and have caused a frenzy in the coin collecting world.
A number of the coins have already sold on auction site eBay, with one fetching ?7,100 last week.
Mistakenly released by the Royal Mint in Cardiff last year, each piece has a new picture on the tails side where the date used to be, mismatched with the old design on the other.
Mr Hefferman, of Peterborough, said he had been amazed to discover the lucky coin in his change and said he had already had offers for it.
"I had heard about the rare 20 pence pieces on the news that day, and was talking with my mates about how brilliant it would be to find one," he said.
"When I was given my change I thought I would have a look to see if I had one, not expecting to find it and then I just couldn't believe my eyes.
"I have had offers from friends and colleagues for up to ?500, but won't be selling it yet."
Despite the fact that 200,000 of the coins, known as mules, have entered circulation, the odds of finding one are still small.
More than 3,218,000,000 of the 20p coins have been minted since they were first struck in 1982.
A spokesman for the Royal Mint said mistakes like the one which lead to the production of the coin were very rare.
"Last year there was an unusual lapse in quality control at the Royal Mint," he said.
"A batch of 20p coins were issued with mismatched sides. The result is a number of 20p coins have entered circulation without a date."
All British legal tender coins have carried the date of issue since 1662.
Customer handed 20p worth ?7,000 in change for pint
Mistakenly released by the Royal Mint in Cardiff last year, each piece has a new picture on the tails side where the date used to be, mismatched with the old design on the other
Lloyd Hefferman, 38, was enjoying a summer drink with his friends at The Botolph Arms pub in Peterborough, Cambs, when bar staff handed him the coin.
The 20p coins, which are the first in 300 years to enter circulation without a date, are still legal tender and have caused a frenzy in the coin collecting world.
A number of the coins have already sold on auction site eBay, with one fetching ?7,100 last week.
Mistakenly released by the Royal Mint in Cardiff last year, each piece has a new picture on the tails side where the date used to be, mismatched with the old design on the other.
Mr Hefferman, of Peterborough, said he had been amazed to discover the lucky coin in his change and said he had already had offers for it.
"I had heard about the rare 20 pence pieces on the news that day, and was talking with my mates about how brilliant it would be to find one," he said.
"When I was given my change I thought I would have a look to see if I had one, not expecting to find it and then I just couldn't believe my eyes.
"I have had offers from friends and colleagues for up to ?500, but won't be selling it yet."
Despite the fact that 200,000 of the coins, known as mules, have entered circulation, the odds of finding one are still small.
More than 3,218,000,000 of the 20p coins have been minted since they were first struck in 1982.
A spokesman for the Royal Mint said mistakes like the one which lead to the production of the coin were very rare.
"Last year there was an unusual lapse in quality control at the Royal Mint," he said.
"A batch of 20p coins were issued with mismatched sides. The result is a number of 20p coins have entered circulation without a date."
All British legal tender coins have carried the date of issue since 1662.
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