{"id":4325,"date":"2026-04-09T12:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/rare-5p-coin-snapped-up-for-100-times-its-value\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:02:50","slug":"rare-5p-coin-snapped-up-for-100-times-its-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/rare-5p-coin-snapped-up-for-100-times-its-value\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Rare&#039; 5p coin snapped up for 100 times its value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-04-09 12:02:47<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A humble 5p coin has sold for a whopping 100 times its face value \u2013 thanks to a tiny minting mistake.<BR><br \/>\nThe 2012 coin, featuring Queen Elizabeth &#8211; who died in September 2022 aged 96 from &#8220;old age&#8221; &#8211; on the front and the Royal Shield on the reverse, was snapped up on eBay for \u00a35, plus \u00a31 postage.<BR><br \/>\nIts surprising price tag was down to a small defect &#8211; an unusual blob of metal on the shield design.<BR><br \/>\nThe seller believes the flaw was caused during production.<BR><br \/>\nThe listing read: &#8220;A Circulated, British, 2012, Elizabeth II, Minting Error, 5p Coin.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The error is a small globule of metal on the reverse which I believe is the result of a cracked die being used.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;The coin is in circulated condition, as can be seen from the photographs.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nDespite being an everyday coin, the quirky imperfection appears to have made it highly desirable to collectors.<BR><br \/>\nThe Royal Shield design, created by Matthew Dent, was introduced in 2008 and appears across multiple UK coins from 1p to 50p.<BR><br \/>\nWhen arranged together, the designs form the complete Royal Arms \u2013 but it is rare errors like this that can really boost value.<BR><br \/>\nWhile most 5p coins won\u2019t buy you much more than a sweet, this one proves that a tiny mistake can turn loose change into a collector\u2019s prize.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-04-09 12:02:47 A humble 5p coin has sold for a whopping 100 times its face value \u2013 thanks to a tiny minting mistake. The 2012 coin, featuring Queen Elizabeth &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4327,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions\/4327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}