How to identify an error coin

This unique event has already caused a great deal of excitement among coin collectors. The Royal Mint strikes all of Britain’s circulating coinage and is at the forefront of minting technology the world over. Its stringent quality control procedures mean that an error such as this is exceptionally rare indeed.

The error involves a mismatch of designs for the 20p.

In this instance the NEW reverse side (tails) and the OLD Queen's portrait side have been put onto the same coin. The old heads side has NO DATE and this has been matched to the new reverse which also has NO DATE which means the coin has no date on it at all.

To assist you in identifying an Undated 20p coin you will be sent details with your registration pack. To register simply complete the form at right. There is a maximum of one registration per household and the first 10,000 places are already gone. A further 15,000 places are now available but these will not last long.

This is the old design 20p piece and all versions with the old design are worth only their face value of 20p

This is an error variety of the new design 20p piece - note that the Queen's head side does not have a date whereas the regular version carries the date '2008'.

This is the new design 20p piece - and the version shown above is worth only its face value of 20p