The eBay listing says the winner got the coin for £410, beating 20 bidders. That's because there were more than 200million of the correct coins put into in circulation.

Websites and Facebook groups from change experts like Coin Hunter can help you work out if a coin is the real deal or not. You can also ask the Royal Mint to verify coins.

A £1 coin minted in 2003 with the same mistake was sold for over £225, while another double-struck pound was sold for £282.. While in February last year, a mis-struck £1 coin which looked like ...

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In the tutorial, UKCoinHunt compares a flawed coin alongside a regular one and points out a "die clash error", resembling scratches, when flipping them to show Queen Elizabeth II's portrait.

He compared an erroneous coin to a standard one, flipping them over to reveal the Queen Elizabeth II bust and highlighting a "die clash error", which appears as scratches.

In the tutorial, UKCoinHunt compares a flawed coin alongside a regular one and points out a "die clash error", resembling scratches, when flipping them to show Queen Elizabeth II's portrait.

It is a 2022 coin that was released to celebrate the recent 150-year anniversary of the FA Cup. It features an image of the trophy and the dates 1871-1872 and 2021-2022. ‌ ...

He continued: "It's worth checking any 2016 coins as it is one of the hardest errors to spot. "Remember, you are looking for a 2016 obverse dated coin with 2017 micro-engraving on the reverse.