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Rare 20p coins 'worth £50'

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-30 15:05

The Royal Mint has accidentally issued a batch of 20p coins that do not feature the year on either side.

One private company is offering £50 for the first 10,000 dateless coins registered by their owners.

Between 50,000 and 200,000 of the coins were minted with a new 'tails' design on one side and the older 'heads' image on the other.

Nick Hart of the London Mint Office dealership said: "We believe this extremely rare error will certainly get the public looking at the coins in their pockets again and noticing the excellent new designs launched by the Royal Mint last year on our coinage."

A Royal Mint spokeswoman told The Daily Telegraph: "The fact of the matter is they are still legal tender but if people want to pay more it's up to them."