Is £60k Hiding In Your Pocket? This Rare Coin Could Be Worth Thousands

Rare coins can often be worth more than their original value, but a TikToker has discovered a particularly lucrative one. Could it be lurking in an old purse of yours?

This Ultra-Rare Coin Could Be Worth £60k

User @CoinCollectingWizard has gone viral after alerting his followers to a Churchill crown coin from 1965 which is worth a whopping £60,000. Before you get too excited, it needs to feature an ultra-rare detail: a mint mark near the bottom of Churchill’s image. 

@coincollectingwizard A tiny mark making this coin worth thousands!! #mintmark #churchillcrown #rarecoin #coincollector #valuablecoins ♬ SECRET MISSION – FIFTY VINC

He said: ‘Look closely as it’s easy to miss. Maybe use a magnifying glass or jeweller’s loop, this is a tiny detail that makes a huge difference. You are more than likely to have the version without the mark as that was minted in the millions and not worth much.’

If you are one of the lucky ones, though, your life could be about to change. ‘If you find this rare version, you are looking at £60,000, possibly more,’ said the TikToker. ‘So make sure you check for this Churchill crown with such a tiny mint mark which could make you thousands of pounds.’

The Britannia Royal Company explains: ‘1965 Churchill Crowns were Crown coins made by the UK’s official national mint, The Royal Mint, to mark the death of Sir Winston Churchill. They feature a sombre-looking head and shoulders portrait of Churchill, facing right. He’s wearing a “siren suit” – one-piece overalls, designed to be worn in wartime air-raid shelters, invented and popularised by Churchill. The word “CHURCHILL” appears to the top right of the coin. It’s an unconventional coin portrait with the subject seeming to emerge from the coin’s surface.’

The website adds: ‘When they were made, Churchill Crowns were technically worth five shillings or 25 pence and they could be spent in shops.’

So if you do have the golden coin, how do you go about trading it in?

• Sell it at an auction – The Royal Mint regularly holds them.
• Use a coin dealer like the Britannia Royal Company or English Coin Company.
• Sell it through eBay.