價值 350 倍面額的 20 便士硬幣

2008 年發生印刷事故後，這枚罕見的未註明日期的 20 便士硬幣被皇家伍頓巴西特的不列顛尼亞硬幣公司稱為「零錢收藏的聖杯」。

A rare 20p coin without a date on it has been called "the holy grail of change collecting" by The Britannia Coin Company of Royal Wootton Bassett following a printing mishap in 2008.

一枚罕見的沒有日期的 20 便士硬幣在 2008 年發生印刷事故後被皇家伍頓巴西特的不列顛尼亞硬幣公司稱為“零錢收藏的聖杯”。

A small number of Twenty Pence pieces were struck without the year in November 2008 following a printing error.

2008 年 11 月，由於印刷錯誤，少數二十便士硬幣沒有年份。

The Royal Mint had 136 million Twenty Pence printed that year and, according to The Britannia Coin Company of Royal Wootton Bassett, only around 250,000 coins were minted with this unique error.

皇家造幣廠在當年印製了 1.36 億枚二十便士，根據皇家伍頓巴西特的不列顛尼亞硬幣公司的統計，只有大約 25 萬枚硬幣出現了這種獨特的錯誤。

One seller in Stourport made a huge profit after they sold their mishap coin for £69.99 - almost 350x its face value.

Stourport 的一位賣家以 69.99 英鎊（幾乎是其面值的 350 倍）的價格出售了這枚不幸的硬幣，從而獲得了巨額利潤。

The buyer also had free three-day postage.

買家還可以享有三天免費郵資。

The Britannia Coin Company of Royal Wootton Bassett, a coin-selling website, sells their 20p coins for £90.

Royal Wootton Bassett 旗下的 Britannia Coin Company 是一家硬幣銷售網站，其 20 便士硬幣的售價為 90 英鎊。

The site explains: "The issue occurred because an old obverse ('heads') design was used with the new royal shield of arms reverse, introduced in this year.

該網站解釋說：「出現這個問題是因為今年推出的新皇家盾徽背面使用了舊的正面（『頭像』）設計。

"The previous Tudor rose design had the date on either side of the crown. When this was replaced with the shield, the date was moved to the other side.

「以前的都鐸玫瑰設計在錶冠的兩側都有日期。當它被盾形取代時，日期被移到了另一側。

"It was moved on most 20ps but not these ones, which bear no date at all.

「大多數 20 秒的照片都被移動了，但這些沒有，因為根本沒有日期。

"These coins have been circulated, so they will show the signs of wear typical of change that has been in wallets and cash registers.

「這些硬幣已經流通，因此它們會出現錢包和收銀機中常見的零錢磨損跡象。

"The only difference is this unusual error."

“唯一的區別是這個不尋常的錯誤。”