罕见的 2 英镑硬币可以让你在圣诞节前夕赚到一笔方便的闲钱 - 这一切都归功于印刷错误

2019 年发行的 2 英镑硬币的设计缺陷可能使其价值达到原值的 50 倍。

A rare £2 coin could earn you a handy bit of spare cash in the run up to Christmas - all thanks to a misprint.

一枚罕见的 2 英镑硬币可以让你在圣诞节前夕赚到一笔方便的闲钱 - 这一切都归功于印刷错误。

The design flaw on a £2 issued in 2019 could be worth up to 50 times its original value.

2019 年发行的 2 英镑硬币的设计缺陷可能使其价值达到原值的 50 倍。

Rare coin site The Great British Coin Hunt suggests Brits should be on the look out for the Jersey Zoo Gorilla coin, first issued in 2019.

稀有硬币网站 The Great Britain Coin Hunt 建议英国人应该留意 2019 年首次发行的泽西动物园大猩猩硬币。

The coin was issued to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jersey Zoo, but is now only available secondhand.

这枚硬币是为了庆祝泽西动物园成立 60 周年而发行的，但现在只能买到二手的。

You can try and spot an error on one already being sold in the knowledge it may actually sell for more, however.

不过，您可以尝试找出已经出售的商品中的错误，因为您知道它实际上可能会卖得更高。

When the coins were being printed, someone managed to put a dye for a £2 ‘Red Arrows’ coin issued the same year in the machine by mistake.

在印刷硬币时，有人错误地将同年发行的 2 英镑“红箭”硬币的染料放入机器中。

This resulted in a number of uncoloured gorilla coins, Great British Coin Hunt claims.

英国硬币狩猎组织声称，这产生了许多无色的大猩猩硬币。

The site said that there was supposed to be a full set of the coin available, but only a few were printed due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

该网站称，本应有全套硬币可供使用，但由于 Covid-19 大流行的爆发，只印制了几枚。

Normally, the coin will sell for around £100, but the misprinted ones can be worth up to £300, the Mirror previously reported.

据《镜报》此前报道，通常情况下，这枚硬币的售价约为 100 英镑，但印刷错误的硬币可能价值高达 300 英镑。

It isn’t the only misprint on a £2 coin.

这并不是 2 英镑硬币上唯一的印刷错误。

In 2014, a £2 coin featuring Lord Kitchener was issued with a printing error.

2014年，一枚印有基奇纳勋爵头像的2英镑硬币出现印刷错误。

There are believed to be around 800 versions of the coin that have the error on.

据信，大约有 800 个版本的硬币上有这个错误。

The image of Lord Kitchener, the secretary of state for war at the outset of World War One, is still very famous in the UK.

第一次世界大战爆发时担任战争大臣的基奇纳勋爵的形象在英国仍然非常有名。

Kitchener is known as the face of the recruiting posters showing his face with the words “your country needs you”

基奇纳被称为招募海报的代言人，脸上写着“你的国家需要你”

TikTok user Coin Collector UK said: "If you find this £2 coin check it for an extremely rare error.

TikTok 用户 Coin Collector UK 表示：“如果你发现这枚 2 英镑的硬币，请检查是否存在极其罕见的错误。

"The coin must lack the inscription 'two pounds' on the Queen's side, otherwise it's just a regular £2 coin."

“这枚硬币必须没有女王一侧的‘两英镑’字样，否则它只是一枚普通的 2 英镑硬币。”

This year, the Snowman is being depicted on a new Royal Mint 50p coin – with a gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars for someone to discover on Christmas Eve.

今年，皇家造币厂新推出的 50 便士硬币上描绘了雪人的形象，金色版本则藏在其降临节日历中，供人们在平安夜发现。

The Mint said that to further celebrate the launch of The Snowman 2024 collectable 50p, it has hidden a solid gold coin behind door 24 in one limited-edition The Snowman advent calendar, offering someone the chance of “striking gold”.

造币厂表示，为了进一步庆祝 2024 年《雪人》收藏版 50 便士的推出，他们在限量版《雪人》降临节日历的 24 号门后面隐藏了一枚纯金币，为人们提供了“撞金”的机会。

The Snowman 50p coin is available in a range of precious metal finishes, including colour editions, on the Royal Mint’s website, with prices starting at £12.

雪人 50 便士硬币有多种贵金属饰面可供选择，包括彩色版本，可在皇家造币厂网站上购买，起价为 12 英镑。

It will not be entering general circulation.

它不会进入一般流通。