Check your change for the UK's most valuable 1p coin worth a staggering £127,000 An expert has urged Brits to check their coin jars for the UK’s “most expensive coin” worth a staggering £127,000.
With no precise record of the number made, and with the coin having been struck to ordinary circulation standard, it seemed possible that one might turn up in everyday use, prompting a generation to search their change for the rare but ultimately elusive penny of 1933.”.
The piece in question is a one penny coin from 1933.
On the other side is the portrait of King George V. However, it must be dated 1933 - as penny coins from other years are not worth as much.
On its website, the Royal Mint explained more: “No record was kept at the time of how many pennies dated 1933 were made but it is thought to be no more than six or seven.
