Pregnant Birmingham mum finds 20p coins which could fetch £14,000

Oct 24 2010 by Ben Goldby, Sunday Mercury

A SINGLE mum could pocket £14,000 after discovering two rare 20p coins – including one given in her change after buying a LOSING lottery scratchcard.

The Royal Mint produced the dateless coinage in 2008 and only a limited number are now in circulation.

Yet pregnant Birmingham mum Sabrina Hussain has managed to find TWO of the rare pieces – which have previously sold on internet auction site eBay for £7,100 each.

One was given to her in change after buying a losing scratchcard – and she discovered the other in the bottom of her handbag.

Sabrina, 22 and from Winson Green, said: “I saw a story in the paper about a year ago about these rare 20p pieces.

“I emptied my handbag then and found the first one at the bottom, but decided against selling straight away.

“Then a couple of weeks ago I was at a corner shop buying a scratchcard and there was another undated 20p in my change. I couldn’t believe it, the scratchcard didn’t win, but I’d got another rare coin! It was amazing.

“I went back into the store and told all the staff who were gutted that they hadn’t found it. But I was over the moon.”

Last year one of the rare dateless coins sold on eBay for £7,100.

Sabrina, mum to two year-old daughter Skye, said: “I heard that they were going for a lot of money, so I’ve decided to get them properly valued by a professional.