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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 696405, member: 20205&quot;]It isn&#039;t proof, it&#039;s a circulation issue and it looks to be in VF-ish condition, but it should be worth quite a bit more than $10. A coin dealer in the UK would retail something like that for at least £100 (the equivilent of about US$160)...</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the fact it says &#039;Soho&#039; they were actually struck in Birmingham by Matthew Boulton at his factory there. They were minted to try and relieve the chronic shortage of small change in Britain at that time. At the time it actually had an intrinsic value in copper of two old pence (just over 1p in todays money). They were quite unpopular with the public due to their size and weight, especially the twopence you have there and they were soon discontinued...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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