I found an incredible rare coin in bag of ‘holiday money’ donated to charity shop – now I’m going to sell it for 7,000 [Video]
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I found an incredible rare coin in bag of ‘holiday money’ donated to charity shop – now I’m going to sell it for 7,000 [Video]

A RARE coin found in a bag of ‘holiday money’ donated to an Oxfam charity shop is tipped to sell for £7,000.

Volunteer John Turner, a retired banker and coin enthusiast, was sorting through donations at the London store when he made the discovery.

Oxfam volunteer John Turner found the coin while sorting through a donation to the charityCredit: Apex
The coin says ‘New South Wales 1813 Fifteen Pence’ after its Australian originsCredit: BNPS

He spotted the silver coin dated 1813 which he thought could be valuable so he flagged it up to his bosses.

They took it to an auctioneer who identified it as a 15 Pence from New South Wales.

These coins, the first to be struck in Australia, were melted down in the 1840s, with surviving examples highly sought-after.

London-based auctioneers Noonans have valued the coin at £5,000 to £7,000 and John will donate the proceeds of the sale to …

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