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.

�I may sell one but I may also keep the other until my daughter is 18 � just imagine what it might be worth then.�

But expert Dave Harris from Birmingham Coins, based in Acocks Green, said Sabrina should sell the two 20p pieces now while they are popular.

�My advice would be to put these up on eBay and let people bid for them on the internet,� he said.

�There's no guarantee how much these will be worth in the future, if anyone could tell that they'd be a millionaire.

�But my opinion is that these coins are valuable because they have had an air of mystery about them created by publicity, and that now is as good a time as any to cash in.�

And Peter Viola, an expert numismatist from the Warwick Antiques Centre, said: �She should strike now while the iron is hot.

�The best way to get value for money is to put them up for sale on the internet, because a lot of dealers have been overwhelmed with them.�

To read the complete article, see:Pregnant Birmingham mum finds 20p coins which could fetch �14,000(www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2010/10/24/
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To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:THE CRAZE FOR THE ROYAL MINT'S DATELESS 2009 TWENTY PENCE(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n28a22.html)