Two pound coin struck to commemorate the 1999 Rugby World Cup hosted by Wales

The Rugby World Cup £2 Coin can be found in your change: 4,933,000 coins dated 1999 were struck to enter circulation. When receiving a £2 coin in your change you have about a 1 in 115* chance of finding this coin.

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*Change checking chance is calculated based on the 1999 mintage for the Rugby World Cup £2 and 567,677,688 (The total number of two pounds that have entered circulation). The actual chance of finding this coin in change will depend on how many are no longer in circulation. Damaged coins are removed from circulation and 1999 Rugby £2's held in collections are effectively not in circulation at present.

To find out more about this £2 coin, visit the Rugby World Cup £2 Coin page on the Coin Hunter website.