Man scores rare $2 coin worth almost $6,000 after collecting change from service station

The 2020 Firefighter coin with a 'bullseye error' is a highly sought-after collectable minted to pay tribute to those who fought the 2019 Black Summer bushfires.

A man collecting his change from a service station has been left shocked after he scored a rare $2 coin worth almost $6,000.

The 2020 Firefighter coin with a 'bullseye error' is a highly sought-after collectable minted to pay tribute to those who fought the 2019 Black Summer bushfires.

The error occurs when the flame that is meant to sit between the firefighters ends up printed on the other side of the coin across the face of Queen Elizabeth II.

The rare minting error has made the colourful coin extremely valuable with an uncirculated version of the collectable recently sold for $5,950.

Firefighter coins already in circulation are still worth a few thousand dollars.

Coin expert Matthew Thompson said the $2 coins were even more rare because nobody knows how many were minted and are still in circulation.

'No one knows for sure which is sort of why they're so popular and collectable because the amount out there that's available would be really small. But no one knows a definitive production run on them,' he told Yahoo Finance.

'If this guy has got it from the servo, it sounds like it's probably been in a till, it may have been knocked around a bit and all those things contribute to a value.'

The rare minting error occurs when the flame that is meant to sit between the firefighters ends up printed on the face of Queen Elizabeth II (the rare coin is pictured)

The $2 coin without the rare printing error is pictured

The expert said he was aware of fake versions of the Firefighter coin where fraudsters had manually transferred the fireball paint to the other side.

He encouraged coin enthusiasts to seek a professional opinion on their purchases.

It comes after a rare 50 cent coin with spectacular colours highlighting its coat of arms was valued at up to 400 times its face value.

The 2012 hyper-metallic coin is distinct from other coins as the kangaroo, emu, shield, wreath, star and the number 50 are in different colours.

The Royal Australian Mint only made 58,554 coins and they were released as part of a set, bringing the value of the rare coin to more than $200.

The collection included six coins and sold for $32.50. Collectors were not able to purchase the coin separately at the time.

A rare 50 cent coin with spectacular colours highlighting its coat of arms was valued at up to 400 times its face value (the 50c coin is pictured)

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