From nettle eating contests to bog snorkelling, we’ve picked out some bizarre and even downright baffling traditions which ...

Unlike other 2p coins, it's made from cupronickel, a metal alloy normally used for higher-denomination coins such as 10 pence ...

Specialists estimate that the 1985 coin, which is silver rather than the usual bronze colour of 2ps, might command a price of around £400. Subsequent testing has verified that the coin ...

A rare silver two pence coin, dated 1985, was found in a piggy bank in the late 1990s, and could now go for up to 20,000 ...