Post Your Coins With A "Five" Denomination

1994 Australia - 5 Cents

Very good fives, Dearborn.

Thank you Gary and E&V,

1970 Portugal - 5 Escudos

Good adds, Dearborn.

Here's a curiosity - a 'five' denomination from a country that did not have decimal coinage at the time! An 1806 5 pence from Ireland:

These coins were struck at Matthew Boulton's private mint in Birmingham for the Bank of Ireland to ease the shortage of silver coinage that Ireland (and the entire British Isles) was suffering at the time.

Great addition, NumisRob!

I don't think it was anything to do with going decimal - the Bank of Ireland had to make their tokens distinct from the handful of English shillings and sixpences still circulating, and they had to use their stocks of silver economically, as it would have cost too much to mint coins of the same size and weight as the last George III issues back in 1787 I also imagine there were laws stipulating that silver coins had to be a certain size and weight, and therefore the Bank could not mint sixpences or shillings that were smaller or lighter than the 1787 issues.