2014 Dated Coins Found In Circulation

Perfect ! Thats awesome news Steve Did you get the 2p coins at a large store or supermarket ?

Strangely enough -speaking of 2014 coins I picked up another shiny 2014 5p .......people just keep losing them , earlier this week I had to run after a lady & give her 2 shiny 2014 5p`s she had dropped ....

That was very good quick thinking about the penny ! I was a bit surprised and fascinated that you swapped a 1971 penny , I have found that they are rare to come by these days , given that you said it was rather worn - was the date still visible ? Did it have any notable discolouration or PMD?

Interesting stuFF , I have never come across any minty coins from the 70`s or 80`s. Did you get the minty 1971 pennies in change ?

For pennies the other hard to find ones from what I have seen are 1973, 1978, 1982 ,1983 . Its interesting you mention 76/77 because I have struggled on 1976 2 pence coins (and 1991) , 76/77 pennies are indeed rare but I got one of each in the past 2 weeks but yeah they arent that common..... do you have any idea why ?

I just checked : the mintage figures are quite fascinating

Pennies:
1973 - 280,196,000
1976 - 300,160,000
1977 - 285,430,000
1978 - 292,770,000
1982 - 100,292,000
1983 - 243,002,000

2 pence coins

1975 - 145,545,000
1976 - 181,379,000
1977 - 109,281,000
1991 - 86,625,250

1982 was the lowest mintage of pennies since decimalisation ; interestingly enough looking at 2 pence pieces compare 1975 to 76/77 - I have found more 1975 2 pence coins in change than the 2 following years , I have also got more 1977 2 pence coins than `76 which leaves me scratching my head regarding the scarcity of 1976 coins - the only thing significant that comes to mind regarding 1976 is this small detail that apparently that summer was sweltering hot and in `77 Man Utd got relegated and the Queen had one of her jubilees but I doubt that would account for the scarcity of coins from those years ....or could it Its a fascinating phenomenon

At last - got a 2014 1p in change yesterday!

DaytR - agree with you about 1976 2p's - I was making up a set from circulation a few years ago for a Spanish collector (in exchange for some Spanish euros) and 1976 was the last one I got. I wonder if some of the '1976' mintage were actually dated 1975?

I daresay the 1977 2p may be slightly scarcer than the mintage figure indicates, because lots of unofficial sets were made up out of circulation that year by dealers and collectors - partly because it was the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and also because it was the first year since decimalisation that a complete set of all denominations from the halfpenny to the 50p was issued for circulation.

Awesome news HH & Rob


Rob - thats a very interesting observation regarding 1976 2p coins , could 1976 2p coins be the crop circles of the demical coins..... & thanks for your insight regarding 1977 coinage vis-a-vis the jubilee

Well done on the 10p mate. I was at my local supermarket this morning and got 2 more 2p's.... guess one will come your way soon.

I did get a cracking condition 2000 1p in my change today - think I may keep that one.