Uk~ Interesting Find From The Circulation In The Uk~

So I think this means that the Battle of Britain 50 Pence, Magna Carter 2 Pound, and Royal Navy 2 Pound sold by The Royal Mint in sets or as individual coins which have the old portrait are not for circulation releases and the Royal Shield 1 pound coin with the new portrait is only availabe in a set from The Royal Mint.

You can also buy the Royal Navy, Manga Carta,and Battle of Britian as individual BU coins or in the BU set.

http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_2...ual_Coin_Set which also gives you both £5 coins (Churchill and Waterloo).

The Royal Arms with the new portrait is available either from the individual coin or in circulation in the future.

The new portrait Royal Shield coin appears only be in sets from The Royal Mint with http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_F...rculated_Set being the lowest choice option.

So this has been first year since 2008, that I have purchased BU sets from The Royal Mint.

Ken

Here is my list of what I am expecting to find in circulation:

2015 Royal Shield 1 Pence IRB
2015 Royal Shield 1 Pence JC
2015 Royal Shield 2 Pence IRB
2015 Royal Shield 2 Pence JC
2015 Royal Shield 5 Pence IRB
2015 Royal Shield 5 Pence JC
2015 Royal Shield 10 Pence IRB
2015 Royal Shield 10 Pence JC
2015 Royal Shield 20 Pence IRB
2015 Royal Shield 20 Pence JC
2015 Royal Shield 50 Pence IRB
2015 Royal Shield 50 Pence JC
2015 Battle of Britain 50 Pence JC
2015 Royal Shield Pound IRB
2015 Royal Arms Pound JC
2015 Standard 2 Pound IRB
2015 Magna Carter 2 Pound JC
2015 Royal Navy 2 Pound JC
2015 Britannia 2 Pound JC

IRB - 4th portrait
JC - 5th portrait

This matches the Coin Hunt picture from The Royal Mint.

1) Is the BoB 50p 4th portrait available in circulation and is it on the individual coin set shown? The IRB BoB 50 pence is only available in sets from The Royal Mint. So your table is correct for this.

2) Is the new Royal arms coin available with the 4th portrait and is it in the individual coin set? - new Royal Arms reverse only has the new portrait by Jody Clark.

3) Do the individual magna carta and RN £2 coin sets come in the 4th portrait? Yes, these coins from The Royal Mint have the IRB portrait.

4) Lastly is there anywhere a 4th portrait Britannia £2 and a 5th portrait £2 Giants? There is no IRB £2 Britannia or JC £2 Giants.

So the unique coins only in sets or packs from The Royal Mint.

IRB portrait - BoB 50 pence, Royal Navy £2, Magna Carta £2
JC portrait - Royal Shield £1

So in your table, you need to remove the two colums with red ? and take off the 4th portrait Royal Arms since the item from The Royal Mint is the 5th portrait coin which will circulate.

Your table is correct for the 4th BoB 50 pence, 5th Royal Shield £1, 4th Magna £2, and 4th RN £2.

What appears to be unique circulation releases right now are JC BoB 50 pence, JC Royal Navy £2, and JC Magna Carta £2. I cam't fimd amy sets or these as individual coin packs from The Royal Mint.

At least as far as I can determine.

What do the others think?

Ken

Much appreciated Kena.

Here is my updated table for those that are interested.



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My son gave me two Jody Clark 20 pence coins this weekend.

I've got a screenshot of the original post and the image (It was a facebook group post)



Straight away someone said it looked fake... pah, Wannabes, looks 100% legit but whether
it is a JC portrait or a split bunc IRB, I'm still waiting to hear back from the owner.

Yep, there was a big thing about it a while back.
Realistically though, most people associate the signing of something to be with a pen so while it's historically inaccurate, it makes sense to people more than him holding something like a seal stamp.


While I'm here, this has cropped up on facebook... don't know what the source is, and 5 commemorative £2's sounds a little far-fetched (Although when you consider the new coin hunt folders from the mint won't contain a completer, but they've announced the £1 folder does need a 2016 £1 coin they won't be releasing into circulation!! maybe not so far-fetched)

Uh ho... 2016 coins already!!

My 2015 collection is still far from complete :(


Actually 2016 is:
950 years since the battle of Hastings
350 years since the great fire of London
400 years since Shakespeare's death

(google is my friend)

so these all make sense.

The battles of Verdun, Jutland and the Somme were in 1916.

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