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Over here commemorative 2 pound coins are quite hard to find , some of the older ones were released in large numbers and are not hard to find if you do a bit of roll hunting  but more recent ones have had lower mintages making them much sought after coins especially those minted in 2011 & 2012  What year was the commemorative 2 pound coin your friend got minted ? Or do you remember what was on the reverse? Edited by DaytR
11/09/2013 11:17 pm
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 Found a 2004 50 pence from Gibraltar today. Subject of the coin is Tercentenary 1704-2004. Reverse shows HMS Victory sailing past Gibraltar with a date of 1704 - 2004 and the words Battle of Trafalgar 1805. Ken |
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 Oh wow ! Thats awesome ....  were did you get it ? |
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Not really sure, suspect either Wilkinson's or Aldi. What I normally do is spend coins or notes that I have looked through and put any new coins in another pocket to look through later on.
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Over the weekend I was helping out at a model railway show, selling things and taking money. I scored one addition to my collection - a 1999 Isle of Man 50p:  Other than that I saved a nice 2012 Dickens £2 and four 2011 Olympic 50p's - Equestrian, Volleyball, Swimming and Rowing. I noticed lots of BU 2012 10p and 20p coins. Surprisingly only one fake £1 - a Northern Ireland 2006 Egyptian Arch type - wrong colour and fuzzy details. Most things were priced to nearest 50p so got very few 1p or 2p coins. Chris Salmon banknotes are now getting quite common, but I was surprised at how many Merlyn Lowther £10 notes are still around. |
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 Oh wow ! That is a nice find.  regarding fakes - I have also seen very few fakes in the past 4 months its unbelievable ! Has the govt mysteriously zapped out most of them ?  Interesting observation regarding 10 pound notes , are the Merlyn Lowther £10 notes the ones with Charles Dickens on the back? |
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11/26/2013 3:01 pm
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Thanks for the links Rob ! , after digging around this afternoon I found a Merlyn Lowther note with Dickens on the back that I got in the change in 2010 ! Its amazing that you are still seeing them around |
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I got a 2004 Gibraltar 2 pence coin today part of their 300th Anniversary release for that year.
Ken
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Interesting stuff Kena , after seeing your pictures at the beginning of the thread I guess you now have some interesting 2p coins Was the coin still a bit shiny ? |
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Here is a scan of the reverse of the. Not too bad for being 9 years ago.  Ken |
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Oh wow ! Its looks pretty nice  |
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I got a Olympics 50p this afternoon , the athletics one. It was still a bit shiny and was probably kept by someone for a while before being spent |
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I got a 1982 penny in the change late this afternoon its been a while .... |
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