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I put two £20 notes into a slot machine in London on Monday to buy a train ticket that cost just under £22. I got nine £2 coins in change, as follows: 2000 - 1 2005 VE Day (St Paul's Cathedral) - 1 2006 - 2 2006 Brunel (Railway station roof) - 1 2007 - 1 2008 - 1 2009 - 1 2012 Dickens - 1 (that makes three I have found in change so far in total) Slightly surprised to get no 1998s in change. I don't remember ever having so many £2 coins in my pocket at once!  But what was even more remarkable was that I got a 1989 Bill of Rights £2 in change in Newcastle last Friday, just a few days after a friend got one in change!  Edited by NumisRob
02/19/2014 1:01 pm
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Awesome stuff - its amazing you got so many £2 coins, maybe that may explain why £2 coins are sometimes hard to find- they are jam packed in train ticket machines  , interesting observation about the 1998 £2 coins  ....St Pauls cathedral and Brunel £2 coins - seem easy to find for some reason .... I guess you must be well pleased with getting that Bill of Rights £2 coin !   Have you kept all the Dickens £2 coins you got in change ? Was the one you got recently still shiny ? Edited by DaytR
02/19/2014 9:14 pm
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No find of mine alas, but see this: http://www.theguardian.com/money/20...th-24-poundsThat's nearly 2½x rarer than the rarest of the Olympic sport 50ps, itself over 6x rarer than the commonest of them, and over 30x less numerous than the 1988 £1. But still 3x commoner than Rio Olympic Handover £2. |
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And annoyingly they make a statement about it, which now increases the price massively because people with no interest are looking out for it.
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Have you kept all the Dickens £2 coins you got in change ? Was the one you got recently still shiny ? I've got one in my collection, one spare and another has gone to a collector friend. Yes - the one I just got was still about Uncirculated and shiny, but with the usual scuffing on the field either side of the Queen's portrait. I got a BU Kew Gardens 50p in a bubble pack from The Royal Mint when they came out, but have never had one in change.  Edited by NumisRob
02/20/2014 1:43 pm
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Anyone else noticed how the articles in today's Daily Mail and Guardian about the Kew Gardens 50p has affected prices (on ebay UK)? I listed one at 6.30 pm (UK time) today for 99p and it now stands at £132! Edited by Paulus
02/20/2014 4:59 pm
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Now is the time to sell if you have any spares... prices will come down again in a little while!!
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Quote: Anyone else noticed how the articles in today's Daily Mail and Guardian about the Kew Gardens 50p has affected prices (on ebay UK)? Unbelievable !  The Mail and the Guardian have blown the lid off the roof on the price those coins.... a few weeks ago they were selling for an average of 6 - 10 pounds per coin but its now a frenzy  |
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How many were produced that were in presentation packs? I can find the numbers for those released into the wild. Would love to know, I've seen the ones sealed in the origonal bags selling for a lot more than those loose. Got to love how it seems the news has caused a surge in value of the 50p Kew Gardens coin release almost five years ago, why now though?  Edited by hondapower117
02/24/2014 09:52 am
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How many were produced that were in presentation packs? According to The Royal Mint on their facebook page 300 000 Kew Gardens 50p coins were Uncircirculated coins in commemorative issue packs .... Quote:
Got to love how it seems the news has caused a surge in value of the 50p Kew Gardens coin release almost five years ago, why now though? I am also surprised this hit the news big time now , the number of those coins issued had been available on the mints website all these years. I guess not many people check mintage figures  ......other commemorative coins with low mintages are also gradually going up in price as they are becoming hard to get in change Edited by DaytR
02/24/2014 6:49 pm
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[QUOTE=NumisRob]But what was even more remarkable was that I got a 1989 Bill of Rights £2 in change in Newcastle last Friday, just a few days after a friend got one in change!
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Odd you mention that as I got one in Newcastle a few weeks ago too.
Just found a near mint 1998 £2 coin in my change... Seems like more and more people are opening sets lately.
Have scored for a near UNC 2002 Scotland Commonwealth Games £2 and a 1999 rugby £2 over the past year or so.
Plus my favourite thing of all...a fake £2 coin, last week.
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As for foreign coins found in UK circulaton... Over the past couple of years I've had....
As £2 - Mexican 10 Peso
As £1 - New Zealand Dollar & Swaziland Lilangeni
As 50p - Cyprus 50 cents
As 20p - Czech Republic 2 Korun & United Arab Emirates 50 Fil
As 10p - Hong Kong Dollar, United Arab Emirates 1 Dirham, Switzerland 1 Franken, Sweden 1 Krona, China 1 Yuan, Iceland 5 Krona, Canada 25 Cents, New Zealand 20 Cents, America Quarter dollar. (& old UK Shilling)
As 5p - Switzerland 1/2 Franken, Switzerland 10 Rappen, Canada 10 Cents, New Zealand Sixpence, New Zealand 5 Cents, Australia 5 Cents, Netherlands 25 Cents, Poland 20 Groszy, Kazakhstan 20 Tenges, America Dime. (& Old UK Sixpence)
As 2p - (Old UK Halfpenny)
As 1p - Canada 1 Cent, Euro 5 Cent, India 1 Rupee
Plus numerous Euro coins which have since been spent.
PS - Not all of these were found by me; My old lady works in a betting shop & finds allsorts for me :)
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I believe I found a 2013 proof 50p while at work..its in decent cobdition and has a more white shine to itaround the edges.
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