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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My wife is always coming home with foreign coins that people use at her place of business and usually asks me what does she have. So today's offering was no more unusual than normal. However, it is way different.
To start with I cannot post a picture because we do not own a camera that is working order. So I will will have to offer the best description that I can. So here goes.
As far as size comparison is concern it is smaller than a US nickel and larger than a US penny. It weighs in at 37 grams and appears to be made of copper.
The obverse has a portrait of Elizabeth II and is circled with the notation of Elizabeth II Reg F D 2009. The reverse has one penny accross the top third of the coin and the remaining space is split between body of an old style lion on the right and something looking like a the front half of a fish skelton with what looks like a harp growing out of the head. The real unusual thing about this coin is that there is no country of origin named on it at all.
However, if had to make a wager as to what it is I'd guess that it is a British penny.
If this is indeed a British one penny coin it is the first British coin that either of us has seen.
Any opinions?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are we talking about this?  as a "jigsaw puzzle" piece of this  |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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syslav beat me to it, but this is the post I had ready:  The reverses of GB coins were re-designed in 2008, 1p, 5p, 10p 20p and 50p,\. Each coin has a section of the Royal Shield on it, and when all the denominations are together, the whole shield is visible (with a little bit of imagination). The whole shield is on the One Pound Coin. Click through for images of all the coins. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7327144.stmlife is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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nancyc and svslav: That is exactly like the coin my wife came home with. It is our first coin from Great Britian. It surely has traveled far, but is now resting securely in our possession. Thanks for the information. Now if could impose with another question: Does anyone know if The Royal Mint sells directly to US citizens? If so what is the mechanism that this could be done? After hearing from you I've looked at their website and like their coinage. In any eveny I will have to figure out the conversion rate before I proceed further. |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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UK sellers on ebay have plenty of sets of u/c UK coins ghostrider, from £5 it seems; probably cheaper than buying them from The Royal Mint. Some free postage to the States as well. Mike. |
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Canada
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
Edited by Nevol
05/19/2012 07:44 am
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Pillar of the Community
Turkey
870 Posts |
Ghostrider,
If you can PM me your address I can send you some Turkish & British coinage for free. I've got some in here that are looking for a new home.:)
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Let me suggest if you are going to make a forray into British Coins there are a wide range of commemorative £2 coins and 50pence coins which are quite attractive and can be aquired in good condition from most regular handfuls of change.
I have not yet passed the threshold for minimum posts but when I do I would be quite happy to trade some of these coins in close to Unc in exchange for some of the US more recent coins (presidencial dollars, National Parks etc)
At present £1 is equal to $1.50 approx, and while it is nice to have prestige box sets there is something nice about building a collection of coins you only paid face value for if they are in near mint perfect condition.
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United Kingdom
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Don't get ripped off by The Royal Mint...I will say no more but their products are available considerably cheaper elsewhere. They recently had adverts for a pre 47 6d in F for £20.Pick em up from coin fairs for 50p or ebay at 99p. |
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Posted 05/18/2012 11:26 pm
