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1990 5 Pence Coin

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 Posted 10/19/2012  02:15 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add ghostrider to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
While I searching some dime rolls for my circulated Roosevelt set, I came across this coin.

Is there anything special about this coin or should I through it in with my other foreign coins as a curiosity, put it back in a made roll of dimes, or hold it as something worth special merit?

Please advise.
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 Posted 10/19/2012  05:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Anaximander to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is it the new small-size 5p? ( diameter 17.9mm from the one I just measured ).

If so, unless it has special value through being an error, or similar, then it is worth exactly 5p! My reference states 1,634,976,005 were minted and they are still very common.

1990 is of interest for this coin as it was the first year of issue. It is also the last year of minting the old much larger 5p coins. If your coin is one of those then it is worth keeping, as only 102,606 were minted. None were for circulation, but were released in uncirculated sets for collectors.
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If its in a dime roll, its probably the new style one. due to its massive mintage (due to it being new) I dont think you'll get more than 5p for it, unless you stick it in a 3 for £1 deal or something. You may as well keep it though.
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Hey, I'd keep it, especially of you dont have one already!
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And, of course, it's not a foreign coin
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It's not foreign, the US govt likes to use the term "alien", so it's an alien coin. Sounds much cooler.
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