British 5 Pence In Canadian Dime Roll

That is awesome


You might be interested to know that these 5p coins (pre-2011 dates) are being withdrawn from circulation over here and they are now very hard to find .......Well done on getting that little beauty !

I've found two of those (1990 and 2005) in just a few rolls of dimes I searched. Also a dominican republic ten centavos with Duarte's portrait (1983).

I think small coins should not be thin, because then it will be smaller and easier to drop. They are also harder to find if you lose them.
I haven't seen any of the shield designs in person. I guess I'll have to wait several more years until they make their way here.

I like the 20p design, the one with the rose in the centre, even though it feels rather awkward in my hand.

I think dimes aren't exactly low denomination coins. Ten of them make a dollar.
Plus, it's worth this much where I come from (image from wikipedia):

Yes, that's 3 zeroes on the coin. The current biggest circulating coin denomination, only slightly bigger than a quarter in size.
At least it's half the weight of the old thick bimetallic one. No one wants holes in their purse, wallet or pocket, don't they?

I guess being the one of the smallest coins in circulation, people often lose them. I've never paid enough attention before to sidewalks, guess I should start. Maybe I'll strike gold (literally and not literally )

Amazing find! Too bad 20p is one of the coins that I know I won't find in Canadian rolls. I guess I'll only have this fairly worn '87.
I like the lion in the 10p coin too, but I think it looks too plain. It would look better if the lion was a little bigger.

Just wondering, are 20p rolls 7-sided like the coin? Or are they still round?

Guess what, I just found a 5p in a dime roll too! You know when you just unwrap a roll and se the sides? I thought, "Hang on, that's no dime, it's too thick!" I pulled it out, and it's a 1990 5p!
I also got a 1p from the bank (along with a 1945 and 1967 penny, a Russian coin and an unknown middle Eastern one). The teller was really nice and he showed me the tray where they put coins in. Strangely, it is quite pink, with a hint of circulation cameo on reverse!



Perhaps their change is quite slippery on rainy days, and they don't bother picking it up either because it's muddy. The only shiny thing so far I've seen on a sidewalk is a soda can pull-to-open tab thing.

Poor old design coins. I wonder what Ironside is thinking about the ARP? Are the steel ones being melted down too?

If they are sold by weight, then might there not be more or less of the coin in the bag since they can get worn down or get something stuck on them or something?

It's from 1988, so it's still copper! Had it found its way to The Royal Mint it would be melted, wouldn't it?

Oh well, if they don't have much intrinsic value, at least they're shiny! I wonder when the shield design ones will make their way here? The newest pence I've seen here is 2007 (but it was from a human not a roll so I did cheat a bit).

Aww, poor penny. I hope you find it a good home

That's nice! I'm not sure about copper being melted here, but I hope not (my hopes aren't high though, since there are practically no George Vs in circulation). I've grown quite attached to pennies with Bertie's head on them.

Just to sidetrack a bit, I just watched The King's Speech last Thursday, and when I got to the swearing scene I really had to re-watch Chains from Blackadder II

I guess people there from the UK see Canadian coins as a rarity, just like how Canadians see UK coins Hopefully more make their way there

Might it be because there less more Canadian people coming to the UK than the other way around? I have a teacher from the UK, and another teacher that taught in the UK (and be called a lumberjack there, no he's not a lumberjack!) then came back.