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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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If you hold any modern british coin with your forefinger and thumb at the top and bottom respectively, with the obverse facing you, and then turn it over to the reverse, the reverse should be the same way up as the obverse.
With the 2 pence I have, if you hold the reverse so that it is straight (it's easier to get the reverse straight than it is the obverse) and turn it over (sideways) the queen is not looking to the right as she should be, but rather she is looking down at an angle of about 22 degrees from straight to the right. (I measured it with a protractor). In other words it is as though the portrait of the queen has been rotated 22 degrees clockwise.
You might want to compare some other 2 pences (old design) to see what I mean.
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Hi....
We don't think our 2 pence from the set or one found in circulation are rotated.
How do you normally go about trying to find the current year coins?
I think we see more from circulation to see if yours is unique.
Do banks in UK have rolls of coins like they do in US?
Ken
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United Kingdom
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I struggle to find circulation coins I must admit. I don't seem to use that many coins. I hardly ever pay with cash so as a result never get any change back. Any I do come across I scrutinise to see if they are ones that I need.
I have a pretty good network of friends and family who look out for new stuff for me. I don't think british coins come in rolls. I can't recall seeing any. Just the little plastic bags. I guess the best way to see a large quantity is to work in a shop.
I used to work in a bank in Minnesota, in the change vault and would get some real cool stuff. New errors from the federal reserve, lots of foreign in business deposits and even some silver stuff, even though this was 1986.
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Hi...
Not being able to get rolls of coins is a bit frustrating. I grew up in the US and moved over here in 1998.
Just started all over collecting coins again in the past year.
From reading the forums here, does sound like more interesting stuff shows up in circulation and from the banks than they do in the UK.
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Yes I would agree. I think that's because in the UK we have changed the size, shape and denominations of our coins more recently than in the US. The oldest coin in circulation here would be dated 1971 for the 1p and 2p, 1982 for the 20p, 1983 for the £1, 1990 for the 5p, 1992 for the 10p and 1997 for the 50p and £2. The US coinage in circulation can go back much further. I would think we see more foreign coinage here than in the US though, especially if you work in a bank or shop. A lot more foreign coins are the same size and shape as british coins. I can remember getting a load of Panama 1/4 balboas in with US quarters when I was in Minnesota. They had the exact same specification as a US quarter when I was there. They were even copper nickel clad copper. They may have been made by the US mints. They may even have used the same planchets, I don't know. They certainly worked in vending machines because we used to get quite a few in large deposits of change from those machines. |
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Well it was almost 2009 but on the 30th December I received a 2008 £1 in change. It was the last of the set of new coins that I needed from circulation, from 1p to £1 (No 2008 £2 yet!)
Just made it in the year of issue!
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United States
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Aren't there two or 3 different 08 L2?
There's one for Olympics, Darwin, and Auld Lang Syne... and something else, too...
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Spain
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I think its unique, a jigsaw coin. Most of the population will not even noticed its a jigsaw. Let us see what their reactions will be. Will this be the last of the Pounds? Before joining the euros?  |
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United States
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I don't think the Brits will ever join the Euro... like how the Americans will never join a monetary union (they're still fighting over NAFTA!) unless they themselves created the Euro.
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maybe you're right as long as the exchange rate does not go lower than 1 euro. When the euro started the us dollars was higher.
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maybe you're right as long as the exchange rate does not go lower than 1 euro. When the euro started the us dollars was higher. Don't think this is a question of exchange rates. The British have the pound, we have the euro, and I sure hope it stays that way. By the way, the € started at 1.18 US dollars per euro ... during the ten years since then, it has been everywhere between about $0.85 and $1.60, and it's roughly $1.40 these days. Quote:
Aren't there two or 3 different 08 L2? In 2008 there were two £2 coins - London 1908 Olympics Centennial and Beijing-London Olympics Handover. This year it will be Charles Darwin and Robert Burns, I think ... As for the circulation coins, yes, they look best when viewed as a (completed) jigsaw puzzle, but the single pieces are fine too. Except the 20p coin with the lion's butt maybe; that by itself is a little strange. Christian Edited by chrisild
01/02/2009 09:24 am
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United States
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I like the new designs, it is good to see someone trying something new.
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