Uk~ Interesting Find From The Circulation In The Uk~

molydeii- Very interesting. Thanks for sharing and for starting this thread! This may prove quite interesting since every time I have been to England, I seem to never find anything of interest in circulation. In fact, it always seems that every coin I get in change is horribly marred with scratches and dents. In fact, I'm not certain that I have ever even plucked a BU out of change there. Very odd.

Archraz- Thank you for your comments, actually finding Bu or Unc and maybe aUNC coins in the UK is not that hard. If you visit London, many of them are availible at large supermarkets such as Tesco, Asda and Marks and Spencer. Another method I use is, I always pay with a bill, sort out the change, and put them into ziplocs as 5 or 10 Quids and whenever I need to pay that an exact amount of 5 or 10 Quids, I give one of those ziplocs. You can't imagine how many coins you can get by using that method. Sometimes, I ask the hotel cafeteria or the reception to give me bills out of my change, say 5 or 10 Quids again. This way, even though you definately look like a weirdo, it pays off and you'll get many coins. I tralevved a lot within the UK, went to Brighton, Edinburgh, etc. and found out that downtown London is the best for new coins.

Kena- Wow, I am amazed of some of your finds such as the Guernsey 2 Pounds and Ireland 50p. Very lovely indeed. You have a keen eye I think, how did you find the large ireland 50p?.. it must be hard for it to mix to the circulation, and also the East Carribean Dollar, what are their stories, mind telling us?..

Most of them I have found in change or in bags of coins from the bank.

I don't recall how I received the Ireland 50 pence.

The Guernsey 2 Pound came out a bag of £2 coins.....first thing I do with UK 50 pence and 2 pound coins is to look at the backs.

The East Carribean Dollar I picked up because the person could not understand why it was being rejected in a parking ticket machine. They thought it was a 50 pence, so I gave them a 50 pence coin for it.

I need to pick up a coin with St George slaying the dragon at some point in time.

Yes guys it is a 2003 Gibraltar 1-Pound coin with St. George Slaying the Dragon on one side and QE2's Grandmotherly portrait on the other side.. I've found it in my change in London sometime summer 2009 I assume. Here are close up pics :

Thanks, no problem, my pleasure.
I've also found a 1984 circulation strike 1-Pound coin, given me as change in Cost Coffee at Princes' Mall in Edinburgh. the nitresting thing about it is it is aUNC and almost full lustre, a very lovely coin. I wonder how it ended up in there, but it is in my collection at the moment! :)

Very cool! I love the Sovereign reverse on the Gibraltar pound. I think I may have to do some roll hunting next time I'm in the U.K. - even though coins aren't rolled in the U.K., they are just in bags!

Hello guys, I'm back.
Haven't found a lot of intresting things in London last month...
One 1988 1 Pound, Gibraltar
And one 1988 1 Pound (royal shield) UK. Both circulated. The latter has a realtively low mintage , the first one I have seen in circulation.

I found something really interesting in my change. A 2002 england pound coin with the die off centre, fake as anything, weakly done, looks like it has been in circulation for 3 decades.
Also a new 20p which is weak, though a real one!!