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United Kingdom
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Got a 2012 definitive type £2 and a 2010 Florence Nightingale £2 in change together today. Only the second Florence Nightingale £2 I've ever had.
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United Kingdom
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Awesome stuff Rob !  Was the Nightingale £2 coin still shiny ? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Was the Nightingale £2 coin still shiny ?
Quite a nice reverse but some edge knocks on the obverse and a fair bit of scuffing around the Queen's portrait. I'd grade it no higher than EF. |
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United Kingdom
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Out Christmas shopping in my change I've received two Benjamin Britten 50p coins (2013) and one Christopher Ironside (royal coat of arms reverse also 2013) . Will probably end up being tons in circulation but they look nice and shiny and new  . Also in my time working in a supermarket as a teen, I have a few arabic coins, and a couple of commemorative U.S quarters. Strangely one day while putting bags of coins into my till, I found a bad full of shillings  asked if I could keep them and was told they were no use to them  |
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Germany
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Wow, shillings, used as 5ps when I was growing up, then they made them smaller and the shilling was defunct.
I need to get back to the UK to try and get some of these coins.....
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Canada
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Not really circulation, but my Secret Santa gift included an Isle of Man 2p (1977) that probably found its way to a Canadian 20c bin by way of an unwary Brit's pockets  |
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After being sprinkled on by the rain, my day brightened up when this turned up in the change near the station  |
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United Kingdom
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That's funny, DaytR - I used to think the Roger Bannister 50p was pretty common, but I haven't seen one in the wild for ages. I wonder if people hoarding Olympic coins have been saving them by mistake? I haven't had anything noteworthy for a few days, but a friend got a 1994 Bill of Right commemorative £2 in change a few days ago - the solid nickel-brass type, thicker than the post-1996 bimetallic £2 coin. I gave her two ordinary £1 coins for it, took it home... and now I can't remember where I put it!  Edited by NumisRob
01/30/2014 1:26 pm
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Turkey
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Last time I was in the UK (summer 2013) I found an Isle of Man £1, a Gibraltar £1 and two 2012 shield 50p coins. Nothing too remarkable,I guess.
I spent a Florence Nightingale £2,and a brand new London Underground £2 in a restaurant in Inverness.
Back in early 2013, a London Tube ticket machine gave me 8 shiny £2 underground coins. That was lovely :)
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Interesting stuff molydei, how did you get the ticket machine to give you that many 2 pound coins in one go? @ NumisRob Yeah , the Banister coins are incredibly rare to come across - this was was my first time getting one in ages  , your theory for their scarcity is quite interesting ; regarding the Bill of Rights £2 coin - is it thicker than the £1 coin ? |
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United States
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I had a Canadian give me a couple of 2008 Bailiwick of Jersey 5p a while back, in a handful of US change he had no further use for. Don't know where they came from!
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regarding the Bill of Rights £2 coin - is it thicker than the £1 coin ? Just found it and compared it with a £1 coin - I'd say it's a tiny bit thicker! Quote:
I had a Canadian give me a couple of 2008 Bailiwick of Jersey 5p a while back, in a handful of US change he had no further use for. Don't know where they came from! I think a fair number of Guernsey and Jersey coins get brought back to North America by cruise passengers. Both islands are very popular ports of call. As a part-time tour guide I've often received Channel Island coins in my tips when I take out tours from Dover and they pass the hat around for the driver and guide - and sometimes when someone on a shore excursion has asked me for small change for a slot machine, I've been delighted when they've given me a shiny new Jersey or Guernsey 50p! |
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United Kingdom
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I got another 2004 Bannister 50p in the change this afternoon ! It looks like it has been in circulation since it was released & ironically I got it from the same supermarket and the same blond girl at the checkout as exactly 2 weeks ago , what a lucky charm Edited by DaytR
02/13/2014 12:21 pm
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I got a Union of England & Scotland £2 coin in the change I was so excited ! I love getting older commemorative coins .....I will put up a picture of it once I light it up correctly , that coin is one of my most wanted firm favorites |
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