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Poland
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United Kingdom
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Hi.... That list is fairly close. http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/coins.html#index is a better source. For example, there are 4 different reverses of the 2002 XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester £2 coin....each with a different flag. I also believe that the £5 1999/2000 Millennium coin has two different issues, one dated 1999 and the other dated 2000. The 2010 £5 is for the Restoration of the Monarchy. Also does not have the 2009 and 2010 Olmypic £5 coins on the list. There are also two additional £1 coins for 2010....London and Belfast. Hope this helps. |
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Hi,
thank you very much!
Now if I add your informations to the list from wikipedia, do I have the full list?
Oskar.
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Turkey
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Poland
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Thank you guys! On that list I saw 1981 coin - royal wedding, and it was a crown. But on ebay I can also find 25 pences with these theme and two type of crowns (one is silver). Can anyone explain how does it work? Does every coin have three mintages -one in cooper-nickel, one in silver and one in gold? Where can I found informations about it? Oskar. |
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Germany
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After the coinage was changed to decimal, a crown was worth 25p. So the crowns were 25p, a shilling was 5p and used as a 5p until the sizes were changed, same for the florin at 10p.
But then they decided that a crown was £5!!
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Poland
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Thank you for your reply.
Can you tell me is every commemorative coin minted also as silver?
Oskar
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Germany
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No, no crown is made of silver!! Unless it is the silver version of course, but the £5 for £5 coins, the ones that could circulated, had nothing!
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United Kingdom
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The Royal Mint did/does offer most everything in silver if you want to pay their prices for them. £5 crowns do not circulate and it is very difficulat to obtain each year's release at face value. For the modern UK commeratives, I have found most of them in circulation bar the following: £2 2002 XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester coins $2 2008 Olympics Centenary £2 2009 Robert Burns £2 2010 Florence Nightingale 50 pence 2009 Kew Gardens 50 pence 2010 Girl Guides £1 2010 London and Belfast coins
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Germany
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I found three of the four commonwealth games coins, I think I had helpers back then. ANything from 2008 onwards is hard to get. I think with ebay people are more likely to pick them up even if they have no interest, because they can make a few quid on them. I used to get crowns in circulation, when working in places. But they stopped circulating them last year. You used to be able to get £5 for a £5 in the post office, but they stopped that, then it was just the mint, now nothing! |
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United Kingdom
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Westminster Mint does the for £5 for £5 as a way to get you on their mailing list to entice you to buy other stuff from them. I think this year, it was £7.95 plus shipping from The Royal Mint. Royal Mint did do the countdown £5 for £5. |
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United Kingdom
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The 50p Guides, 50p Kew and £2 Burns have all been struck to normal circulation standard as well as B.UNC standard. No other 2010 commems yet issued....
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United Kingdom
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Have you found any of the 50p Guides, 50p Kew and �£2 Burns in circulation yet?
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