Tonight when I opened a roll of dimes for the till at work, I found a coin that at first I thought was canadian as the Queen was on it. Then upon further examination, it is a 5 pence coin. Neat find! David
Ah, the current small types. British 1p, 5p and 10p (as well as the older large-size 5p) often make it into circulation.
Cool find! In looking in my Krause, it seems that the reduced 5 Pence was not released into circulation. Is that true? or is Krause not giving any other values because it's not worth a premium if circulated?
The small 5p. & 10p. coins have been in circulation since 1990,as it replaced the large 5p. & 10p. coins,which I have occasionally had in change over here in New Zealand,as the large 5p. & 10p. are the same size as our 10c. & 20c. coins.
The 5 pence coin is the size of a dime but it looks to be a little thicker. And the date on this is 1990. David
That'd be the small type. The large type was the size of a quarter, and can be seen ocassionally in Canada.
The five pence was shrunk in 1990 and the old ones demonetised in the same year, along with any remaining one shilling pieces that were still in the circuit. The ten pence was shrunk in 1992 and the old large ones were demonetised 30/06/93 and so were the few million two shilling pieces still doing the rounds. The fifty pence went the same way in 1997. I really don't like the small 5p's, i've been complaining about them for the past 15 years, they're far too small to be of any use and you can't stack them, they're annoying to count; far too fiddly, and no one wants them. Most of these get thrown in money jars and taken to the bank, they are regular as clockwork in circulation, but we never like more than four at any one time, more than that and people complain. I prefer two 2p pieces and a penny.
Ccgnum,Australian coinage used to turn up all the time,that is,until we changed to the small 10c.,20c.,& 50c. coins.We no longer have the 5c. coin in circulation,& the old coins,including the 6d.,1/-,& 2/-,were pulled & demonetised at the same time. Aidan.
Twiggs,do you call Canadian 10c. coins Dimes? I didn't think that Canadians used American nicknames for their coins? Aidan.
The Canadian Mint does not use those nicknames, but the term penny, nickel, dimes and quarters are used by the general population.
I also found a 5p coin mixed with some 10 cent coins. I saw it before the customer gave them to me, but I did not think it was worth mentioning and accepted it as a 10 cent. Also two weeks ago I was given one from a co-worker, she knew I collected coins thought I would want it.
Defiant7,you will be pleased to know that the 5p. coins from Gibraltar,Ireland,the Isle of Man,Guernsey,Jersey,St. Helena & Ascension,& the Falkland Islands are also the same size as the British one.The odd one out is the Irish 5p.,which is no longer legal tender,as Ireland now uses Euros. Aidan.