Interestingly, the majority of the 750,000 1970 proof sets were minted after 1970! Two of the denominations in the sets were already demonitised...
First 2011 cent on Saturday (in MA). Haven't come across any others at all yet ...
Sort of ... The price of copper was getting too high (copper coinage before then actually was pure copper). So a decision was made to recoin in...
Decimals had "NEW" until 1981, and then the number in words from 1982 onwards (eg, "NEW PENCE" until 1981, "TWO PENCE", etc from 1982)....
Hi John! I'm a Brit living in the US, and collect UK coins. The best online price guide is Tony Clayton's:...
Nebojsa Gold is currently at $1525/oz. Thus, 0.2354oz should be about $358.98. Factor in bid/ask price on this.
As in many other places, when a note & coin are both legal tender, people will still use the note and not the coin. Only when the note is no...
Nebojsa - I replied under the other thread - hope it helps! BTW - it's a Melbourne (M) sovereign you have.
Definitely Melbourne (M). Mintage for 1895M is 4,165,860 ... not a rare year, but for value, it'd be at or about spot proce for gold (0.2354 oz).
That's exactly what I thought too! Something to do with either that, or Gotham City & superheroes! Anyway, quite a pleasing design.
I'd say AUnc too. The reverse has slight wear on the orbs of the maces, and slight traces on the obverse (brooch, ribbon leading to garter)....
calum, I have also heard about this kind of 'cud' issue. I think for the new 1p, it comes from the fact that there is no longer a beaded...
Yes, when I was over for a week last November, I found all bar 50p and £1 in change. According to the Royal Mint, there were 22.7m of these 50p...
Agree with Hobo - another coin was pressed into this with sufficient force to indent it. BUT: As calum says .. it *is* 100 years old!!
As well as the 'City' £1 coins of 2010/11, the generic £1 since 2008 has the shield in its entirety. The £2 coins is outside the remit of these...
gbroke 1. Yes - every year since 1970, since 2008 in this design 2. See www.royalmint.com for latest prices. The 2011 set is £40 (about $65)...
Christian I agree. I watch in disbelief that the UK has never acted to get out. All talk, no action. We should have a referendum on the matter....
The full country title is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". 'Great Britain' refers to England and Scotland, which were...
It will ALWAYS start with the SECURE form of web-addresses: https://www.paypal.com (or similar) Also, Paypal and eBay (and others) include...
... and I bet you still got change from a farthing!! :)
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