Indeed. I must emphasise that I am a Stamp Collector who dabbles in Coins. It has not been possible to use these coins in some vending machines...
Apologies if this is in wrong forum or thread. Hopefully this is a "heads up" (no pun intended). i literally found out from a local TV news...
I would not describe myself as a Coin Collector. I am at heart a Stamp Collector who has an interest in Coins (a form of nostalgia perhaps). When...
I also bought the Padraig Pearse Ten Shillings Coin this week. My older sons 32nd birthday so it was a present for him It cost £20 which I think...
Thanks for this Davey. I checked the dates. I have around 30 different 3d coins from the two reigns, ...no rare dates. Basically For me...Coins...
Primarily a Stamp Collector, I have recently tried to find the British and Irish coins that I would have in my pockets in the pre-decimal age to...
I think there are two ways to collect. I collect Stamps...thats my thing...my field of expertise...accumulating knowledge over 50 years and losing...
Afantiques, I never saw a Crown in circulation. The only two or three I ever saw ....at weddings at the "gold and silver" bit. that was early 1960s
I usually have both Euros and Sterling. So do most people in my locality. As a matter of course Banks charge a commission on currency (notes) but...
Thanks for these answers guys.
This might be the most stupid question ever asked...but.... I am not really a coin "collector"....except of Ireland. But having visited USA for...
[ATTACH] Phase 3 of the Irish Coins is "Euro". Perhaps they are Irish "coins" but not of course Irish "currency". And although designed by an...
As a student of Jacobite history, I find Gun Money fascinating.
Phase 2 of Irish Coins are the Decimal Issues...Ireland and Britain went decimal on the same date in February 1971. Both being in a sterling area,...
I have never found anything other than regular Euro coins in circulation in the Republic. I am not sure about definitions but in the pre-Decimal...
I recall a teacher showing us the Ten Shillings coin in 1966. Most were souvenirs. All Dealers seem to have some. It is (so far as I am aware) the...
I am almost 63 and in the 1950s and 1960s, I never actually saw a farthing in real use. I recall my curiousity at seeing my first one. (It was...
I think its fair to say Irish coins fall into three phases. 1 pre-decimal sterling 1928-1971 2 decimal (sterling later "Irish Punt") 1971-2000 3...
I think collectors have a collecting "gene". I am essentially a stamp collector. But I live in Ireland (north) and now in my 60s. Irish coins DID...
I looked at the change in my pocket. Euro....7.....5 are Irish, 2 Spanish. 50cents...2.....both Irish. 20 cents. 11....6 Irish, 3 French, 1...
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