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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 17017, member: 669"]If you mean the 12-sided copper-nickle coin with the Takia sailing canoe on the reverse, it is cataloged as KM#36 in the Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause & Mishler. Mintage was 1-million in 1975, the first year of issue, and it is cataloged at 75¢ in VF, $.150 in XF, $4 Unc., and $6.50 BU (all prices in USD)I'm guessing you mean a coin from Great Britain, in which case there are six listed in Krause - business strike and proof silver and gold in two designs. One has Princess Diana's bust with her birth and death dates on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other is much more interesting, with a map of the Greenwich Meridian running through the British Isles on the reverse and edge lettering "WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE". It was issued in the last two years of the 20th Century - 1999/2000. (Apparently the Royal Mint doesn't understand that the 21st Century didn't begin until January 1, 2001. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) </p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a variety of the millenium coin with a small globe in the inner circle.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you post a picture, or a detailed description, of your 5-pounder, I'll be glad to try and specifically attribute it, and give you mintage and value information.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 17017, member: 669"]If you mean the 12-sided copper-nickle coin with the Takia sailing canoe on the reverse, it is cataloged as KM#36 in the Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause & Mishler. Mintage was 1-million in 1975, the first year of issue, and it is cataloged at 75¢ in VF, $.150 in XF, $4 Unc., and $6.50 BU (all prices in USD)I'm guessing you mean a coin from Great Britain, in which case there are six listed in Krause - business strike and proof silver and gold in two designs. One has Princess Diana's bust with her birth and death dates on the reverse. The other is much more interesting, with a map of the Greenwich Meridian running through the British Isles on the reverse and edge lettering "WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE". It was issued in the last two years of the 20th Century - 1999/2000. (Apparently the Royal Mint doesn't understand that the 21st Century didn't begin until January 1, 2001. :mad: ) There is also a variety of the millenium coin with a small globe in the inner circle. If you post a picture, or a detailed description, of your 5-pounder, I'll be glad to try and specifically attribute it, and give you mintage and value information.[/QUOTE]
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