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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2324144, member: 39&quot;]True, but in various countries you can at least take such sort-of-coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> to the central bank and get the amount in circulation coins or notes. Here in the euro area for example, EU law says about collector coins (as opposed to circulation and commemorative coinage) that &quot;Member States shall take all appropriate measures to discourage the use of collector coins as a means of payment.&quot; (Reg. 651/2012) Whatever that practically means ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Now whether any store would accept my €10 or €20 collector coins for a payment, I don&#039;t know. Probably not, but I could always take such &quot;odd&quot; coins to a branch office of the central bank. Would that be possible with the Bank of England? The Daily Mail article and the <a href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-3395473/The-face-value-legal-tender-coins-t-cash-Royal-Mint-mis-leading-special-coin-buyers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-3395473/The-face-value-legal-tender-coins-t-cash-Royal-Mint-mis-leading-special-coin-buyers.html" rel="nofollow">followup text</a> does not specifically address that question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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