£5 Coins

[theo]

the penny sweets are already 2p a piece here anyway

 

[MookJong]

Yep I have one, it was the Queen Mum one from the early 90's

Keep the copper coins I say, there is something very British about them.

 

[a1ex2001]

But is it still only worth £2

Not looking at the one on ebay which is going for £1.95 plus postage of over a quid which is never a realistic cost!

 

[jonshaw_uk]

my bro had 2 £5 coins for his birthday one year off my nan

 

[daz]

I had a Diana £5 coin, but I was young, foolish and hungry with no money one day so I spent it.

 

[kaiowas]

I had a Diana £5 coin, but I was young, foolish and hungry with no money one day so I spent it.

You weren't foolish. You realised that it was no different to having a £5 note and did the sensible thing rather then leaving it lying around until inflation renders it worthless.

 

[Mobius 1]

i have lots of pound notes (thank god) i hate coins!

 

[Tefal]

Never even knew they existed....it's about time they got rid of 1p's & 2p's though! Australia don't have them and you certaintly don't miss them at all!

you'd pay 1p more on nearly everything you buy though.

I got a few of these my gran gets them for me and my brother when they make the fancy ones.

 

[Tefal]

I have a rare £2 coin!

wasn't there one like that of the modern ones where the head either had or didn't have a necklace, i remember reading about it one was a mistake and so was worth something like £18-20 to a collector.

 

[Deadly Ferret]

it's about time they got rid of 1p's & 2p's though! Australia don't have them and you certaintly don't miss them at all!

Oh great, so because you find them a bit inconvenient me and hundreds of thousands of children will have to start buying fruit salads, blackjacks, cola bottles, pink shrimps etc. for 5p instead of 1p or 2p! Talk about increased cost of living!

Australia don't need them because their currency is worth less than ours. Their 5c are worth about one of our 2p...

 

[fumbles]

Never even knew they existed....it's about time they got rid of 1p's & 2p's though! Australia don't have them and you certaintly don't miss them at all!

New Zealand went one step further, they took the 5c piece out of circulation. Only 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2.

But 2p = 5c (Australian/NZ)
So maybe just get rid of the 1p?

 

[Deadly Ferret]

Has anybody ever wondered why they haven't made a 99p coin yet?

They wouldn't be usable in pool tables...

 

[Mobius 1]

do you guys not find that your wallet gets clogged up with coins, and bogged down and heavy?

 

[Deadly Ferret]

do you guys not find that your wallet gets clogged up with coins, and bogged down and heavy?

No, not the men amongst us. Anybody who puts coins in their "wallet" is a woman putting coins into a purse!

 

[ojste]

i didn't even know these existed :/

 

[daz]

You weren't foolish. You realised that it was no different to having a £5 note and did the sensible thing rather then leaving it lying around until inflation renders it worthless.

Good point. The rise in value of the coin as a collector's item would probably have been nullified by inflation.

 

[Solaris]

I spent my last £5 coin on a mcdonalds when I was hard up for cash....

 

[Abyss]

Has anybody ever wondered why they haven't made a 99p coin yet?

Because the whole point of charging x.99 is so that the cashier has to open the till to get change out, so is far less likely to pocket the money. If it wasn't for this then most places would charge nice round x.00 prices.

 

[Wyrdo]

do you guys not find that your wallet gets clogged up with coins, and bogged down and heavy?

No, because coins go in a purse, for women. A wallet contains paper money only.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

We used to have some £10 coins, they had mine and my sisters birthdates stamped on them. Dunno if they had the actual day.