Any coin collecters here ?

Skywalker · 2 Jun 2006 at 22:49

Basically i found a coin in the loft when i was diggin around up there the today

The writting is as follows

Head side - Elizabeth || DET GRATIA REGINA F.D 1965
Tail side - A picture of winston churchill with his name round the side

It is the size of a £5 coin and silver in colour , Will take a picture when i find my camera lead :rolleyes:

Any help is brilliant , Thanks very much

Regards Skywalker

Rich1988 · 2 Jun 2006 at 22:52

find loads of old coins, wait till your like 80 and a grandfather, then say you have money for them to buy sweets and count out od hapennys and stuff

Sputnik II · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:03

Skywalker said:
Basically i found a coin in the loft when i was diggin around up there the today

The writting is as follows

Head side - Elizabeth || DET GRATIA REGINA F.D 1965
Tail side - A picture of winston churchill with his name round the side

It is the size of a £5 coin and silver in colour , Will take a picture when i find my camera lead

Any help is brilliant , Thanks very much

Regards Skywalker

I have a few of those, £5 crowns I think they are. Don't get too excited old coins are rarely worth more than their weight as scrap metal sadly.

G-MAN2004 · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:13

Get hold of these and they will be worth a bomb in 40 years or so:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

Sputnik II · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:15

I'm guessing you've found one of these ?

Gaijin · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:21

Skywalker said:
Will take a picture when i find my camera lead

God, give you my bloody camera lead and you go and lose it :rolleyes:

Sputnik II · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:41

Actually I shouldn't have bothered taking a picture of one, there is loads on the auction sites.

Lee2k4 · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:43

WE HAVE £5 COINS? :eek:

learn something new everyday

bottletop · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:45

G-MAN2004 said:
Get hold of these and they will be worth a bomb in 40 years or so:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

They are nice coins. I have a few krugers, sovereigns, maples and eagles but no britannias yet.

Sputnik II · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:47

Lee2k4 said:
WE HAVE £5 COINS? learn something new everyday

Yes, we have £5 coins but, you can't spend them in the shops. They are more for collectors. a £5 gold proof would cost you about £745 to buy !

bottletop · 2 Jun 2006 at 23:47

Lee2k4 said:
WE HAVE £5 COINS? learn something new everyday

no longer legal tender IIRC. The 1oz gold britannia is legal tender with a vlaue of £100 (but costs nearly £400). Same with sovereigns: £1 face value, £80 each to buy

Messiah Khan · 3 Jun 2006 at 00:47

bottletop said:
no longer legal tender IIRC. The 1oz gold britannia is legal tender with a vlaue of £100 (but costs nearly £400). Same with sovereigns: £1 face value, £80 each to buy

£5 coins are legal tender. Any minted coins are legal tender, it is however up to the company/bar etc, wether they want to accept them.

Skywalker · 3 Jun 2006 at 08:52

Sputnik II said:
I'm guessing you've found one of these ?

Yeah thats the one

Gaijin said:
God, give you my bloody camera lead and you go and lose it

Chronos-X · 3 Jun 2006 at 09:24

Theres a few £5 coins that just cost £5 kicking about, usually advertised in the pages of the Daily Mail etc.

fuz · 3 Jun 2006 at 09:42

I have one of those, its a churchill crown they produced as soon as he died in 1965, there are loads of them about (10 million?) i'm afraid so unless its in uncirculated condition it ain't gonna buy you much