My school years? I left secondary school in 1988. So I spent pretty much all of my youth with £1 notes. Frankly I would love to see them brought back, I find the pound coins so clone-like of other countries currency. Bring back the old £1 note I say ! Hurray for Sterling !
Does anyone have a £1 note, £3 coin or a £100 note?
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My school years? I left secondary school in 1988. So I spent pretty much all of my youth with £1 notes. Frankly I would love to see them brought back, I find the pound coins so clone-like of other countries currency. Bring back the old £1 note I say ! Hurray for Sterling !
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Never heard of a £3 coin, got loads of £1 notes in my drawer hope they go up in value in the years to come.
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Cool, just overlapped my first couple of years
I think that the notes are very neat, I think pound coins to be too clunky. Start a petition! 
Pound note - kept in my wallet
Five pound coin for the millennium, with three commemorative £2 coins issued for the 1986 Commonwealth Games, 1989 Tercentenary of the Bill of Rights, and Euro 96. All obtained through shops, hence being a bit tatty
Five pound coin for the millennium, with three commemorative £2 coins issued for the 1986 Commonwealth Games, 1989 Tercentenary of the Bill of Rights, and Euro 96. All obtained through shops, hence being a bit tatty
I've got loads of old coins and stuff, here's a small selection:
Top row, left to right=
QEII Silver Jubilee Crown -1977
QEII Churchill Crown - 1965
QEII Half Crown - 1966
George VI 2 Shillings - 1948
George VI 1 Shilling - 1947
George V 1 Shilling - 1928
QEII Sixpence - 1965
George VI Sixpence - 1948
2nd row, left to right=
Queen Victoria Penny - 1886
Edward VII Penny - 1902
George V Half Penny - 1914
George VI Half Penny - 1942
George VI Farthing - 1945
QEII Half Penny - 1975
Top row, left to right=
QEII Silver Jubilee Crown -1977
QEII Churchill Crown - 1965
QEII Half Crown - 1966
George VI 2 Shillings - 1948
George VI 1 Shilling - 1947
George V 1 Shilling - 1928
QEII Sixpence - 1965
George VI Sixpence - 1948
2nd row, left to right=
Queen Victoria Penny - 1886
Edward VII Penny - 1902
George V Half Penny - 1914
George VI Half Penny - 1942
George VI Farthing - 1945
QEII Half Penny - 1975
all 8 of them in one nights
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I have a ton of £5 coins. Probably around 20 just gathered in draws around the house. Nothing else though, and nothing worth more than they're worth (if that makes sense).
if you are desperate for a £1 note go to Jersey in the Channel Islands
This. I have one somewhere.
I've got a £5 coin. I'll sell it for £20.
I'd love to see a shops reaction if you tried paying with that
Don't think most places would take the £5.
Yeah but then shops wouldnt have to take it (legal tender only applies to debt repayment iirc)
Ohh yeeaahh!
There's probably a lot of £5 coins about (well, not in relation to other coins, but they aren't rare) as they seem to get used to commemorate all sorts of stuff. My dad got a Nigel Mansell £5 coin in the early 90s for example.
Elizabeth Fry is on the current £5 Bank of England note:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/current/current_5.htm
