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4 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

I would not even qualify, as I think you have to be "Born in the USA", although I bet the first one wasn't.

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Sort of. George Washington was a native Virginian, but born when it was still a British colony. The eighth president, Martin Van Buren, was the first to be born a citizen of the USA.

1 hour ago, Fastnick said:

I was very happy to have picked this 2009 Kookaburra up on eBay on Sunday evening for just £16.00 (plus VERY modest P&P charges)

 

That's a beauty. Love the art-deco styling.

2 hours ago, CadmiumGreen said:

Speechless...

What a stunning coin!

2 hours ago, Caratacus said:

The one thing you have to remember about these coins was to work in the duo-decimal system so even the lowest of the low shop assistant had to be pretty numerate.

If you had to add say 5 items at 7s4d & 3 farthing together  you really had to have your wits about you.

[If you didn't know there were :  20 bobs to the pound;  or 10 florins; or 4 dollars; or 8 half crowns; or 40 tanners;  or 240 coppers (or  if your really old bun pennies!); 480 'appneys; or 960 farthings;    oooooh and 80 threepence.  And if you were at school at the time of the change over you had to learn the decimal translation which was'nt a direct translation -  so 12 coppers became 5 np  and 4d and 5d  2np.   Lucky they had fingers and slide rules....   ]  

The Churchill crown is a super bit of history (he would have sorted Brexit);  but I don't think there was any silver in general circulation coinage post 1947.

Sorry no idea about values.... but I can guess... still quite a nice little presentation to pass down multiple generations ........

 

 

And to think my Nan used to complain that the new decimal system was confusing!

8 hours ago, Spanishsilver said:

Today I received this set. 

I don’t think it’s worth anything. 

Thank god im not old enough to remember them. 

Anyone got any information about them. Am I sitting on a super rare coin?

nah didn’t think so. 

Nice! The shillings need switching around though (single lion is the Scottish version).

@Lr103 Nice! I have the copper one.

20 minutes ago, firestacker said:

I promise you it looks better in the flesh. Photos don't do it justice. Get one, you won't be disappointed 😊

I want to eat it! Don't know what's come over me.

@firestacker That Geiger bar is beautiful!

37 minutes ago, AppleZippoandMetronome said:

Had this come through the door today. It is a commemorative set of Canadian quarters that was released in 1992 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Confederation. Each quarter features an image chosen to represent one of the provinces or territories that make up Canada. This is a special one for me. I remember these quarters coming out in 1992 and trying to collect all of the cupronickel versions in change. I wasn't even 10 yet when I started collecting them in 1992 and it took years to get them all through change but this is the first set I ever collected. There isn't a lot of value here due to how many were minted but it is a very nice thing to have in hand. Lots of nostalgia for me.

These are beautiful. I spent four weeks in Canada in 1990 as a teen (visiting Alberta and BC).