Today I want to show..... (Non PM coins / base metal coins)

[Bullionaire]

More a "Today I found", but there wasn't a thread for that... cleaning out the wardrobes/loft today and came across these...

 

 

[ChrisSilver]

Thank you for sharing.

Moved to a new topic "Today I want to show..... (non PM coins / base metal coins)" in the 'Non Precious Metal Coins / Base Metal Coins' section. I will also pin it for the time being as there is space as only one other pinned topic in this section currently.  

[Bruce06]

Full set of Elizabeth II Penny, except for the impossible 1954😅

[Bruce06]

[PrivateStacker195]

Nine Gibraltar 2008 Xmas coins and I paid £45 altogether. Not bad seeing as they sell on eBay for £35-£39 each 😄 flip these and buy a bit of gold

[Bruce06]

Lovely Elizabeth Farthing

[Britannia47]

A trip down memory lane!  Unfortunately, I remember the last year before decimal currency 1970. Lovely coins, and a couple of the bank notes of the time

Total including the 10/- and £1 note = £1 . 17s . 4-1/2d  (One pound, Seventeen shillings, and four pence halfpenny)  Doing sums with old money was a nightmare!   Pence then was 'd' not 'p' 😂

For Bruce06, the farthing was demonetised in 1960. Before that with 12 farthings (3d) you could buy an ice-cream!

Edited July 21, 2022 by Britannia47

[Britannia47]

Another old proof set. 1937 George GVI coronation, including a Maundy set of 4 coins. After the debasement of silver in 1920 silver dropped from .925 to .500. After decimalisation in 1971 silver returned to .925. Apparently the Queen wanted to give away proper silver Not .500!
 

[Bruce06]

3 hours ago, Britannia47 said:

Another old proof set. 1937 George GVI coronation, including a Maundy set of 4 coins. After the debasement of silver in 1920 silver dropped from .925 to .500. After decimalisation in 1971 silver returned to .925. Apparently the Queen wanted to give away proper silver Not .500!
 

A very lovely set👍

[Britannia47]

On a more modern theme I’d like to show a few 1989 nickel-brass  commemorative £2 coins which attracted me a few years ago, (with apologies  for the 2 silver Piedforts) The pairs shown are the English Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Right. The top 4 are Unc. 5&6 are Piedforts. 7&8 are Proofs. 9&10 are BU. Usually the Claim of Right is more expensive than the Bill of Rights. I believe @Stuntman likes these as well!😄 Underrated and overlooked IMO

Edited September 20, 2022 by Britannia47

[Britannia47]

For those who remember the old 6d, this was a way of saving for the Radio or Wireless license after 1946 before most people had a TV. It cost £1 then. Therefore 40 of these 6d coins would do the trick. Todays TV License is £159!…..

 

[Bixley]

I have one of those myself. I’m surprised you referred to that new fangled radio licence. It was always a wireless back in the day. My parents wireless had on the dial stations such as Paris, Berlin, Rome, Warsaw. Also Daventry which I could never get my head round. A bit like Del Boys Paris, Rome and Peckham. It was only after I moved to Northamptonshire that I realised the role Daventry had in the development of radio. A couple of miles away is the place   where the first detection of an in flight aircraft was made, the location marked by a commerative plaque. 

[SidS]

I have developed a real love for these cartwheel twopences.

 

[paulmerton]

Aluminum proof blue dragon 🐉

[JamesH]

Just a bunch of uncirculated cupro 2023 KCIII uncrowned 50p’s. Quite fun to pick up some coinage that isn’t all about PM’s

[Bruce06]

21 hours ago, JamesH said:

Just a bunch of uncirculated cupro 2023 KCIII uncrowned 50p’s. Quite fun to pick up some coinage that isn’t all about PM’s

Visited post office days ago, they said they will have it, but still don't have schedule about the availability timing.

[AaaGee]

22 hours ago, JamesH said:

Just a bunch of uncirculated cupro 2023 KCIII uncrowned 50p’s. Quite fun to pick up some coinage that isn’t all about PM’s

Can i ask where you got these from? Got the other design but a few of these in the kitty wouldn't go a miss.

[HerefordBullyun]

3 minutes ago, AaaGee said:

Can i ask where you got these from?

 

He made them himself. Works down the mint - init!

[Zhorro]

47 minutes ago, AaaGee said:

Can i ask where you got these from? Got the other design but a few of these in the kitty wouldn't go a miss.

 

They started to be distributed via Post Offices about 10 days ago.  They are on eBay for £5+ each.

[JamesH]

59 minutes ago, AaaGee said:

Can i ask where you got these from? Got the other design but a few of these in the kitty wouldn't go a miss.

Local Post Office. Had a word with the guys in there and they grabbed me a few 👍🏼

[Britannia47]

Fifty State Commemorative Quarters 1999 - 2008

Collected most of these in the U.S. several years ago during a rail trip East to West.

Interesting what  each State has chosen to represent itself….

 

[MickB]

Picked up two rolls of 1 Lipa coins that are now obsolete in Croatia after they adopted the Euro on the 1st. January. A ten euro cents coin for scale. As there are 100 lipa coins in total here, when they were currency they were worth just 13 euro cents.