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  A 2014 Guernsey £5 coin for £5 and no post/packing charges ...
http://www.westminstercollection.com/landing-pages/dedicated-to-grandpa.aspx?sn=A&gclid=CKim2Z3OpL4CFQP3wgodiXAAeQ

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
james
                                                   

   Anyone collect stamps? I do not (but will keep these anyway) and today I went to the Post Office to send an airmail letter. I saw a sheet of nice-looking stamps the cashier had and asked what they were. She said they were 1st class (£0.62) stamps released today - with a film theme. They are as shown ...


       A matter of life and death                    Lawrence of Arabia                     2001: A space odyssey
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Verweis : ZacUK

   Anyone collect stamps? I do not (but will keep these anyway) and today I went to the Post Office to send an airmail letter. I saw a sheet of nice-looking stamps the cashier had and asked what they were. She said they were 1st class (£0.62) stamps released today - with a film theme. They are as shown ...


       A matter of life and death                    Lawrence of Arabia                    2001: A space odyssey
I have a termite problem in my drawers, that is why I don't collect paper money or post stamps, it would only be gourmet dinner for the mites. Some of my mom's oldest books have been completely drilled from cover to cover as if it was an Alien's acid blood drop  :~
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Feb. 2014  http://bigstory.ap.org/article/calif-couple-strike-10-million-gold-coin-bonanza

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
I read that a couple of months ago, a crazy find.
Imagine finding nearly 1500 of anything? Let alone gold coins.
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
  Not current news, but this page has four sets of hand drawings of experimental coin designs from about 50 years ago, before the UK went decimal ...

https://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/designs_for_uk_decimal_coins.aspx
'The designs that can still be seen on the UK’s coins are all shown in these original drawings, although some appear on coins of different denominations'.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
 In today's news, in the UK the £2 coin is banned from supermarkets ...
http://home.bt.com/news/uknews/shoppers-banned-from-using-2-coins-11363912593703
which reading further is only some Morrison's supermarkets, and only in the self-service part. It is as some foreign coins are fooling the coin machine.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
 I got a leaflet in the post for a UK 12-piece 2014 coin set, but I thought there were only 9 coins usually; the 1p 2p 5p 10p 20p 50p and £1 £2 £5 issued. Then I read it and there are two 50p and £1 and £2 designs - the standard 50p and the Commonwealth Games 50p - the Scottish £1 and the Irish £1 designs - the 1914 World War £2 and the 1514 Trinity House £2 coin. So that solves that, and makes face value £12.38 total. The set has each coin issued in a tamper-proof protective capsule (individually numbered), and comes in a box with two trays of six coins per tray. And it is a limited issue, there will be 2,014 sets released, to match the year. They are Brilliant Uncirculated specimen coins, so not even Proof condition. The set price? £150 which makes me wonder where the £137.62 difference goes? Can also be bought in 5 interest-free monthly payments. It is called the Date Stamp set, and comes officially postmarked by the Royal Mail with the date 1st January 2014 - so I wonder have these been made eight months ago and not sold well?!  :°

www.westminstercollection.com/datestamp
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
More like it's Westminster pocketing the cash for some "excellent idea".

I bought the UNC set for my daughter: it was £50 from the Royal Mint.
cant have been made 8 month ago really though when the relay ran through the mint last month they started production !
http://home.bt.com/news/uknews/royal-mint-cashes-in-with-tiny-coin-11363935458592

 A tiny coin measuring 8mm across has been unveiled as the smallest created by the Royal Mint in nearly 1,000 years.


 Available in gold or silver, the delicate coin weighs a 40th of an ounce and has been minted as part of a wider collection produced to celebrate Britannia, who first appeared on coins in Roman times.
 The coin - the smallest the Mint has produced since the Norman Conquest in 1066 - is just under half the diameter of a 5p piece, which measures 1.8cm.
 Just 9,650 of the gold coins have been minted and they are available to buy from the Royal Mint at £50. The silver coins are available as part of a set which costs £200, with 1,750 available.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Verweis : ZacUKhttp://home.bt.com/news/uknews/royal-mint-cashes-in-with-tiny-coin-11363935458592

 Royal Mint cashes in with tiny coin

A tiny coin measuring 8mm across has been unveiled as the smallest created by the Royal Mint in nearly 1,000 years.


 Available in gold or silver, the delicate coin weighs a 40th of an ounce and has been minted as part of a wider collection produced to celebrate Britannia, who first appeared on coins in Roman times.
 The coin - the smallest the Mint has produced since the Norman Conquest in 1066 - is just under half the diameter of a 5p piece, which measures 1.8cm.
 Just 9,650 of the gold coins have been minted and they are available to buy from the Royal Mint at £50. The silver coins are available as part of a set which costs £200, with 1,750 available.
I can see lots and lots of those turning into jewelry  :°

(Not by melting or drilling them, but simply by placing them in bracelets or necklaces held as gems)
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
You could mount them on a ring too
 Yes ! I also tried to find better pictures of what they would look like ...

https://twitter.com/RoyalMintUK



http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Britannia_2014_Fortieth_Ounce_Gold_Proof_Coin
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Verweis : ZacUKYes ! I also tried to find better pictures of what they would look like ...

https://twitter.com/RoyalMintUK



http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Britannia_2014_Fortieth_Ounce_Gold_Proof_Coin
"They look pretty now, but when they grow they will be ugly and you won't want them anymore"...  :P  If they grew I'd wanted them even more.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
2012  https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p86412
2013  https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p200322
and now ...
2014 http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-100P/The-2014-100-Poppies-5-Pound-Coin.aspx?sn=5&gclid=CKXP6Kr2wMECFcfMtAodb3kADQ


 It is their £5 coin for £5 offer and free postage. Limited to 3 item(s) per household.
Specifications:
    Diameter: 38.61mm
    Weight: 28.28g
    Metal: Cupro-nickel with coloured printing
    Obverse design: Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
    Legal tender only in Jersey
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
 The above coin arrived just now - it is rather nice.

 For the 100 years 1914~2014 there are 100 poppies in the reverse design.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces65666.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Nice one Zac

Mine's still on order awaiting delivery :)

Arrived today - 28/11/14, beautiful coin!
 A £5 coin for £5 and free postage.  :)
http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-909L/The-Reflections-of-a-Reign-5-Pound-Coin.aspx

 The Reflections of a Reign £5 Coin for just £5

'On 9th September this year, Her Majesty the Queen will reach a new milestone when she becomes our longest reigning monarch – ever. You can now own a newly issued £5 coin on the lead up to this momentous occasion.'
'Best of all, if you reserve your coin today it can be yours for just its face value - £5 for £5. POSTFREE.'

Order Ref 185/909L/6
Limited to 3 item(s) per household
Specifications:
    Legal tender only in Guernsey
    Obverse design by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
    Actual size of coin: 38.61mm

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
They won a fortune!

http://news.coinupdate.com/langbord-family-wins-back-seized-saint-gaudens-double-eagles-4790/
“A man without a hobby is only half alive.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  Price £5.00 (+ £0.00 p&p) - so a £5 coin for £5 and free postage.  :)
http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-909L/The-Reflections-of-a-Reign-5-Pound-Coin.aspx?sn=A&gclid=CLj4g830hccCFWWWtAodZtMJ6w



 'On 9th September this year, Her Majesty the Queen will reach a new milestone when she becomes our longest reigning monarch – ever. You can now own a newly issued £5 coin on the lead up to this momentous occasion.'

Specifications:
Legal tender only in Guernsey
Obverse design by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
Actual size of coin: 38.61mm
Limited to 3 item(s) per household.

EDIT: Also just now seen it advertised below Numista pages ...
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http://www.westminstercollection.com/landing-pages/red-arrows-five-pound-landing-page.aspx?prodsn=5&gclid=CPebtqmipMgCFSWw2wodRF0JGQ

The famous Red Arrows aerobatic team have a £5 coin (Jersey 2015), and it costs just £5, post free, from the Westminster Collection.

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Thanks for the information. Just ordered 1 :)
Thanks ! I also looked on there for the 2015 Jersey £5 Remembrance poppy coins (like they have done for the last three years), but nothing so far. That too is their nice £5 coin for £5 offer. Will keep looking over next few weeks ...

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p288694
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Yes, please post if you find anything on the Remembrance ones. Have got 1 of them the last 2 years (didn't get the 2012 one). Thanks :)
I wanted to order one too, but I can only register on that site with a British Isles based address.
I can order one for you; not sure though how much UK to Belgium postage would be. Up to a certain weight it is £1.52 so maybe that's it - depends on what packaging they use.
A while ago I ordered a coin for a member in France, and there was an option on the ordering page to select a delivery address other than my own; cannot remember whether that was the Royal Mint, Pobjoy Mint, or Westminster Collection (I am a member of all three sites). Then again the offer is £5 with free postage (so I guess that means UK to UK), so maybe they would charge extra for overseas postage, so may be better anyway for them to send it to me first, and I then send to you. Send me a PM with your details if you wish me to order one, Essor Prof. :)
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Thank you very much ZacUK, that's highly appreciated.
I'll send you a PM.
Hey ZacUK,

Whilst I was ordering the Red Arrows £5 coin the other day I also came across this Jersey £5 coin, same deal - £5 coin for £5, free postage. So, ordered one of these too:

http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-955V/The-Longest-Reigning-Monarch-5-Pound-Coin.aspx

Phil
Haven't found a Remembrance poppy coin on Westminster Collection site, but I have found this one on the Royal Mint's website: £13 + £3(p+p)

http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Remembrance_Day_2015_Alderney_5_pound_Brilliant_BU
Thanks !
That 2015 Remembrance £5 is issued this month by Westminster Collection ...
http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/news/fundraising/ww1-commemorative-poppy-coin-raises-131-000/

"Following the success of last year, the new annual Poppy coin for this year will available during the 2015 Remembrance period from October."
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Have a read here; http://www.worldcoinnews.blogspot.co.nz/ .

Aidan.
It arrived today ...
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p368321

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Ha ha, ditto, mine arrived today too. Going to post the pic on "October purchases" though :)
Finally, the new Poppy Coin has hit Westminster Collection website:

http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-102P/The-2015-Remembrance-Day-5-Pound-Poppy-Coin.aspx

Just ordered one for myself :)
Gosh - thanks! I have not looked on there since last week, and now ordered mine too. :)
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Very sad news indeed!

http://www.coinweek.com/bullion-report/canada-melts-first-circulating-canadian-gold-coins/
“A man without a hobby is only half alive.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Arrived today; pictures are a bit dark as it is nearly evening here. 8)

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Beat me to it again lol, mine arrived today as well :D

Should get mine by the end of the week.

As an aside, how often do the Westminster Collection release the £5 for £5 coins?
Not just the yearly poppies, but the other Jersey/Guernsey £5 coins.
I've only just started collecting these, so just wondering what number I'm looking at.

Thanks.
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
I'm not sure exactly how often they do release them, i just keep checking on their website quite regularly to see if any have been released, but just as an example, this year so far I have bought the following £5 for £5 coins from there:

Jersey
Battle of Waterloo
Red Arrows
Remembrance Day 2015
Longest Reigning Monarch (awaiting delivery)

Guernsey
Reflections of a Reign
Great, thanks.

I received the red arrows and the reflections last week.
Waiting delivery of the remembrance day and longest reigning.
So looks like I'm just missing the Battle of Waterloo.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available now.

Edit:
Although I have just found the Churchill £5 for £5 (Jersey 2015)
http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-641Q/The-Winston-Churchill-5-Pound-Coin.aspx
in case you're interested.
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
Ooooo, I didn't see that one, I want, I want lol.

Will have to wait till I get paid on Friday and I will order, hopefully they will still have in stock :)
Verweis : "BizzoDoes"​So looks like I'm just missing the Battle of Waterloo.
​Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available now.

​I have found this one on ebay (cheapest I could find that was still in it's capsule):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battle-of-Waterloo-2015-5-five-pound-coin-BUNC-in-capsule-/181898637029?hash=item2a5a00eee5:g:Fn0AAOSwBLlVdYi6

I couldn't wait till tomorrow to order the Churchill one so I've ordered it today lol :)
Thanks for the link, unfortunately I've already spent more than I've planned to this month. Hopefully they will still be available after my next payday.
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
Churchill coin arrived today. At least this one was in a capsule. When I got my "longest reigning monarch" coin on Friday it was just the coin in a Westminster wallet, luckily I had spare crown sized capsules.
The 2016 commemorative coins appear to have been announced, 8 in total:
http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/2016-commemorative-coins
(Sets available to pre-order)

1x QEII 90th Birthday £5
3x Shakespeare £2
1x Fire of London £2
1x First World War £2
1x Last round definitive commemorative £1
1x Battle of Hastings 50p

https://www.facebook.com/NumismaticsUK/posts/1632777837009885
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
Today, the managing director and mint master Maarten Brouwer of the Royal Dutch Mint has announced his resignation from the job. He is forced to do so because the financial situation of the mint has become a mess 8.

The mint would be facing bankruptcy if it weren't for the support of its single shareholder, the Dutch government.
The main cause of the financial problems is a fiasco with an order from the Chilean National Bank for 850,000,000 Chilean Pesos. First there was an issue packaging the coins and then the Chilean inspection rejected the coins because of 'oxidant spots', followed by a fine for underprestation.
Another cause is insufficient revenue from non-circulating legal tender commemoratives: this is a commercial activity of the RDM, for which they have to refund the nominal value of the coins to the Dutch state. But the cost-revenue balance of this activity is negative.

For who can read Dutch, or an automated translation, here's the article in today's Volkskrant:
http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/nederlandse-munt-in-diepe-crisis-door-wanorde-en-mislukt-chileens-avontuur~a4178536/
The UK has issued their first colourised coin - to commemorate 150 years
of Beatrix Potter the Royal Mint have issued a 50 Pence with Peter Rabbit on.
My friend Tracey who brings sandwiches round the industrial estate where I work told me
this morning that she was online for two hours last night in a queue to get one; and
then found out they cost £55 so she did not order one!
I looked just now on their page (link below) and that is the price for the silver proof colourised version; the standard non-colourised coin is £10 which is a bit better.
http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/150th-anniversary-of-beatrix-potter-2016#product-listing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/peter-rabbit-coins-are-sweet---but-its-beatrix-potter-who-deserv/


P.S. I can see why she had to wait - I am myself in a queue online even though I just want
information to put on here, and am number 579 (now down to 381) in their queue currently ...

Now I am on there and here are the standard coin images ...

and eventually there will be 3 other Beatrix Potter 50 Pence coins issued to make a 4-piece set.
Hopefully they will also be issued for circulation at some time. Maybe.
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Anyone Interested in US coin design competition?

April Stafford, Director of the Office of Design Management at the U.S. Mint, discusses the ‪#‎WWICoinDesign‬ Competition. Check out the full story here: http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-drive/2016/03/april-stafford-u-s-mint-solicits-designs-for-wwi-coin/
“A man without a hobby is only half alive.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A £5 coin for £5 offer with free postage.

http://www.westminstercollection.com/landing-pages/hm-qeii-90th-five-pound-coin.aspx?prodsn=5&gclid=CNnqlaaSpcsCFfMV0wodhm8HTA
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Verweis : "ZacUK"​ A £5 coin for £5 offer with free postage.

http://www.westminstercollection.com/landing-pages/hm-qeii-90th-five-pound-coin.aspx?prodsn=5&gclid=CNnqlaaSpcsCFfMV0wodhm8HTA
​Nice one, thanks Zac.
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
Someone told me that on the radio today was news about a new UK coin.
I assumed it was something being released, and looked to see what it
would be, but I think it was this ...
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/production-begins-12-sided-1-230101329.html
which as it says on that link is starting production today, but released for circulation next year.



P.S. Further down that page it mentions the world's most expensive coin,
at over $10 million - the 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar coin.
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Verweis : "ArnoV"​Today, the managing director and mint master Maarten Brouwer of the Royal Dutch Mint has announced his resignation from the job. He is forced to do so because the financial situation of the mint has become a mess 8.

​On November 5th, I shared the news that the Dutch mint master resigned from his job. This, by the way, is the reason that 2016 dated Dutch coins have a small star next to the sails privy mark: the star indicates that the particular coins were minted with an interim mint master in charge.

Today, the Dutch government announced that they are seriously 'reconsidering their financial position' in the RDM, which is a nice way to say that they want to get rid of it.

So, if you ever wanted to buy not just coins, but a complete mint, this might be your once in a life time opportunity!
A colleague in work has just informed me about this, Royal Mint Experience opening on 18th May, so thought I would share:

http://www.royalmint.com/the-royal-mint-experience/whats-here

I think me and my dad are going on a road trip to Cardiff :)
Zimbabwe to print own version of US dollar.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36210680

It's a bit of a misleading title from the BBC, here's the context:

Zimbabwe is set to print its own version of the US dollar in order to ease a cash shortage in the country.
Central bank governor John Mangudya said the cash, known as bond notes, will be backed by $200m (£140m) support from the Africa Export-Import Bank.
The specially-designed two, five, 10 and 20 dollar notes will have the same value as their US dollar equivalents.
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
Probably old news, though today I saw this page ...
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2016-01-01/shakespeare-and-beatrix-potter-appear-on-royal-mints-new-coin-designs-for-2016/
where this year's UK coin designs are shown. I knew about the rabbit 50 Pence
but not the others.


50p Beatrix Potter
50p Battle of Hastings

£2 William Shakespeare
£2 Great fire of London
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Verweis : "ZacUK"​ Probably old news, though today I saw this page ...
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2016-01-01/shakespeare-and-beatrix-potter-appear-on-royal-mints-new-coin-designs-for-2016/
​where this year's UK coin designs are shown. I knew about the rabbit 50 Pence
​but not the others.


​50p Beatrix Potter
​50p Battle of Hastings

​£2 William Shakespeare
​£2 Great fire of London
It's strange that the Beatrix potter coins which they're also releasing other characters over the next few months aren't available with the proof sets. There's also a Rio Olympics 50p which I'm not sure whether it will enter circulation.​
Looks like the other 3 Beatrix potter character coins will be released in June/July/August:

http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/150th-anniversary-of-beatrix-potter-2016
(8 Crazy prices for the new UK £5 plastic banknote ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172371147628 £5,350 [52 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282217453919 £11,300 [31 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322284970766 £15,000 [1 bid] [2 notes]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322282881268 £35,100 [ 5 bids ]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112156793568 £40,099 [2 bids] [4 notes]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262658330875 £6,700 [47 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232094701066 £50,000 [1 bid]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152267568937 £25,100 [27 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262669527222 £15,000 [4 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201689019412 £29,999 [1 bid]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291907568110 £5,000.01 [1 bid] [4 notes]
and so on ...

Myself I now have four of them, and knowing my luck if I sold them I would get £20 for the lot. :(
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I thought that British people don't have much sense of humor, I was wrong. :O
Verweis : "ZacUK"(8 Crazy prices for the new UK £5 plastic banknote ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172371147628 £5,350 [52 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282217453919 £11,300 [31 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322284970766 £15,000 [1 bid] [2 notes]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322282881268 £35,100 [ 5 bids ]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112156793568 £40,099 [2 bids] [4 notes]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262658330875 £6,700 [47 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232094701066 £50,000 [1 bid]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152267568937 £25,100 [27 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262669527222 £15,000 [4 bids]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201689019412 £29,999 [1 bid]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291907568110 £5,000.01 [1 bid] [4 notes]
​ and so on ...

​What?? Can someone explain what's going on here? I know there are gullible people, but that gullible? Or is it that they think it's priced in Zimbabwean dollars, not British pounds? B.
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Verweis : "pcarey2003"​Looks like the other 3 Beatrix potter character coins will be released in June/July/August:

http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/150th-anniversary-of-beatrix-potter-2016

​I haven't seen any other than peter Himself like and it's October !
Verweis : "jimpop"
​interesting !
Verweis : "Camerinvs"
Verweis : "ZacUK"(8 Crazy prices for the new UK £5 plastic banknote ...
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172371147628 £5,350 [52 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282217453919 £11,300 [31 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322284970766 £15,000 [1 bid] [2 notes]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322282881268 £35,100 [ 5 bids ]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112156793568 £40,099 [2 bids] [4 notes]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262658330875 £6,700 [47 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232094701066 £50,000 [1 bid]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152267568937 £25,100 [27 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262669527222 £15,000 [4 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201689019412 £29,999 [1 bid]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291907568110 £5,000.01 [1 bid] [4 notes]
​​ and so on ...

​​What?? Can someone explain what's going on here? I know there are gullible people, but that gullible? Or is it that they think it's priced in Zimbabwean dollars, not British pounds? B.
I just clicked through a few of these and the first few have serial numbers that start with AK47 and a couple there start with AD42, which was the number for the USS Acadia, a US ship that was sunk off the coast of Guam ​for funsies.

I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
Verweis : "MonaSeaclaid"​​I just clicked through a few of these and the first few have serial numbers that start with AK47 and a couple there start with AD42, which was the number for the USS Acadia, a US ship that was sunk off the coast of Guam ​for funsies.

​I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

​I didn't know about AD42, but I wondered whether the AK47 number was enough for this non-sense. Those morons will have the shock of their life when they try to sell those back for a profit.

If I were to try to comfort the guy who paid £50,000 for a £5 note, I would tell him that he actually paid only £49,995. (8 Not sure he would like that very much.
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Verweis : "Camerinvs"​​I didn't know about AD42, but I wondered whether the AK47 number was enough for this non-sense. Those morons will have the shock of their life when they try to sell those back for a profit.

​If I were to try to comfort the guy who paid £50,000 for a £5 note, I would tell him that he actually paid only £49,995. (8 Not sure he would like that very much.

​Yes but it has the name of a popular gun on it.
Verweis : "Camerinvs"
Verweis : "ZacUK"(8 Crazy prices for the new UK £5 plastic banknote ...
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172371147628 £5,350 [52 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282217453919 £11,300 [31 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322284970766 £15,000 [1 bid] [2 notes]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322282881268 £35,100 [ 5 bids ]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112156793568 £40,099 [2 bids] [4 notes]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262658330875 £6,700 [47 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232094701066 £50,000 [1 bid]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152267568937 £25,100 [27 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262669527222 £15,000 [4 bids]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201689019412 £29,999 [1 bid]
​​http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291907568110 £5,000.01 [1 bid] [4 notes]
​​ and so on ...

​​What?? Can someone explain what's going on here? I know there are gullible people, but that gullible? Or is it that they think it's priced in Zimbabwean dollars, not British pounds? B.
​Let's be sensible people and not believe everything we see on eBay!
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.

Former coin and banknote catalogue referee.
Verweis : "radrick007"
Verweis : "Camerinvs"​​​What?? Can someone explain what's going on here? I know there are gullible people, but that gullible? Or is it that they think it's priced in Zimbabwean dollars, not British pounds? B.

​​Let's be sensible people and not believe everything we see on eBay!
​But how can one "trick" eBay into doing that? If you just buy your own coin or bill with another account, you will still pay a commission to eBay, right?

I would expect eBay to be extremely sophisticated when it's time to protect the system against fools. When the customers' confidence goes, eBay goes.
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Has there been any official reply from the authorities on the incredible shrinking abilities of the new polymer note?

They should feel deeply ashamed about the failing quality control, and it would suit them if they summoned all notes back for destruction. I, and maybe a lot of people with me expect this to happen, and that would turn the polymer fiver into a collector's item shortly. But paying 50.000 at this moment, when you can still easily get them for face value, is beyond comprehension.
ArnoV wrote:
"Has there been any official reply from the authorities on the incredible shrinking abilities of the new polymer note?"

I didn't know there were problems. What do you mean by "shrinking abilities"?

The UK had the Australian and Canadian experience to rely upon. Short of putting the bills into fire (which some idiot did here when they learned the bills were almost indestructible), I don't know of any problems here. At first, though, people thought the bills were difficult to count, but it's just because they were used to the feel of the cotton-based bills. I hear no-one complain now.
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Someone told me last week that the UK new £5 note shrinks if it is accidentally
left in a pocket when items put in a tumble dryer. These are in the news ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/03/people-are-shrinking-their-new-5-notes/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1902028/this-is-why-you-dont-tumble-dry-the-new-5-notes/

http://home.bt.com/news/odd-news/dont-tumble-dry-that-fiver-new-plastic-5-notes-are-shrinking-in-the-heat-11364102930262
:snif:
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Wow ─ I would pay at least £40,000 on eBay for a shrunk note! :8D

It looks like we have the same situation in Canada, but what do you expect? This is polymer. The only solution is to go back to metal for all currency.
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I already have the 2012, 2013, 2014 coins (cannot remember if I got the 2015) ...
http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-609U/Lest-We-Forget-5-Pound-2016-Poppy-Coin.aspx?
from that company, with their £5 coin for £5 and free postage offer. Here is the 2016 coin.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Thanks for the update, I've been waiting for the new one to come out. Just ordered 2, one for me and one for a work colleague.

Phil
Thanks - mine arrived today ...
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
That was the quickest delivery from them ever, the 2 I ordered both arrived today 4 days after ordering!

Phil
A Dutch 1867 silver guilder was auctioned today for 104,550 Euro. That's a record breaking lot of money for a Dutch coin.

The news feed mentions that only three were made, two for the Paris World Expo and one for a Rotterdam coffee trader who gave it to an American trading partner.

Numista and NGC say that there are four coins.

Read an article (in Dutch) here.
Westminster Collections latest £5 for £5 offer:

Sapphire Jubilee £5 coin



Mine should be despatched tomorrow :)
Did not know about that - thanks, ordered one also. :)
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
If anyone in US is getting one, I would like one also. I can buy and pay for shipping (preferred) or swap.
Mine arrived today (not in a capsule):

I NEED one! :snif:
Verweis : "nthn"​I NEED one! :snif:
​ Just opened post and I see mine has also arrived - I can send you this one if you like,
and I can reorder myself another. :)

Excuse the poor quality night-time pictures with artificial light.
Can make better ones tomorrow, if needed.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Are you adding this to the catalogue? Just checking before I duplicate an entry :)

Thanks,
Phil
I was just thinking about that; I am not going to add it, currently - you can add if you like. :)
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
No probs mate I'll do it now. I'll add my photo's for now, but if you want to add better ones at some point feel free. :)
I have just seen a picture of the nice 2017 UK Jane Austen £2 coin,
and wondered what other coins the Royal Mint will be releasing this year ...
http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/the-coins-of-2017

50p ~ Sir Isaac Newton
£1 ~ the new 12-sided coin
£2 ~ First World War aviation
also
£5 ~ King Canute
£5 ~ The House of Windsor
'There are more commemorative designs to be released that will also enter circulation'.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Looks like we are going to have our work cut out updating the Anglo-Saxon period of the England catalogue!

http://news.sky.com/story/coins-discovery-will-re-write-anglo-saxon-history-10747167

Here's another article on the hoard, including some cool pictures of some beautiful silver coins!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/watlington-hoard-saxon-and-viking-treasure-from-the-time-of-alfred-the-great-discovered-in-a6768421.html

It seems we may have done Ceolwulf II our own injustice here on Numista by not including any of his coinage in our catalogue so I intend to put that right soon.
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.

Former coin and banknote catalogue referee.
Rick very beautiful coins , they look in better condition then some new coins. The only thing to say is nice, very nice. thank you Rick great reading
It is, what it is, or is it.
Very tabloid though. Not really rewriting anything.
Verweis : "Ragnarr"​Very tabloid though. Not really rewriting anything.
​You're right that the articles themselves don't actually break anything new as such but if you read into it more, what they are suggesting is that far from being a pawn of the Vikings, Ceolwulf II was actually in league with Alfred and at least assisted in driving them out of Mercia and Wessex. There is also mention of a coinage with dual portraits of Alfred and Ceolwulf but I haven't tracked down any of those yet. As you can imagine, it is a fascinating period in our history, particularly for someone who was born and raised in East Anglia.
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.

Former coin and banknote catalogue referee.
Hey Rick if you track down an image of the coin with Alfred and Ceolwulf on it, please post. Would very much like to see
It is, what it is, or is it.
Hey Rick would that be the only coin in English history with two different kings of England on it ?
It is, what it is, or is it.
Verweis : "radrick007"
Verweis : "Ragnarr"​Very tabloid though. Not really rewriting anything.
​​You're right that the articles themselves don't actually break anything new as such but if you read into it more, what they are suggesting is that far from being a pawn of the Vikings, Ceolwulf II was actually in league with Alfred and at least assisted in driving them out of Mercia and Wessex. There is also mention of a coinage with dual portraits of Alfred and Ceolwulf but I haven't tracked down any of those yet. As you can imagine, it is a fascinating period in our history, particularly for someone who was born and raised in East Anglia.
I've studied the period, I do find it fascinating. But it does not rewrite anything that Ceolwulf was considered an equal of Alfred or not. It doesn't even really change anything, it doesn't negate what the Chronicle says, that he allied himself to the Norsemen.
Pompey and Caesar were great allies before trying to kill each other.
Verweis : "ALLRED1950"​Hey Rick would that be the only coin in English history with two different kings of England on it ?
​With coins (and foreign ones, not home-minted) only starting in the 600's and England being united in 927, it's not very surprising.

There have been coins with Elizabeth II and Edward VIII on them, as well as Elizabeth II and Victoria. George V had one with his father as well.
Verweis : "ALLRED1950"​Hey Rick would that be the only coin in English history with two different kings of England on it ?
​Sorry, I made a slight error earlier, it turns out there were coins found with the likeness of two Roman emperors together, some had the name of Alfred and some had Ceolwulf, which were previously unrecorded.
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.

Former coin and banknote catalogue referee.
Verweis : "Ragnarr"
Verweis : "ALLRED1950"​Hey Rick would that be the only coin in English history with two different kings of England on it ?
​​With coins (and foreign ones, not home-minted) only starting in the 600's and England being united in 927, it's not very surprising.

​There have been coins with Elizabeth II and Edward VIII on them, as well as Elizabeth II and Victoria. George V had one with his father as well.
​I can't be sure but I suspect Daryl's question was more related to circulating coinage rather than medallions or tokens.
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.

Former coin and banknote catalogue referee.
yes Ragnarr there are even stamps with two different king or queen on it. But not ruling at the same time.

oh Rick that would have been something new , and something to see
It is, what it is, or is it.

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