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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35938341)

The list i saw was 1. Kew Gardens at 210K then 2. Sir Isaac Newton 1.8 million, but i may have got it wrong.

https://www.royalmint.com/discover/u...9-Kew-Gardens/

EDIT

The graph on this page gives the mintage when hovered over if it is correct i don't know.

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/02...ever-released/

You are almost certainly right snoop, 210k rather than 10k and x10 ish for 1.8 million, told you I didn't pay it that much attention!!

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Originally Posted by Kursk (Post 35938377)

I have one of the "AK47" fivers that were all the rage last year. Mine is especially rare because it has an image of Gary Oldman (done up like Churchill) on the reverse. It's genuine and I put it up for auction.

Some ebayers are rather rude people :tiptoe:

I had an old fiver with micky mouse in the foil bit instead of the queen, people were rude about that when I tried to spend it, except the police that is, they seemed rather taken with it and were really quite determined to find more of them

Just found 1 of these in my change, not sure if it is worth much, but i will keep it.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1553951431

I've got a Kew Pagoda 50p.

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Plus AA01 027000 Tenner

and a few AA01 fivers

I've got a silver 2p coin

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Originally Posted by Gavin78 (Post 35989273)

I've got a silver 2p coin

How did you get that, is it worth much?

My mum has a few German coins which have a Swastia on the, the coins are illegal in Germany IIRC

I have some Farthings.

I had a girl guide 50p but it's not rare so I spent it. :D

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35989278)

How did you get that, is it worth much?

I'm not sure to be honest, I'm sure it's fake with silver spray on it or something as it looks like someone has scratched it and it's showing some copper. Also it sticks to a magnet which I'm sure none fake ones don't.

But I found it clearing out a large plastic bottle of copper I had been building up over the last few years.

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Originally Posted by Gavin78 (Post 35989337)

But I found it clearing out a large plastic bottle of copper.....

Copper and Silver. So why do bank coin bags refer to them as BRONZE and Silver? :dozey:

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35989338)

Copper and Silver. So why do bank coin bags refer to them as BRONZE and Silver? :dozey:

Because the banks are wrong. "Copper" coins are 97% copper.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...e-made-of.html

Umm.. from your link...

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Bronze (97pc copper, 2.5pc zinc, 0.5pc tin) until September 1992

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Copper-plated steel since September 1992

I have a few that I've collected over the years. I have several of the UK Olympics 50 pences and the D-Day 50p from sometime in the 90's.
I also have the Jemima PuddleDuck 50p and a few other from that series.

I had a KEW gardens long ago and never gave it a thought and my son told me about them but I had already spent it. Silly Me

I had the girl guide one but it's not valuable so I spent it.