Coin news - various topics

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This topic, over time, would mainly be about coins, sometimes banknotes, or stamps, etc.

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  I was looking for pages about the new U.K. 5p and 10p coins, and found some other interesting pages. Includes auction record price, Australian coin hoard, coin investment, and so on ...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Coin-investments-trump-FTSE-tele-1705118571.html?x=0

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/British-coins-unearthed-tele-2123872704.html?x=0

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-rare-1787-gold-coin-fetches-7-082110448.html

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/1793-penny-fetches-1-38m-062143732.html

http://in.news.yahoo.com/100k-pounds-gold-coin-commemorating-2012-london-olympics-113857611.html

 Also various answers on assorted questions in this link ...

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/Business___Finance/Coins___Currency/
Good God, 1.38 million for a penny. I would love to get along to the FUN convention some time, every year something crops up... out of state visitors, vacation, or most likely work.

Maybe next year. I will definitaly get some pictures to post and maybe slip a million dollar coin or two in my pocket while nobody is looking.
Non illegitimis carborundum est.  Excellent advice for all coins.
Make Numismatics Great Again!  
yeah we have to go to that fun convention next time,i go with you, X-D  an again thank zacuk for links :)
james
https://en.numista.com/news

  Not forgetting the news history of this very site. Some good information on there. A compilation of news over the years since this site started in 2007 year. Including reference to a coin site named Cypraea  - have you heard of it? No? Well it was the original name of Numista.
 The future news will include the 30,000 milestone in a year or two - there are 25,631 coins on here today. Number of members today is 13,387 - so getting towards 15,000 figure, and they are from 144 countries so nearly 150 count. And the five-year site anniversary - next month.  :)

P.S. Anyone creating a coin page recently may have seen that the numbers in the link are nearly at 30,000 already. But that is the number of pages created since March 2007, and about 4,000 of those have been deleted due to errors or duplications. Today the latest is this one - number 29,293 ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces29293.html
The very first coin on this site is still there also ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1.html
 Rare French coin discovered in U.K. - but the finder got in trouble
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253991/Woman-coin-worth-2-000-garden-prosecuted-reporting-treasure.html

  Ancient coins - information, especially for U.S.A. - plus other links at end of page.
http://rg.ancients.info/guide/ancients.html

  Not exactly news, and not sure whether to create a new topic, but this is fun !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ztMLSCo5Tk

  While on that site, here is a test for checking silver coins - as mentioned in other topics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ZUcIo5Gww
 The Royal Mint in UK issue a set of three gold coins for the Olympics - and though Olympics started in Greece, they decided (in error?) to put Roman gods on the coins ...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/it%E2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me--has-the-royal-mint-picked-the-%E2%80%98wrong%E2%80%99-gods-for-its-olympic-coins-.html

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/photos/olympics-gold-coins-slideshow/olympics-gold-coins-photo-1336058996.html


   The set of 9 in that second link costs £10,500 and is 'in production' on their site ...

http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/london-2012/gold-series

 ... and on there are two pages, with 17 different gold coin offerings, starting from £600  ``-
:8D  wow!!! thank you for update zacuk, an thats funny about the wrong gods on coin ,an those prices :(
james
  I thought for a moment new UK coins were going to be issued - I read the title as 'British pound set to launch' but it is Bristol not British - must get my eyes tested. Even so, I then wondered what the coins would look like, but reading the article I see no mention of them, just banknotes, i.e. "The notes feature symbols of local pride, from 19th century religious writer Hannah More to the Concorde aircraft, partly developed in Bristol, and images of the St Paul's Carnival Caribbean street festival."  :)

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/bristol-businesses-queuing-join-local-051017286.html
 
Quote: pnightingaleGood God, 1.38 million for a penny. I would love to get along to the FUN convention some time, every year something crops up... out of state visitors, vacation, or most likely work.

Maybe next year. I will definitaly get some pictures to post and maybe slip a million dollar coin or two in my pocket while nobody is looking.
If I had that kind of money, I would invest in new legs.
 This tells about UK legal tender values, and Scottish & Irish notes ...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-much-can-you-legally-pay-in-coins.html
:8D  wow !!! that is a good link, i did not know its that ruff in the u.k.
james
ZacUK ... that is a very informative link.
Quote: james wolfeyeah we have to go to that fun convention next time,i go with you, X-D  an again thank zacuk for links :)
Keep a space in your schedule for February(?) young feller. We will go look at some coins then drink a lot of beer.
Non illegitimis carborundum est.  Excellent advice for all coins.
Make Numismatics Great Again!  
Quote: pnightingale
Quote: james wolfeyeah we have to go to that fun convention next time,i go with you, X-D  an again thank zacuk for links :)
Keep a space in your schedule for February(?) young feller. We will go look at some coins then drink a lot of beer.
January 11 - 13.  I may come down for that myself.  :)
Quote: pnightingale
Quote: james wolfeyeah we have to go to that fun convention next time,i go with you, X-D  an again thank zacuk for links :)
Keep a space in your schedule for February(?) young feller. We will go look at some coins then drink a lot of beer.
:)  sounds good to me  :)
james
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/what-royal-memorabilia-is-worth.html

   UK Royal memorabilia values in general, and stamps - and includes a monster 1kg gold coin.  8~
  Two news items about eBay ...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/esnipe-win-more-ebay-100408009.html

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/money-saving-tips-bargains-and-freebies/shopping/12248/can-you-still-make-money-on-ebay
Getting ready for the world to collapse?

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120917/BLOG46/709179836/-1/BLOG04
 Four topics - about coins or banknotes ...

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/savings-investments-pensions/savings/12123/why-paying-in-pennies-may-land-you-a-fine

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/get-the-best-deal/scams/5237/how-to-spot-a-fake-1-coin

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/scams-and-rip-offs/scams/5261/how-to-spot-a-fake-banknote

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/50-note-thats-worth-820-115154045.html
  A £5 coin for £5 and free postage!
The Westminster Collection also gives a donation to The Royal British Legion.

http://www.westminstercollection.com/quickorder/details.aspx?qoc=999253Y0

   It is 'legal tender only in Jersey'. I have ordered mine, and it is 'limited to 1 item per household'.

  While on that site above, I saw a link 'Olympic 50p Swap Centre'.

http://www.westminstercollection.com/olympic-50p-swap-centre.aspx

   They do not do the swaps themselves, but ' You will then be able to search for collectors who are able to swap with you '. Below I split the long page with all 29 coins into two images ...



   The third image is on the same page, and on the blue bar when 'Coins' is hovered over it shows what else they sell. Including coins for U.S.A., Canada, Australia, China, as well as British Isles.
  Did not take them long; after ordering the above Poppy coin yesterday, I now today (Remembrance Day) got an email from The Westminster Collection announcing : 'Today we are releasing details of the new British Army Official Commemoratives. Struck to honour our former and current soldiers.'
  They do not say the face value (perhaps £5 again, like the Poppy) or the issuing country, but are offering both coins for £19.99 together (in a 2 for 1 offer).

                                         
Thank you ZacUK, and I wonder why the USA does not make these ??? :o
james
Quote: ZacUKDid not take them long; after ordering the above Poppy coin yesterday, I now today (Remembrance Day) got an email from The Westminster Collection announcing : 'Today we are releasing details of the new British Army Official Commemoratives. Struck to honour our former and current soldiers.'
  They do not say the face value (perhaps £5 again, like the Poppy) or the issuing country, but are offering both coins for £19.99 together (in a 2 for 1 offer).

                                         
This stuff is for propaganda and political gains.
  This one is not really news, and not about coins, but I have for ages (44 years) been trying to remember which country it was that had to dismiss the designer of a new banknote, as the leaves of the palm trees were made to look like they spelled out SEX in the way they were drawn on the note !

http://www.pjsymes.com.au/articles/oddities.htm

   I either read about it in a newspaper or saw it on television - and now I find it was a 1968 Seychelles 50 Rupee note with Queen Elizabeth II on it. Despite all that it was not decided to redesign the note !?
  That link has other banknote errors on there. Interesting read.  :D

           
I don't believe for 1 second that sex and the devil are un-intentional lol someone wanted to show off down the pub.. Oh look at my note it says sex ! How many man points were scored on that day ? Lol
  The poppy coin arrived on Monday, but could not take pictures until today. Too dark when I leave in the morning and when I get back. It comes in a velvet plastic wallet, and a capsule inside ...



   Not sure how long the £5 coin for £5 offer lasts for. The Jubilee one from the Royal Mint has already ended, and now costs more.
Zac do you live in Jersey ?

I can't see anything £5 for £5 on www.royalmint.com ?
  No, I am in England - and this WAS the old link for Royal Mint ...
http://ecommerce2011.staging.royalmint.sequence.co.uk/shop/U/UK12DJDD?__ja=tsid:38665
  It was a link in 2011 for the 2012 Diamond Jubilee crown - here is the current (£12.99) link ...
http://www.royalmint.com/shop/the_official_queens_diamond_jubilee_uk_5_pound_coin
 and a picture of the one I paid full price for after the original offer expired ...
https://en.numista.com/forum/images/5010431531bb1.jpg

  The Jersey link was mentioned earlier, but here it is (from Westminster Collection) ...
http://www.westminstercollection.com/quickorder/details.aspx?qoc=999253Y0
  and it is still current !

  So they are from different companies, and I guess the Westminster Collection got permission to use the same portrait as used by the Royal Mint. Similarly I saw the other day when my £5 coin arrived that the Westminster Collection are also selling UK 1840 Penny Black stamps, and are taking monthly payments for them. I only have the leaflet they included, but will see if I can find a link. Yes, here are two ...
http://www.westminstercollection.com/stamps/british-isles/historic-stamps.aspx
http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-L330/1840-Penny-Black-Stamp.aspx
  Doctor Who fans may like these ...

http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/interests/doctor-who

  Some 2013 UK coin designs ...

http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/2013-commemorative-coins

  Some coins for The Hobbit also ...

http://www.westminstercollection.com/by-theme/the-hobbit/coins.aspx

Fiji replaces Queen with animals...

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/australia-newzealand/article3628682.ece
  Thanks for adding to my Topic - glad someone else adds news as well !
I guess they got permission to remove the Queen from the banknotes; and I assume there might be new coins as well.  :)
And up goes the collectablity of the last years Fijian coinage !
Quote: terchuaFiji replaces Queen with animals...

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/australia-newzealand/article3628682.ece
That is sad.
Quote: ZacUKThanks for adding to my Topic - glad someone else adds news as well !
I guess they got permission to remove the Queen from the banknotes; and I assume there might be new coins as well.  :)
Eh, Fiji is banned from the Commonwealth. They are up to no good...

 
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coming-britain-plastic-banknotes-070053076.html

   Like Australia and Canada etc, the UK might in 2015 be also getting plastic banknotes.
banned from the benefits of the commonwealth but they are still regarded as a banned member, they still recognise the queen
Quote: ZacUKhttps://en.numista.com/news

  Not forgetting the news history of this very site. Some good information on there. A compilation of news over the years since this site started in 2007 year. Including reference to a coin site named Cypraea  - have you heard of it? No? Well it was the original name of Numista.
 The future news will include the 30,000 milestone in a year or two - there are 25,631 coins on here today. Number of members today is 13,387 - so getting towards 15,000 figure, and they are from 144 countries so nearly 150 count. And the five-year site anniversary - next month.  :)

P.S. Anyone creating a coin page recently may have seen that the numbers in the link are nearly at 30,000 already. But that is the number of pages created since March 2007, and about 4,000 of those have been deleted due to errors or duplications. Today the latest is this one - number 29,293 ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces29293.html
The very first coin on this site is still there also ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1.html
Cypraea- that sounds a bit weird.
Quote: Brittania
Quote: ZacUKhttps://en.numista.com/news

  Not forgetting the news history of this very site. Some good information on there. A compilation of news over the years since this site started in 2007 year. Including reference to a coin site named Cypraea  - have you heard of it? No? Well it was the original name of Numista.
 The future news will include the 30,000 milestone in a year or two - there are 25,631 coins on here today. Number of members today is 13,387 - so getting towards 15,000 figure, and they are from 144 countries so nearly 150 count. And the five-year site anniversary - next month.  :)

P.S. Anyone creating a coin page recently may have seen that the numbers in the link are nearly at 30,000 already. But that is the number of pages created since March 2007, and about 4,000 of those have been deleted due to errors or duplications. Today the latest is this one - number 29,293 ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces29293.html
The very first coin on this site is still there also ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1.html
Cypraea- that sounds a bit weird.
Cypraea is the name of a seashell (cowry) that was used as money in India and the Pacific Islands before coins (cowries are seashells used as money in a general sense).  :)
http://www.australian-threepence.com/blog/2010/02/exciting-new-australian-dollar-coin-discovery.html

   I was looking for the Venezuela mint for a different topic, and found this. A 2009 Australian error coin meant to be 25mm aluminium-bronze like the first link below. The second link is what the 24mm bimetal blank was supposed to be used for ...

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3148.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4540.html
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-vatican-no-longer-accepts-credit-or-debit-cards-091430579.html

 ' The Pope won’t take plastic any more. Visitors to the Vatican can no longer pay by credit or debit card. The Vatican is going cash only, with credit cards and debit cards no longer working in the micro-state. '
"In God we trust, rest strictly cash"! :D
Far over the misty mountains cold, to dungeons deep, and caverns old, New Zealand made these coins:

http://coins.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/2012/hobbit-unexpected-journey
Numista referee for Canada and Estonia.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/440128-rare-nl-coins-stolen-during-blizzard

^this sucks
Numista referee for Canada and Estonia.
Quote: eminemFar over the misty mountains cold, to dungeons deep, and caverns old, New Zealand made these coins:

http://coins.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/2012/hobbit-unexpected-journey
I hate how the whole country has gone hobbit crazy.  New Zealand post cancel letters with the stamp "carried through middle earth New Zealand by New Zealand post" and Air New Zealand have done their whole safety video with people from the movie.  It's so cheesy"
Quote: neilithicI hate how the whole country has gone hobbit crazy.  New Zealand post cancel letters with the stamp "carried through middle earth New Zealand by New Zealand post" and Air New Zealand have done their whole safety video with people from the movie.  It's so cheesy"
^I think thats awesome
Numista referee for Canada and Estonia.
  Maybe soon that anyone wanting to buy a gold coin will be able to afford them - hooray  8)

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/after-12-years-of-boom-gold-prices-bust-175201756.html
My question is when are the guinea £2 coins coming into circulation cos I'm buggered if I'm buying a bunc one from the RM
Haven't seen one yet but saw a Rio handover yesterday!
Did you nab it Ben ?

Have you not got any 2013 £2's to swap me yet ?
1 of each underground.

No  :o , the lady that told me about it also "collects" coins. She did say if she finds another she'll keep it for me.

I got a Kew Gardens 50 pence in my change yesterday at the coin fair at Embankment where I met manxcat!
I've not seen a Kew gardens,
 Ever I don't think my best change finds of late are x3 dictionary 50p's (spent1) and a 1908-2008 Olympics £2
Quote: bam7771 of each underground.

No  :o , the lady that told me about it also "collects" coins. She did say if she finds another she'll keep it for me.

I got a Kew Gardens 50 pence in my change yesterday at the coin fair at Embankment where I met manxcat!
That's a solid find... My friend got me a Kew Gardens from her change plus the King James 2£! Just gotta look. The guinea 2£ is sweet looking. :)
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/crash-for-gold---biggest-price-fall-in-30-years-160240793.html

   'Crash for gold: Biggest-ever single day fall in price'
  :8D  Unseen 1963 - yes dated 1963 - UK decimal pattern coins

http://www.royalmint.com/discover/decimalisation/unseen-ironside-designs

                            

  Those are just two of the six coins on the Royal Mint page - 1/2  1  2  5  10  20 pence prototypes.  :)
very nice, thank you zacuk !!!
james
  I know not a coin, but today I heard on the radio that in 2016 there will be a new £5 note issued in the U.K. - it will bear the image of Winston Churchill in front of the Houses of Parliament. Shows how far ahead the Bank of England plan these things! :)

P.S. Thinking about it, with reference to an earlier post I made, I wonder if it will be one of these new-fangled polymer notes then?!
  Now found some links, and also image of it ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/26/winston-churchill-new-five-pound-note
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22306707

  Appeared in UK news today, though reading this it seems was already noticed in Canada in 2011 ...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/perplexed-canadians-ask-bank-canada-093336255.html
Quote: ZacUKAppeared in UK news today, though reading this it seems was already noticed in Canada in 2011 ...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/perplexed-canadians-ask-bank-canada-093336255.html
LMAO! I love the idea of disgruntled Canadians writing to the BofC complaining that the smell of maple is not strong enough!  :O
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.

Coin catalogue referee for England, United Kingdom & pre-Union South Africa.
Banknote catalogue referee for England & United Kingdom.
 After the above announcement in two years for Churchill on UK £5 note, there is news today on £10 will be Jane Austen possibly. Also on the page below are links to news about bitcoins, and fake £1 coins ...

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/jane-austen-waiting-wings-feature-115300373.html
Why don't you write stuff like this for the homepage?
Catalogue referee for British, English and Scottish coins.

Le référent pour des pièces britannique, anglais et écossais.
 Wouldn't know how, but hopefully someone who does can look at the links I give and take it from there I guess.  :)

P.S. Sometimes what I mention above aren't about coins,  8~
e.g. the Jane Austen banknote.
  I was looking for something else to do with coins, and this page appeared in search results. Not really current news, but it shows, on one page, all designs (single metal and bi-metal) of all UK £2 coins. Most of the newer ones I have not seen yet but I guess they will appear in circulation over time ...

http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/two-pound-coin
Poland to discontinue the 2zł commemorative coins in 2014. In their place, there will be just 2 issues of commemorative 5zł coins (1 200 000 mintage each). The commemorative coins will now be the same in size and weight as their circulating counterpart.

http://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,14361419,NBP_chce_zachecic_Polakow_do_kolekcjonowania_monet_.html

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Latvia's new € coins...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skm_WsXczVY

http://www.zwei-euro.com/news/artikel/a/2013/08/06/article/originalbild-2-euro-kursmuenze-lettlands-veroeffentlicht.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-attacked-by-furious-restaurant-staff--receives-100-000-coins-in-compensation--105252200.html#aN5wxKo

 Four hundred kilograms of coins to sort through.  B.
                              

   Today it was announced in UK that the Royal Mint have released the first-ever twenty pound coin. Very limited issue of only a quarter of a million. In future other £20 designs will be released, and today's has George and Dragon on it, as shown above.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412091/Royal-Mint-releases-20-coin-Features-classic-St-George-Dragon-design.html

  Additionally, it is .999 silver and only available direct from the Royal Mint. Their product code is UK13FVS and right now it is pre-order only, for shipment starting end of next month. Limited to three per household and UK orders only. No details if or when a circulation coin will also be made, just this silver coin for now.
 Best part it is their occasional offer like the £5 coin for £5 they had a while ago, as this is a £20 coin for £20 - they do charge £5 for registered post when one or two coins are ordered, but if over £45 spent i.e. three ordered (like I did, the maximum of 3 coins, for family) then postage is free.  :)

http://www.royalmint.com/shop/UK_2013_20_pound_for_20_pound_Fine_Silver_Coin_George_and_the_Dragon
I ordered 3 of them
silver addict Latvian
  Well, that makes you and me ordering the maximum, so like us if everyone orders 3 of them then there are just over 80,000 UK households going to be lucky when the postman delivers them in early November.  :D

250,000 / 3 = 83,333
:D  thank you zacuk !!!
james
Since that equates to about $31USD, I'm guessing it's a 1 ounce coin?
"What we are is not as important as what we aren't"
Quote: glorkarSince that equates to about $31USD, I'm guessing it's a 1 ounce coin?
No, it is little bit more as half an ounce - 15.71g, but if you can get bunc silver coin for face value - you can't be wrong .
silver addict Latvian
Quote: ZacUKWell, that makes you and me ordering the maximum, so like us if everyone orders 3 of them then there are just over 80,000 UK households going to be lucky when the postman delivers them in early November.  :D

250,000 / 3 = 83,333
I am sure there are people who can manage to get more as 3 just coins- just give money  to few good friends to order more coins.
silver addict Latvian
  I guess tomorrow the Brazil mint will start working on new coins for release in three years - the handover from them to Japan, announced today for 2020.

                                  

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces36721.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces36934.html
 There are two coins for the London 2012 handover to Rio, so maybe the 2016 Rio to Tokyo coins will be a 1 Real and 5 Reais as well. And Japan will no doubt make their own commemorative coins also.  :)
Ok, so I definitely need a 2020 100 yen. My granda gave me a 1964 one when I was little and it holds a very special place in my heart it was also my first silver coin. So to have the 2020 one would be great !
Very Inspiring Story this, http://gulfnews.com/life-style/people/coin-collecting-security-guard-aims-for-guinness-world-record-1.1230120
“A man without a hobby is only half alive.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Now there's a guy who is either not married or has a VERY understanding wife. Spending up to 1/3 of his month's salary on a single coin? I know what my better half would do if I tried that.
  A two-colour Jersey £5 coin for £5 with free postage ...

www.coronationcoin.com

 That is the link I saw just now on a television advertisement. It leads to ...
http://www.westminstercollection.com/quickorder/details.aspx?qoc=X23837K1



 Only 1 per household, and with the gold embellish only 60,000 issued. I ordered one just now.  :)

- - - - - - - - - -

 If you have £495 (either paying at once, or 5 of £99 payments) they issue a large 65mm limited edition of only 450 sterling silver with gold Guernsey £10 coin as well ...

http://www.westminstercollection.com/p-M360/The-Coronation-Jubilee-Silver-5oz-Coin.aspx

  With reference to what I wrote above on 5-Sep
The package arrived today from the Royal Mint - a week or two earlier than they said.




https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces49069.html
I received mine today! Beautiful coin.
 :~
my wait continues !
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p80133
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p86412

   With reference to what I mentioned on here a year ago, I see today in the Radio Times an advert for the 2013 coin, which is issued for Jersey and is a £5 coin for £5 post free - which sounds good. So looks like the Westminster Collection will be making them every year. Here is the 2013 link ...

http://www.westminstercollection.com/quickorder/details.aspx?qoc=489513K0
 It states on there 'Limited to 1 item(s) per household' and I have ordered mine today.  :)

I wonder how long this offer will remain on the westminster website this time....hopefully till I get paid in a couple of weeks  X-D
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p189609

   As mentioned above, the Jersey £5 coin 1953-2013 has been released. Mine arrived today (a few days late) and it was on a card, and a velvet pouch supplied with it. I can not work out what they were thinking - they actually GLUED the coin to the card.  :snif:  :8D  (8
 Took me ages to gently unpick the hot melt glue they used from the coin, being careful to not touch the coin directly and holding it by the edge using a tissue. I think I got it all; surely it does not cost much to send in a plastic capsule - makes me wonder how the 2013 poppy coin will arrive (I am sure last years one did not get glued to a decorative card). Anyway, here a three night-time pictures of me holding it ...



https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43287.html
  Phew - the 2013 poppy coin came in a plastic case inside a velvet holder, fitted into slots in a card ...



Daylight pictures to follow in the coin page https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces52083.html
Phew, that's a relief. I have mine on order, just waiting for it to be delivered.

Edit 24/11 - Arrived yesterday, only just got round to posting.  Not the greatest of pics:

 
  A story from six months ago; I have only just seen it ...
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/royal-mint-is-accused-over-5-coin-thats-not-worth-a-penny-8630466.html


 New designs from the Royal Mint ...
http://news.coinupdate.com/category/royal-british-mint/







 Complete 2014 UK coin set (with 50p and £2 not shown above) ...
http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_2014_United_Kingdom_Annual_Coin_Set

  In the UK the Royal Mint have issued three albums for (young) collectors to put their own coins in ...

50 Pence http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Great_British_Coin_Hunt_50p
  1 Pound http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Great_British_Coin_Hunt_1_pound
  2 Pound http://www.royalmint.com/shop/The_Great_British_Coin_Hunt_2_pound



 So they are like the album they issued for the London 2012 Olympics 50 Pence series. For that album they also issued a completer medallion, and they do so again for the above three ...

50 Pence http://www.royalmint.com/shop/50p_Completer_Medallion_for_Collector_Album
  1 Pound http://www.royalmint.com/shop/1_pound_Completer_Medallion_for_Collector_Album
  2 Pound http://www.royalmint.com/shop/2_pound_Completer_Medallion_for_Collector_Album



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153319/Thats-worth-pretty-penny-The-1-000-Jubilee-coin-costs-60-000-buy.html

 I only today saw this article; but it is from 1 June 2012
In the UK the Royal Mint released a gold coin with face value one thousand pounds. Weight one kilogram and diameter 100 millimetres, with 60 gold £1,000 coins minted. They also issued a silver version with the same design and size and weight, but face value £500 and 1,250 minted.
 The coins 'feature the Royal Coat of Arms that grace the gates of Buckingham Palace, depicted in astonishing detail by the master sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley'.
 :love:
That's very interesting.  The gold coin at one kilogram would contain something like £25,000 worth of gold.  But with the silver coin the face value is actually pretty close to bullion value.  1 kilo of silver at current prices would be worth around £420
California Couple Finds $10M in Gold Coins Buried in Yard
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-couple-finds-10m-gold-coins-buried-yard-n38471
“A man without a hobby is only half alive.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  Discovery (by metal detectorist) of a UK 1579 coin (435 years old) in Vancouver Island, Canada ...

http://home.bt.com/news/oddnews/coin-discovery-could-change-history-11363881676242
  The 16 most beautiful banknotes in the world ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/9064314/Can-Bristols-banknotes-match-the-worlds-most-beautiful-currencies.html
 and on the panel on the right are > or < arrows to go to the next image; also on that page there is a link to the 17 most beautiful coins in the world (though I disagree with most of their coin choices).

 There is also a link on there to the 10 most expensive coins in the world ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/10652379/The-10-most-expensive-coins-in-the-world-in-pictures.html

P.S. Last week a lady at work gave me a banknote that her husband brought back from an overseas trip; now I see it is a different version of number 14 on the above banknote list !
  Five nice links (for UK coins) seen today (some are more recent news, others a bit older) ...

2014 Year of the “Mule”: the Royal Mint confirms Lunar Year and Britannia striking errors
http://blog.changechecker.org/2014/03/31/2014-year-of-the-mule-the-royal-mint-confirms-lunar-year-and-britannia-striking-errors/

3d to a £1 – the rebirth of Britain’s most popular coin design
http://blog.changechecker.org/2014/03/20/3d-to-a-1-the-rebirth-of-britains-most-popular-coin-design/

25 pence – the ‘unknown’ denomination
http://blog.changechecker.org/2014/04/02/25-pence-the-unknown-denomination/

Are there valuable coins in your pocket?
http://blog.changechecker.org/2013/11/18/are-there-valuable-coins-in-your-pocket/

Wanted – Britain’s most sought-after coins
http://blog.changechecker.org/2013/09/10/wanted-britains-most-sought-after-coins/
1974 D Aluminium Cent worth up to quarter million dollar  :8D  http://www.ahametals.com/penny-saved-net-pair-250000/
“A man without a hobby is only half alive.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  Wow - nice - thanks.  :)
I'm sure whoever buried the gold coins in California was to protect them from seizure from the Government when owning Gold coins with face value became illegal because the US Gov wanted the dollar to depreciate to create an artificial prosperity (Great depression was the final result of that stupid measure).

And maybe the owner died suddenly without telling anyone about his heritage.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Actually erdvilla, wikipedia tells me that people were still allowed to keep $100 dollars worth of gold coins, as well as any with special numismatic value. Also, this happened in 1933, 4 years after the crash of 1929, which was the start of the great depression. And if you read the papers today, you'll read about how every country wants to have their currency depreciate (China being the most famous perpetrator) so as to make their exports more competitive.
http://www.royalmint.com/Pre-register/2014-20-Pound-Coin

 The Royal Mint in the UK announces the second issue of a silver £20 coin.
The first issue has sold out. The second issue will be released in a few months, and will be struck to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War. Perhaps it will also be a £20 for £20 offer.  :°

 No images of the reverse design for it yet on there; and on the same page is a link for the 2017 new design £1 coin - the bi-metal 12-sided type.
  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

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