£5 coins , anyone collect them

steeljack · 29-10-2007, 22:08

digging through my nightstand 'thingy' box (contains broken watches,collar stays,cuff links,tie-pins , loose foreign coins etc.) I came across a £5 coin dated 1999/2000, must have got it on my last visit to the UK ......anyway nowhere on the coin does it say what it commemorates, so after a bit of digging I found this site
British Coins: Type Collecting - 5 Pounds
seems it's a millenium £5 coin , but what surprised me was that the British mint has been issuing them annually since 1996 , wonder if anyone is collecting them and has the full set for passing down to their children or grand-children

Bonnyboy · 29-10-2007, 22:12

This has obviously passed me by, I never even knew of any £5 coins having been minted.

steeljack · 29-10-2007, 22:22

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

This has obviously passed me by, I never even knew of any £5 coins having been minted.

yep, mines still in the little green plastic bag from the TSB (trustee) so I guess they are legal tender ....has anyone tried to use one ? Ebay dosen't show them to be worth anything special

Less · 29-10-2007, 22:34

I collect £1, £2, AND £5 coins.

I also collect notes of any denomination and I'm not fussy about where they come from, anyone wishing to donate to my collection can P.M. me for the address I would like you to send them to!

slinky · 29-10-2007, 22:37

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Originally Posted by Less

I collect £1, £2, AND £5 coins.

I also collect notes of any denomination and I'm not fussy about where they come from, anyone wishing to donate to my collection can P.M. me for the address I would like you to send them to!

I like your style

Would you mind if I send you a note?? ...............................................

Telling you to p!ss off

BERNADETTE · 29-10-2007, 22:40

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Originally Posted by Less

I collect £1, £2, AND £5 coins.

I also collect notes of any denomination and I'm not fussy about where they come from, anyone wishing to donate to my collection can P.M. me for the address I would like you to send them to!

God loves a trier Less if your innundated with offers and find you have to much cash I take some off your hands

WillowTheWhisp · 29-10-2007, 23:05

My daughter has a few special commemorative ones.

Less · 29-10-2007, 23:14

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

My daughter has a few special commemorative ones.

They'll do for a start then Willow, ta.

alan7554 · 30-10-2007, 06:54

i have got 2 off them one is the queen mums 80th birthday edition and the other is the very rare sir winston churchill edition,so any offers please p.m me as they are still stuck in their plastic cases in a drawer

Neil · 30-10-2007, 09:00

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

God loves a trier Less

Someone has to love him

BERNADETTE · 30-10-2007, 09:03

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Originally Posted by Neil

Someone has to love him

Very true

thomas.lee · 30-10-2007, 11:13

My Millenium edition £5 coin was stolen when we got burgaled =( B**tards.

mallard · 30-10-2007, 23:07

try to keep hold of them,you may regret it if you part with them they may come of velue in time.

West Ender · 30-10-2007, 23:41

We have no £5 coins but we have some Crowns minted for things like Charles' wedding to Diana and the queen's silver jubilee, which is odd as they were no longer in use by then. I don't think they're worth much but then I didn't think my younger daughter's Natwest pig money box family was worth anything and, apparently, the full set (which she has) is worth about £200 now. She opened a Natwest account just to get the pigs and closed it when she'd got them all.

BERNADETTE · 30-10-2007, 23:46

My nieces did that, don't know if they got them all but would be very surprised if they didn't. They were a good investment