Coin news - various topics

Citation: "Camerinvs"​Interesting thread about the 50th today on Twitter, by Kate Ironside ─ Do you know who she is?
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Citation: "ZacUK"​ Forgot yesterday to mention the new UK £50 banknote ...
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​details were released yesterday, and it will be issued in just under three months.
​We already have the polymer £5 and £10 and £20 so this completes the series.
​https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56503741
​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

Citation: "Worldwide collection"​Hello this website is a good place to find out news about new banknotes.
​https://banknotenews.com/
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​Sadly I cannot find a similar website but for coins.

Citation: "BCNumismatics"​

Citation: "Worldwide collection"​Hello this website is a good place to find out news about new banknotes.
​​https://banknotenews.com/
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​​Sadly I cannot find a similar website but for coins.

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​Check out http://www.worldcoinnews.blogspot.com for coin news.
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​Aidan.

Citation: "ZacUK"​https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p179242
​ With the 2020 Olympics starting this month, it is now announced for 2032
​that Brisbane, Australia will be the host - so 11 years to produce commemorative coins.

Citation: "Worldwide collection"​

Citation: "ZacUK"​https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p179242
​​ With the 2020 Olympics starting this month, it is now announced for 2032
​​that Brisbane, Australia will be the host - so 11 years to produce commemorative coins.

​​I predict that they will produce Olympic 50 cents to 2 dollar coins.

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Citation: "ZacUK"​https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454.html#p179242
​​​ With the 2020 Olympics starting this month, it is now announced for 2032
​​​that Brisbane, Australia will be the host - so 11 years to produce commemorative coins.

​​​I predict that they will produce Olympic 50 cents to 2 dollar coins.

​​They will do more than that. The RAM will go berserk and the Perth Mint will go apeshit producing Olympic coins when we get to the 2032 Olympics to be held in my Hometown ... Brisbane
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​Cheers Mike

Citation: "ZacUK"​ Another offer of a £5 coin for £5 - post free. Normally only see those offers for
​their Poppy coins around Remembrance Day.

 In doing an occasional search on Westminster Collection website, to see if there are 

any ‘£5 coin for just £5’ offers that they do which I may have missed - and there is one … 

https://www.westminstercollection.com/p-551P/2021-Queen-Elizabeth-II-95-Birthday-Jersey-5-Pound.aspx 

and that coin (Jersey 2021 Queen Elizabeth 95th birthday) has a page on here … 

N#294543 

 No idea what date last year that offer started, but it is still current so I ordered mine now. 

 The coin arrived today and I made these quick pictures > 

Wow, that's great!  I wonder if the US mints do anything like that.

Bailiwick of Jersey - I feel like I need to apologize for being so American… I knew Jersey was a Channel Island but I didn't know, until I just did some googling, about its independent status.  In fact I'm still a little confused about the association with the UK, it seems complicated.  And I only knew “bailiwick” in the presumably derived and American usage meaning “area of expertise” (so for example, world geography is not in my bailiwick).

Back to the coin, I understand now that they have their own currency, so that this is 5 Jersey pounds.  Is the exchange rate fixed at 1-1 with the pound sterling?  (Tell me I didn't get some nomenclature wrong there too!) I do like the look of the coin.

Slipstreamed

Wow, that's great!  I wonder if the US mints do anything like that.

https://catalog.usmint.gov/product-schedule/2022/ which seems to be proof sets, uncirculated, and some commemorative issues like this medal (not currency) https://catalog.usmint.gov/james-knox-polk-presidential-silver-medal-S811.html

Edit to add the actual shopping page https://catalog.usmint.gov/

waisaacs

Slipstreamed

Wow, that's great!  I wonder if the US mints do anything like that.

https://catalog.usmint.gov/product-schedule/2022/ which seems to be proof sets, uncirculated, and some commemorative issues like this medal (not currency) https://catalog.usmint.gov/james-knox-polk-presidential-silver-medal-S811.html

 

Edit to add the actual shopping page https://catalog.usmint.gov/

Ah, I meant, does the US Mint sell anything for face value.

Slipstreamed

 

Ah, I meant, does the US Mint sell anything for face value.

Misunderstood.  Yes, I was surprised at the premium over face even for bulk coins.  Is there any real expectation of finding something so special that you would do this?

Gives “making money” a double meaning for them.

 Yesterday the BBC (on radio and television) made an announcement about themselves. 

As this year they are 100 years old the Royal Mint has made a commemorative 50 Pence coin. 

It was already in planning and production recently so still has Elizabeth portrait. 

https://www.royalmint.com/shop/limited-editions/100th-anniversary-of-our-bbc/the-100th-anniversary-of-our-bbc-2022-50p-brilliant-uncirculated-coin/ 

ZacUK

 Yesterday the BBC (on radio and television) made an announcement about themselves. 

As this year they are 100 years old the Royal Mint has made a commemorative 50 Pence coin. 

It was already in planning and production recently so still has Elizabeth portrait. 

https://www.royalmint.com/shop/limited-editions/100th-anniversary-of-our-bbc/the-100th-anniversary-of-our-bbc-2022-50p-brilliant-uncirculated-coin/ 

 

I have a request for this to be added pending.

Aidan.

 Saturday May 6th 2023 

That is when King Charles III will be in Westminster Abbey for the Coronation. 

 Just announced on the 6 o'clock BBC television news. 

Bummer, the BBC coin is more to ship than it is to buy. 🥲

waisaacs

Bailiwick of Jersey - I feel like I need to apologize for being so American… I knew Jersey was a Channel Island but I didn't know, until I just did some googling, about its independent status.  In fact I'm still a little confused about the association with the UK, it seems complicated.  And I only knew “bailiwick” in the presumably derived and American usage meaning “area of expertise” (so for example, world geography is not in my bailiwick).

 

Back to the coin, I understand now that they have their own currency, so that this is 5 Jersey pounds.  Is the exchange rate fixed at 1-1 with the pound sterling?  (Tell me I didn't get some nomenclature wrong there too!) I do like the look of the coin.

Both the Channel Islands & the Isle of Man are Crown Dependencies - which means that King Charles III is viceregally represented by Lieutenant-Governors.

Laws passed in Westminster cannot have effect unless any one or all of the Crown Dependencies are specifically named in the legislation.

In all other respects, the local legislatures can pass legislation independently that apply only within the Crown Dependency where the legislation was passed.

In the Isle of Man, Acts of Tynwald that have been passed & given Royal Assent by the Lieutenant-Governor has to be promulgated in a ceremony on Tynwald Day. Any Act of Tynwald that is not promulgated within 18 months of being passed ceases to have effect.

Have a read here;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tynwald_Day .

Aidan.

numinis

 

​Is the delivery free globally or just within the UK? 
I didn't notice the clarification of this point anywhere on that showy website.

In general, Westminster ship only to UK. For international shipping, you need to go for their WestminsterInternational website which offer much less range of products.

ZacUK

 Yesterday the BBC (on radio and television) made an announcement about themselves. 

As this year they are 100 years old the Royal Mint has made a commemorative 50 Pence coin. 

It was already in planning and production recently so still has Elizabeth portrait. 

https://www.royalmint.com/shop/limited-editions/100th-anniversary-of-our-bbc/the-100th-anniversary-of-our-bbc-2022-50p-brilliant-uncirculated-coin/ 

 

I was picked to get one of these for just 50p (free p&p):

A week later I was picked again for this one:

Nothing for years then 2 come along at once 😁

 A week or two ago I checked to see if there was going to be a 2022 Poppy coin, but found none. 

As in their usual ‘£5 coin for £5’ offer. Will have to look again this week. 

They had some for this year but not at £5 price. 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454-4.html#p935849 

2008 then 2011 to 2021 so far. 

 Reply received - there will be no 2022 £5 coin offer this year. 

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Thanks for getting in touch.
Re: £5 for £5 Poppy Coin
Unfortunately we are not doing the above item this year.
 For our full range of Poppy items, please visit our website at 

www.westminstercollection.com
 If you need any further help, please get back in touch at
www.westminstercollection.com/help  

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https://www.westminstercollection.com/p-775A/The-2022-RBL-Poppy-Shaped-Commemorative.aspx

Only this one available for £4.99 with free postage.

I've found this today:

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/gold-coin-newfoundland-archeological-discovery-scn/index.html

Remember that late 15th century coin found buried in Canada last year? This one is a little older.

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By the way, that gold coin is already here: N#53973 

From today's news:

An one-off plate-sized gold coin with diamonds was just unveiled:

https://edition.cnn.com/style/queen-elizabeth-coin-east-india-company/index.html

Coin hoard found in Scotland:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-67031984

This week  a Dutch cent dated 1818 was auctioned for € 110,000, making it the most expensive Dutch cent to date.

N#6540

The coin is shown and discussed in this news video (in Dutch, after the commercial):

https://www.ad.nl/video/productie/duurste-cent-ooit-geveild-in-nederland-409095

The man further informs us that the Dutch coins dated 1817 and 1818 were actually essays, which is not mentioned as such on the Numista pages.

It must be added that in those days, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg formed one country, so it's not just part of the Dutch numismatic history.

 So, it will be Remembrance Day 2025 soon - 

and I saw the 2022 Westminster Collection reply 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454-4.html#p1023214 

 and I listed the 2008 to 2021 (except 2009, 2010) £5 coins from Jersey 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454-4.html#p935849 

 so I guess 2023 and 2024 were also not issued in their '£5 for £5' yearly offer - 

maybe, but unsure if I checked at those times. 

 I looked today to see if a 2025 offer £5 was also being made. No - 

but, they are now making their first '£1 for £1' offer (plus £2.99 postage) > 

https://www.westminstercollection.com/p-426H/The-RBL-Poppy-One-Pound-Coin.aspx?sn=6&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22932220722&gbraid=0AAAAADzLOI1Ae-tjvku_PtjmwCcTt9kIB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsPzHBhDCARIsALlWNG0OfXb0l0VtPbi829nOrQsf3Zr4ql0HbzMfrKqq5qUld1RzPvUk7VQaAo3KEALw_wcB  [Quote: Limited to 1 item(s) per household] 

 All those were for the copper-nickel coins. 

2024 - N#435051 

but not sure if it was issued in a '£5 for £5' yearly offer. 

 Then missing are - 2009, 2010, 2022, 2023, 2025 - maybe. 

They also minted silver or gold versions, some colourised. 

The 2025 Pound - N#482606 

 Lastly, I think I am missing only these three > 

2011 - N#82620 

2017 - N#124247 

2024 - N#435051 

 then excluding 2009, 2010, 2022, 2023 I nearly have them all. 

 So just now I bought 2011 and 2017 - and 2024 soon maybe. 

‘2011 Jersey 5 Pounds coin poppy - 90th Anniversary edition coin cover - Only 5000’ 

‘Bailiwick of Jersey 2017 BUnc £5 poppy coin’ 

  Then almost complete, awaiting 2024 > 

ZacUK

 So, it will be Remembrance Day 2025 soon - 

and I saw the 2022 Westminster Collection reply 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454-4.html#p1023214 

 and I listed the 2008 to 2021 (except 2009, 2010) £5 coins from Jersey 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic6454-4.html#p935849 

 so I guess 2023 and 2024 were also not issued in their '£5 for £5' yearly offer - 

maybe, but unsure if I checked at those times. 

 

 I looked today to see if a 2025 offer £5 was also being made. No - 

but, they are now making their first '£1 for £1' offer (plus £2.99 postage) > 

https://www.westminstercollection.com/p-426H/The-RBL-Poppy-One-Pound-Coin.aspx?sn=6&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22932220722&gbraid=0AAAAADzLOI1Ae-tjvku_PtjmwCcTt9kIB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsPzHBhDCARIsALlWNG0OfXb0l0VtPbi829nOrQsf3Zr4ql0HbzMfrKqq5qUld1RzPvUk7VQaAo3KEALw_wcB  [Quote: Limited to 1 item(s) per household] 

 

 

 

The standard 2024 copper nickel remembrance 5 pounds from the Westminster Collection were not in a 5 pound for 5 pound offer however I did get an offer to buy that coin for around £20. It came in a presentation box with a poppy shaped commemorative non coin. 

 Ah, thanks - that answers my query. 

Hope I remember in a year to look out if they make another Jersey £5 offer, 

though it looks like the 100 year anniversary [2021] was the last. 

Notice its deceptive advertising - they charge £2 postage and handling (The FV of this coin is £1) and sign you up for a porgramme of 4 coins totalling £90. Just bait advertising in my opinion and a 3rd party mint/company for a British island (Known for their excessive and wallpaper/bubblegum like issues of stamps and coins).

Plus its muckmetal - you guys may love it, but this is pure grannybait. Its a sentimental topic that appeals to emotions and a good way for these 3rd party companies to milk people's emotions for profit.

Used to be the case that it was a Guernsey or Jersey commemorative 5 pound coin offered for face value and free postage and you could buy as many as you liked too. Then it slowly went to 5 pound for 5 pound face value with postage on top with 9 quantities allowed then 3 quantities allowed or so. (For swappers it was a good deal getting these commemorative coins at face value from small islands that foreign collectors go mad for). And then since Queen Elizabeth II died RIP they've began experimenting with coins like this new poppy pound though theres usually other commemorative 5 pounds they offer during the year for face value with postage on top and only 1 per household allowed and some of the face value £5 are offered if you subscribe to a set. Still a good company to buy from though nonetheless. 

 Only just found this story from last year 

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/72148 

 ‘Money bags found in leg of statue in German church’ 

Restorers working at St. Andrew’s Church in Eisleben in the 

east-central German state of Saxony-Anhalt, discovered four bags 

of coins from around 1640 in the cavity of the leg of a statue of a kneeling count. 

 Rather than their £5 for £5 offers they did in the past, 

Westminster Collection are currently doing this 50p coin for 50p offer [£2.99 postage] 

https://www.westminstercollection.com/p-709V/The-Concorde-50th-Anniversary-BU-50p-Coin.aspx?sn=v 

· Specifications
Country of Issue: Jersey
Year of Issue: 2026
Metal: Cupro-Nickel
Diameter: 27.3mm
Weight: 8g
Denomination: Fifty Pence
Reverse: Trevor Mitchell
Obverse: Jody Clark
Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated 

Order Ref: 185/709V/V

Limited to 1 item(s) per household

 I order mine just now. 

N#551742 

 The coin has arrived