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[mertax 0]

My Collection:

2004 50p Roger Bannister

1971 2p (From first ever lot to go in circulation)

1979 2p

1971 1p

1988 2p

2000 2p

2001 1p

2005 1p

2005 2p

1997 2p

[Gary D 76]

My Collection:

2004 50p Roger Bannister

1971 2p (From first ever lot to go in circulation)

1979 2p

1971 1p

1988 2p

2000 2p

2001 1p

2005 1p

2005 2p

1997 2p

That's how I started out, collecting from change, 40 years ago.

[scott 144]

some thing is have found in currecnt circulation and various storage around the house

1976-86 VF-Aunc pennies-2p's

1975 thin planchet 5p

1985 50p AVF (682,103 mintage)

all 4 1992 10p types

double struck obverse 1992 10p

2 x small head 2x large head 1992 20p

1994 d-day 50p

2002 england commonwealth games £2 (650,500)

2008 old design £1 x5 (3,910,000)

2008 old design 2p x2 (10,600,000)

2008 old design 20 x2 (9,720,000)

2008 old design 20p x2 (11,900,000)

2008 olympic £2 (910,000)

btw those old designs even with 10's of millions minted is still very low

[1949threepence 3,367]

My Collection:

2004 50p Roger Bannister

1971 2p (From first ever lot to go in circulation)

1979 2p

1971 1p

1988 2p

2000 2p

2001 1p

2005 1p

2005 2p

1997 2p

That's how I started out, collecting from change, 40 years ago.

I would love to have been around in those days of circulating lsd. Not that you had that long. It would have been good to have been 12 about 1950, with about 20 good years of collecting from change, possible

I may be wrong, Gary, but I would bet that only the older bronze remained in active circulation, and that you hardly ever got older (say pre 1920) silver in your change. Not sure why I say that ~ just a strange hunch.

Did you ever get a pre 1860 young head penny from your change ?

[DaveG38 405]

My Collection:

2004 50p Roger Bannister

1971 2p (From first ever lot to go in circulation)

1979 2p

1971 1p

1988 2p

2000 2p

2001 1p

2005 1p

2005 2p

1997 2p

That's how I started out, collecting from change, 40 years ago.

I would love to have been around in those days of circulating lsd. Not that you had that long. It would have been good to have been 12 about 1950, with about 20 good years of collecting from change, possible

I may be wrong, Gary, but I would bet that only the older bronze remained in active circulation, and that you hardly ever got older (say pre 1920) silver in your change. Not sure why I say that ~ just a strange hunch.

Did you ever get a pre 1860 young head penny from your change ?

Hi 1949threepence,

I'm not quite of an age where I got a prolonged run at coins from change, but when I was 16 in 1966 I worked for J Lyons teashops during my school holidays and was often employed on the till in the tea shop so I saw a lot of pre-decimal coins on a daily basis. I was also able to swap interesting coins for my fledgling collection, which was fun. However, decimalisation was coming by then and most of the interesting stuff was already gone from change, but not all.

You are certainly right that pre-1920 silver material was non-existent - I don't recall getting any. Even pre-1947 was scarce, especially for the 1920s and was always in well worn condition. I never saw any silver Edward VII or Victoria coins. Victorian pennies in completely worn out state were fairly easy to find with pretty much only the date left on them, but they were still thrilling because of their age.

Just three gems I found over as many years. First was a 1890 penny in at least GVF maybe NEF. The second was an 1866 Jersey 1/13 shilling in EF, but totally black, not a hint of lustre. I think whoever gave it to me thought they were passing off a foreign coin and getting away with it. The third one was quite extraordinary. A man came in, bought a cup of tea for 6d and gave me a GVF 1826 George IV shilling in payment. I looked at it said, 'what the hell's this then' or something similar. The guy then said 'well its a shilling,' so I shrugged and put it in the till. Later on, I exchanged it for a modern shilling and it still has its place in my collection along with the two above. Its not in the highest of grades, nor is it an uncommon date, but I think it was the trigger for my collecting coins at that time, something I left off during the 1970s and 80s and picked up again in the 90s.

[davidrj 194]

My interest was kindled by getting a GVF bun penny (can't remember date) on the 23 bus, stunned by the design I started collecting other bun pennies as they came my way.

Growing up in Liverpool when it was still a thriving seaport, there was a lot of foreign stuff in circulation; Irish, Australian and S.African pennies etc, as well as the odd French bronze 10c and Argentinian 2cvos. Still collect all bronze pennies

I remember occasionally seeing very worn Victoria halfcrowns and shillings, but silver coins ate far too much into my pocket money to keep

[Peckris 579]

My Collection:

2004 50p Roger Bannister

1971 2p (From first ever lot to go in circulation)

1979 2p

1971 1p

1988 2p

2000 2p

2001 1p

2005 1p

2005 2p

1997 2p

That's how I started out, collecting from change, 40 years ago.

I would love to have been around in those days of circulating lsd. Not that you had that long. It would have been good to have been 12 about 1950, with about 20 good years of collecting from change, possible

I may be wrong, Gary, but I would bet that only the older bronze remained in active circulation, and that you hardly ever got older (say pre 1920) silver in your change. Not sure why I say that ~ just a strange hunch.

Did you ever get a pre 1860 young head penny from your change ?

You're pretty much right - in the late 60s you would still find a few old bronzes, but many more if you got 5/- bags from banks and looked through them. Pre-1920 silver was virtually impossible to find in change, but pre-47 came along fairly often, though never in grades you'd get excited about. My haul (from memory) was a 1926ME penny, two 1936 EF, a handful of 1946 mint dots, a 1953, a few nice halfpennies : 1909 GVF, a 1935 EF lustre, a 1938 Unc lustre, 1952 GEF lus, 1953 GEF lus, and a 1949 3d bit. Not too much to boast from wasted lunchtimes spent pestering the banks.

One thing wrong with your 1950 12-yr-old theory : back then, a kid wouldn't have had enough pocket money (if any) to keep any decent silver coins that came his way!

My interest was kindled by getting a GVF bun penny (can't remember date) on the 23 bus, stunned by the design I started collecting other bun pennies as they came my way.

Growing up in Liverpool when it was still a thriving seaport, there was a lot of foreign stuff in circulation; Irish, Australian and S.African pennies etc, as well as the odd French bronze 10c and Argentinian 2cvos. Still collect all bronze pennies

I remember occasionally seeing very worn Victoria halfcrowns and shillings, but silver coins ate far too much into my pocket money to keep

I grew up in Liverpool too! Well, nearby : Crosby, which makes me a woollyback I suppose. But I didn't get any interest in coins until we moved away. I do remember I went back in the 70s and discovered The Liverpool Coin and Medal Company (I think that was its name?) in the city centre. They sold me a near VF 1904 halfcrown for £12, which still has pride of place in my collection.

[1949threepence 3,367]

That's how I started out, collecting from change, 40 years ago.

I would love to have been around in those days of circulating lsd. Not that you had that long. It would have been good to have been 12 about 1950, with about 20 good years of collecting from change, possible

I may be wrong, Gary, but I would bet that only the older bronze remained in active circulation, and that you hardly ever got older (say pre 1920) silver in your change. Not sure why I say that ~ just a strange hunch.

Did you ever get a pre 1860 young head penny from your change ?

Hi 1949threepence,

I'm not quite of an age where I got a prolonged run at coins from change, but when I was 16 in 1966 I worked for J Lyons teashops during my school holidays and was often employed on the till in the tea shop so I saw a lot of pre-decimal coins on a daily basis. I was also able to swap interesting coins for my fledgling collection, which was fun. However, decimalisation was coming by then and most of the interesting stuff was already gone from change, but not all.

You are certainly right that pre-1920 silver material was non-existent - I don't recall getting any. Even pre-1947 was scarce, especially for the 1920s and was always in well worn condition. I never saw any silver Edward VII or Victoria coins. Victorian pennies in completely worn out state were fairly easy to find with pretty much only the date left on them, but they were still thrilling because of their age.

Just three gems I found over as many years. First was a 1890 penny in at least GVF maybe NEF. The second was an 1866 Jersey 1/13 shilling in EF, but totally black, not a hint of lustre. I think whoever gave it to me thought they were passing off a foreign coin and getting away with it. The third one was quite extraordinary. A man came in, bought a cup of tea for 6d and gave me a GVF 1826 George IV shilling in payment. I looked at it said, 'what the hell's this then' or something similar. The guy then said 'well its a shilling,' so I shrugged and put it in the till. Later on, I exchanged it for a modern shilling and it still has its place in my collection along with the two above. Its not in the highest of grades, nor is it an uncommon date, but I think it was the trigger for my collecting coins at that time, something I left off during the 1970s and 80s and picked up again in the 90s.

Really interesting about the 1826 shilling, Dave. Clearly been through the hands of a few people with no numismatic interest whatever, After being found somewhere, before fortunately ending up with you.

You're pretty much right - in the late 60s you would still find a few old bronzes, but many more if you got 5/- bags from banks and looked through them. Pre-1920 silver was virtually impossible to find in change, but pre-47 came along fairly often, though never in grades you'd get excited about. My haul (from memory) was a 1926ME penny, two 1936 EF, a handful of 1946 mint dots, a 1953, a few nice halfpennies : 1909 GVF, a 1935 EF lustre, a 1938 Unc lustre, 1952 GEF lus, 1953 GEF lus, and a 1949 3d bit. Not too much to boast from wasted lunchtimes spent pestering the banks.

One thing wrong with your 1950 12-yr-old theory : back then, a kid wouldn't have had enough pocket money (if any) to keep any decent silver coins that came his way!

Yes, fair point Peck. Different age & completely different mindset and priorities compared to later. Still, the same kid would have had plenty more time to develop his hobby over the following years.

My thoughts about the scarcity of old silver seems to have been vindicated, anyway. Makes you wonder if the present day high grade ones were in collections even then

[Peckris 579]

My thoughts about the scarcity of old silver seems to have been vindicated, anyway. Makes you wonder if the present day high grade ones were in collections even then

1950? I'd guess probably "yes", but I'm prepared to bet that there was some late George V and lots of George VI circulating around in high grade ... unless of course, the banks had started to pull them in after 1946, like they did after 1920. In which case, I'd say there were probably quite a few being harboured in tea caddies and drawers