modern Crowns

[Guest aleroit2000]

Hi everyone,

Im Alex from Italy, so.... forgive my mistakes...

I'm a collector of british coins (e.g. now I'm collecting George VI's coins) and I'm interested in modern Crowns (the new "Crown size coins" from 1990...).

And I have a question: for this kind of coins, what you think is better to buy: the "normal" ones that for example the Royal Mint sells at 5£ or the one in the Mint Folder? In every case i'm interesting in the cupronikel version and not in the silver one.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Go for the ones that cost face value and don't pay silly prices for bits of card/plastic that are unlikely to help the coin ever be worth more.

I have a few post 1990 Crowns, which do you need?

[Guest aleroit2000]

Ok, many thanks...

Essentially i'm interesting in every post 1990 Crown except the 2002 (Golden Jubilee) and 2003 ones. I also have all Elizabeth II's 25p and 5s Crowns and the two of George VI. I don't have the ones before.

Let me know

Alex

[Chris Perkins 228]

Dear Alex,

I have a few nice 1935 King George V Crowns and earlier ones, as well as 1990 (Queen mum) ABU £6.00, 1998 (Charles) UNC but bag marked £5 and 1996 (Queens Birthday) BU ex set £7.50.

I also have some lovely Victorian Crowns:

http://www.predecimal.com/forsale/crowns.htm

[Jennings 1]

Okay, here's a dumb question from a Yank on the Crown:

Did St. George realy slay the dragon while riding his horse NAKED?

J

[Chris Perkins 228]

I think the nakedness was probably artistic licence, but who knows, he could have been in a nudist area when all of a sudden a great big dragon nabbed a sausage off his barbeque or something!

But there were real dragons and he did slaughter them, I have no doubt about that!

[Unknown 0]

But there were real dragons and he did slaughter them, I have no doubt about that!

[Chris Perkins 228]

No really!

I was in Arundel once on the Sussex coast and the locals there told me about a fierce dragon that used to terrorize the inhabitants just 600 years ago.

You obviously didn't have Dragons in Spain Juan!

[Guest Guest]

he could have been in a nudist area when all of a sudden a great big dragon nabbed a sausage off his barbeque or something!

Barbecuing sausages while naked is asking for trouble.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Bacon's worse because it spits so violently!