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Lawrah

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26th Jul 09 at 16:37

In work, a guy paid for his pint with this... and I thunked to myself, That looks interesting, so I took it.

And I looked it up...

http://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=1995twopoundsbrasswwii.html

They say at the bottom

"Hardly a week goes by without someone offering to sell us one or more of the base metal version of this coin thinking they have got a gold version. These were struck in nickel-brass, and are therefore a yellow colour. Only a hopelessly over-optimistic person or idiot could confuse these two different metals. We also see base metal versions offered on eBay as gold, but then over half the stuff offered on eBay seems to be stolen, fake, or dubious in some other aspect.
The mintage of 1995 base metal two pounds was 6,033,000 for the combination of WWII and UN issues, about half each. "

But ive had everyone compairing it, and it looks pretty real. You think I should take it to somewhere and get it checked ?

mwg

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26th Jul 09 at 16:49

no harm in doing

Laney

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26th Jul 09 at 16:49

Parlay

BluKoo

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26th Jul 09 at 16:51

You STOLE from the tills at work?!?!?!???!?

Never seen a coin like that before, but if it could be worth something, then why not get it checked out.

Lawrah

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26th Jul 09 at 16:52

No, I swapped it for two of the very finest £1 coins.

mwg

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26th Jul 09 at 16:53

Put it on Ebay with no reserve and there is always some numpty that will pay a ridiculous price for anything thinking they are getting a bargain because it has no reserve

Lawrah

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26th Jul 09 at 16:57

Welll there is one on there for 595 quid and another for 2 quid

Marc

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26th Jul 09 at 16:57

I've got a couple of commemorative coins,

£2 coin from about 1988 I think commemorating something or other. Worth about £2.

Got a D-Day 50p with planes on the back. Worth about 50p

BluKoo

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26th Jul 09 at 16:59

quote:
Originally posted by Lawrah
No, I swapped it for two of the very finest £1 coins.

But those two coins are worth less than you're hoping this one might be, so you stole.

YOU STOLE!!!

...but of course, i would have done the same.

am4nf

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26th Jul 09 at 19:00

I got given a 1988 comemerative £2 when i was born and my dad got one not too long ago and gave me it, none of them look like that tho

Kurt

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26th Jul 09 at 19:30

Why did you even accept that?

Lawrah

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26th Jul 09 at 19:47

Its pound sterling. why not ?

Kurt

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26th Jul 09 at 19:58

its a coin with a dove on it :s

Liam B

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26th Jul 09 at 20:21

Woman in the petrol station other day wouldnt accept a 10p coin of me because it was from the Isle of Man, yet it had the queens face on it and looked identical, strange :S

Lawrah

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26th Jul 09 at 20:25

You lot dont accept scottish notes. weird folk.

It has the queen on the other side.

BarnshaW

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26th Jul 09 at 20:30

id take it to s specialist coin collector. my old man once bought a spoon from a charity shop for 20p and it was worth £80.

Kurt

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26th Jul 09 at 20:32

quote:
Originally posted by Lawrah
You lot dont accept scottish notes. weird folk.

It has the queen on the other side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1j31AnF1zs

skip to 1.04

[Edited on 26-07-2009 by Kurt]

Lawrah

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26th Jul 09 at 20:44

I was in primark in London, and the woman called for assitance with my fiver.

sand-eel

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26th Jul 09 at 21:36

same with me going to a birmingham car show, "whats this"....."a £20 note"...."no its not"....."yes it is"....."no"...."yes, it fucking is, its a scottish note"...."ok, fiiiiiine" cow tbh

BluKoo

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26th Jul 09 at 21:48

I've never had the pleasure of spending Scottish money in England before.

I think it'd be quite good fun

AlunJ

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26th Jul 09 at 21:51

quote:
Originally posted by Lawrah
I was in primark in London, and the woman called for assitance with my fiver.

I had to call for assistance once with regards to a scottish note. If you've never seen one before it's as good as monopoly money... any one in their right mind would check rather than have their arse on the line?

Gareth F

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27th Jul 09 at 00:29

Ive always accepted Scottish currency, if its sterling then its good

Ste

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27th Jul 09 at 01:28

From the Bank of England website:

Are Scottish & Northern Irish notes legal tender?
In short ‘No’ these notes are not legal tender; only Bank of England notes are legal tender but only in England and Wales.
The term legal tender does not in itself govern the acceptability of banknotes in transactions. Whether or not notes have legal tender status, their acceptability as a means of payment is essentially a matter for agreement between the parties involved. Legal tender has a very narrow technical meaning in relation to the settlement of debt. If a debtor pays in legal tender the exact amount he owes under the terms of a contract, he has good defence in law if he is subsequently sued for non-payment of the debt. In ordinary everyday transactions, the term ‘legal tender’ has very little practical application.

I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.

Lawrah

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27th Jul 09 at 09:45

Load of pish.

MarkM

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27th Jul 09 at 09:47

Does it have a date on...does it have a date on?

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