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This made me laugh out loud. |
"Worthy though the 62-year-old NHS is, for example, its 50th birthday now seems barely relevant."
I can think of few better things to celebrate on a coin, actually. |
When will we get a commemorative 50p of the first commemorative 50p? |
Interesting that it all started with the EEC...
The only commemorative banknote that was (effectively, but not legally, because Scottish banknotes aren't, ever, technically) legal tender that I am aware of recently in the UK was a Royal Bank of Scotland £1 that had EU symbols added. I think it was to commemorate the 25th anniversary of our joining the EEC. Anyone know of any others? |
That's strange - I think I already have an Olympic one??? Are you sure they're not already in circulation? |
I don't think its fair that the coins will only be available for people in Wales. |
One of my colleagues made a fair bit of profit on Jack Nicklaus £5 notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland. He bought them at face value from his local branch, and sold them to willing Americans on eBay.
(As an aside, I think I read that it was the second British banknote to feature a living non-monarch, the first being the Queen Mother, also on an RBS note.) |
@logistical. Come on. What else are they going to use to buy houses with there, eh? ;-) |
RBS has actually released a whole bunch of commemorative notes. |
Wonder if the Welsh tourist board can get any mileage out of that |
What, beyond "Come to Llantrisant, the hole with a Mint in it"?
I'll get my coat. |
And if you've ever been to Llantrisant you will know how true that is - or at least was before they closed the coke works. |
Do other countries keep doing this with their currency? I know banknotes get updated occasionally over the years, but never that far from the original. Other than the American state quarters I can't think of any.
Britain seems to change thiers at the drop of a hat, and it seems totally pointless to me. |
This seems like a good place to mention the $1 coins that nobody's using. |
CornishCockney,
Australia is constantly issuing commemorative coins. I think it is quite a shameless grab for profit with the same coin often being issued with different mint marks so 'completist' coin collectors have to buy them all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_commemorative_coins Euro Zone countries also issue commemorative coins but they are limited in the number they can issue each year. |
The Americans have in recent years gone from having coins that haven't changed in literally decades to an explosion in a numismatists. The state quarters program (sic) is a showcase of design by commitees. I really can't think of a single one that's any good. |
Why stop at the Olympics and the Queen - how about a series of one for each MP - preferably modelled live doing a 20 minute underwater submersion test without SCUBA/snorkel etc. |
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