( FOOTNOTE #2 – No moo-cows were harmed in the writing of this post ) So here we are for another thrilling installment of, ‘Coin Collecting Quandries’!!!! In last weeks episode we unearthed such horrors as – ‘Packs, Loose, Capsules or Cards?’, ‘Definitives or Not?’ and ‘Curveball Coins’. Not read that yet? Well, what …
{ Both versions of the latest Peter Rabbit £5 } Okay, so I am fully aware that virtually everyone is fairly bored of Beatrix Potter coins. I mean, there have now been thirteen fifty pences all in all not to mention God knows how many ‘collectible’ Minty the minty mint pig money boxes …
{ Simplistic but effective } With a nice, simple and direct design, the ‘Insulin’ fifty pence succeeds in doing what it set out to do. It has been one hundred years since the discovery of insulin and this coin is all about celebrating that. I mean, when it comes to scientific breakthroughs this …
( FOOTNOTE #1 – No moo-cows were harmed in the writing of this post ) Okay. So as a collector you will already be aware that things are not always straightforward. Yes, the truth is that the whole business of numismatics is full of all manner of dilemmas, pitfalls and crocodiles (well…. they do …
Once upon a time, a crafty coin minting place decided to step things up. They had seen how much more dollar could be made by creating new product lines and they decided to go even further down this route……
It is pretty apparent that The Royal Mint LOVE the ‘franchise’ idea. This started with Potter of course back in 2016. Since this time they have continued in the same vein with series after series…. yet nothing else has really had quite the same impact.
{ image rejigged and reblogged from theconversation.com } I have always had an interest in coins. As a child I can remember the excitement of finding an unusual fifty pence such as a 1997 IOM Motorbike or a Gibraltar Ring of Dolphins. It was magical.
In 2016 something changed in Britain. Quite suddenly and out of nowhere (or so it appeared) came a national obsession with coin hunting and collecting. Of course, numismatics had always appealed to a few people, but it had never been such a common pastime.
{ Legging it (before he gets put on ANOTHER coin) – image reblogged from itv.com } Now I am going to tell you about something very, very exciting indeed. But before I do, I want you to be prepared. For the information I am about to share is going to have quite an …
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{ ‘You’re going DOWN! (in price we hope) – image reblogged from whatculture.com } Right since its release in 2009, Kew Gardens has been the king of coins. Sure, we all know there are far rarer ones out there, but there is just something special about the vine entangled picture on this fifty pence.
