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Do banks take old 10p coins?
The Bank of England will honour every banknote that has ever been issued by them, regardless of how long ago it ceased to be legal tender. This means you will always be able to exchange your banknotes with them for their equivalent value in pounds.
Are there any valuable 10 pence coins?
The rarest and most valuable 10p coins according to the scarcity index is the Yeoman Warder and Zebra crossing designs. They were both minted as part of a set of 26 different designs on the theme of the A-Z of Britain – the first ever commemorative 10p coins.
Are old 10p coins still legal tender?
After a review of the United Kingdom coinage in 1987, the Government announced its intention to issue a smaller 10p coin. The smaller coin was issued on 30 September 1992 and as of 31 December 2005 there were an estimated 1,587 million 10p coins in circulation. The 10p coin is legal tender for amounts up to £5.
What is a 10 pence coin worth?
ten one-hundredths
The British decimal ten pence (10p) coin – often pronounced ten pee – has a value of ten one-hundredths of a pound sterling. Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin’s introduction in 1968, to replace the florin (two shilling) coin in preparation for decimalisation in 1971.
Is a Sherlock Holmes 50p piece worth anything?
Collector Value: £1.24 is a mid-point price for Sherlock Holmes 50p coins marked as sold on eBay UK. The price range for a good condition circulated example of this 50p coin is between £1.14 and £1.43. Coin values based on 187 eBay sales selected from data collected 19/01/2021 19:54:28.
What 50p coins are worth money?
What are the top 10 rarest and most valuable 50p coins?
- Kew Gardens – £707. The Kew Gardens 50p can be sold for hundreds of poundsCredit: PA.
- Triathlon – £16. These 50p pieces are one of the rarest going.
- Olympics Football – £18.
- Wrestling – £13.
- Judo – £16.
- Goalball – £4.
- Tennis – £6.
- Gymnastics – £5.
What is the rarest UK coin in circulation?
2009 Kew Gardens 50p
The famous 2009 Kew Gardens 50p remains the most coveted coin in circulation, with a mintage of just 210,000. Other rare designs include the 2011 Olympic 50p’s and the highly collectible Peter Rabbit series.
Which Peter Rabbit 50p is valuable?
According to this, the most valuable of the Beatrix Potter coins is actually the Jemima Puddle-Duck design, which fetched an average of £12.00 over the nine most recent completed eBay sales up to mid-January.
What’s a Paddington Bear 50p worth?
The circulation coins are not very rare due to the mintage figure of over 5 million. In comparison, only 210,000 copies of the highly collectable 2009 Kew Gardens 50p coins were minted. In short, the Paddington Bear 50p coins you find in your change are worth about… 50p.
What to do with old ten pound coins?
However, most banks have said that they will accept old pound coins indefinitely, though you will need to be a customer of that particular bank. If you take your coins in, they can either be exchanged for new ones or deposited into your bank account, and there is no minimum or maximum number that can be exchanged at once.
What can you do with an old penny?
I thought old coins were worthless, unless they were special. But it seems they can be worth something to the person who was born in the year they were minted if you can turn them into something useful/decorative. You are never wrong about anything. There is one old penny that’s very valuable because only a small amount were minted.
What to do with an old sixpence coin?
You are never wrong about anything. Another idea, back in the late 70’s my sister got a necklace for her 18th birthday, it was made from 18 sixpences, one minted in each year she’d been alive. Maybe drill a small hole in a coin, add a chain, and sell it to someone who was born the year it was minted.
What was the size of the old 10p coin?
Old Size 10p Coins. The original 10p was first issued in 1968 as a larger coin and was initially used alongside and was the same size as its predecimal equivalent coin, the florin (two shillings).