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Golden Britannia Penny

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Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone? But I got a mailing from the London Mint Office this morning with this offer. I usually just throw them in the recycling bin TBH, but as this coin is no longer being struck and I like the colour design, I actually reserved one. Certainly wouldn't pay £19.95 for a penny, but can live with the £2.50 p&p. (just about).
I know it's not exactly money saving, paying £2.50 for a penny!
:rolleyes: But just thought it might appeal to some.
http://www.londonmintoffice.org.uk/92001837/
IT'S OFFICIAL: after centuries ongoing tradition, Britannia is to vanish from our coinage. The Royal Mint has announced new coin designs from 2008, and Britannia will no longer feature on them.
The London Mint Office would like to offer a limited number of UK mainland households the opportunity to share in the Britannia tradition, and so we are offering the Golden Britannia Penny, a £19.95 value - but it can be yours free - all you pay is £2.50 postage and packing.
This genuine predecimal penny, layered with pure gold and with the design accented in full colour, is the finest way to preserve our Britannia coin heritage. As part of the design, the Union flag is accented in full colour!
I know it's not exactly money saving, paying £2.50 for a penny!

http://www.londonmintoffice.org.uk/92001837/
IT'S OFFICIAL: after centuries ongoing tradition, Britannia is to vanish from our coinage. The Royal Mint has announced new coin designs from 2008, and Britannia will no longer feature on them.
The London Mint Office would like to offer a limited number of UK mainland households the opportunity to share in the Britannia tradition, and so we are offering the Golden Britannia Penny, a £19.95 value - but it can be yours free - all you pay is £2.50 postage and packing.
This genuine predecimal penny, layered with pure gold and with the design accented in full colour, is the finest way to preserve our Britannia coin heritage. As part of the design, the Union flag is accented in full colour!
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Indeed, at the time of writing there were close to 50 tales of woe in the comments over at my blog entry relating to the LMO's earlier coin disposal for Tristan da Cunha:
http://www.craigmurphy.com/blog/?p=357