Just found a £5 coin?

gilly41

Hi
I am down to my last few pounds before payday and I have just found a £5 coin :T
Can I use it? I havent seen one for ages so not sure whether i can use it in Netto tomorrow?
Thanks everyone!

Gingham_Ribbon

There are £5 coins?!!! I had no idea.

CLAPTON

two ecomomists walking down a street,
one sees a five pound coin across the road and suggests crossing the road to pick it up
the other says its already been picked up

you have to be sad and an economist to understand this joke and absoluteley no one laughs

an IQ above 131 helps.

mjh1977

Unless you're down to your last fiver, no.

mjh1977

and why 131?

Edinburghlass_2

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

There are £5 coins?!!! I had no idea.

I bought a Millennium £5 coin for the bottom of my daughter's Christmas stocking in 1999 but I put it somewhere safe and still haven't found it all these years on. I am hoping it might be worth a bit more by the time I do find it

amosworks

lol at the moment from the sounds of things, it's easier to find £5 coins than damn £2 coins for the coin savers club :D:D

Go on...start a £5 coin savers club

Angelfee

I suggest you take it to a bank and see if they will change it for u, as they would the old type notes that are no longer legal tender

Penny-Pincher!!

Have found this info for you:

Background Information




The £5 crown piece is issued to commemorate special occasions of national importance. These coins are not intended to be a permanent feature of the United Kingdom circulation coinage, rather they are intended as souvenirs.

In its present form, the cupro-nickel crown has a face value of £5 it was increased to this value from 25p in 1990. This increase gives the coin a value consistent with its weight and size in relation to present range of coins.

Each new crown issue is authorised by Royal Proclamation, as required by the Coinage Act of 1971. A crown therefore has legal tender status, but since it is not a circulation coin, most retailers will refuse to accept it. In recognition, however, that some people may wish to exchange a crown piece given or purchased as a souvenir, post offices have agreed to accept crowns in exchange for goods and services.

Good Luck
PP
xx

klare_2

okay you have to explain the economist joke to me ... otherwise the fact that i dont get it is going to drive me crazy!!

nearlyrich

Edinburghlass wrote:

I bought a Millennium £5 coin for the bottom of my daughter's Christmas stocking in 1999 but I put it somewhere safe and still haven't found it all these years on. I am hoping it might be worth a bit more by the time I do find it

I did exactly the same:o but I found them a couple of years ago, they are now tucked away in my filing cabinet.