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Old Coins

Hello

I appreciate this might not be the right forum, however......

I am looking for some help to get rid of approximately £40 in old english coins (50p's 10p's shillings etc)

Have tried the Bank of England who are not interested. I was thinking of Ebay but thought I would see if anyone on here had any bright idea's / experience of this.

Ultimately the £40 (if made) will go towards my credit card debt so in a way this is the right forum :D

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  • tallyhoh
    tallyhoh Posts: 2,318 Forumite
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    Anyone?? I have some as well.
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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    I almost think I read something only the other day that said BoE would honour money back to 1902 (or some equally old date) - can't recall where though (sorry) - or maybe it was only notes in that instance.

    If you go for ebay maybe you could try listing them individually focusing on the date -depending on how old they are that is. Only I bought a 2shilling piece for my mum from her year of birth for her birthday once (it was to go with something else!). And I also know someone who bought one to plant under a rememberance tree that was as old as the person who the tree was for.
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