"Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 10"

iammumtoone

Happy new year everyone

Picked up my very cold and wet 50p from outside the door this morning and put it in the pot. I have marked it with a sharpie so its not spendable now but at least it will be kept, in previous years most of the time the coin gets muddled with others and gets spent.

AJGray

Afternoon all!! Happy New Year to Everyone!!!

I potted £2.50 on Wednesday and I am potting £3.00 now all I seem to be getting in change is blinking £2 coins and 50p's haha! But it will help me save.

I also have some £1 coins in there so once open what will happen will the bank take them?

Treasurequeen

Happy new year everyone. Can I join please, £5.00 put away today into savings account.

iammumtoone

3forholidays wrote: »

Just noticed this article about the new 12 sided pound coin that is due out on 28th March - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38480180

The older round pound coin will only be legal tender until 15th October!!

Only October :eek::eek: however I think the banks should accept them after that, like they do with old bank notes.

I did know a new £1 was coming out, I have a dilemma about this, I will post a new thread about it when I get chance. We have been saving round pounds for years one of each we could find of the different pictures, we have about £20 worth. I never minded keeping them as if desperate I would just spend them but now they are going to be worthless do I 'throw away' £20 for the sake of a few coins. Son wants to keep them but I'm not sure I suppose they will be interesting to look at when he gets older to see the old versions (I still have an old £1 note) but £20 is a lot of money!.

jakes-mum

Helloooooooooooo Potterssssssssssssssssss

OMG its been like 2 weeks since ive been in :eek: so a very belated merry Christmas to everyone and a not quite so belates Happy new Year

Have been potting away but have no idea how much i've chucked in as its been a bit of a case of pot and run these last few weeks, way to much to do and very little time to do it

Welcome back Nu1isit

iammumtoone wrote: »

Happy new year everyone.

I have put out 50p on the doorstep tonight and will taking it back in tomorrow. Think I will mark it somehow and put it on my pot, be nice to 'find' it again in November.

I have done this since i was a child, it came form my mother sadly she died when I was young so I never had change to ask her why, or where the tradition came from? I would be interested if anyone knows of anyone else who does this, I have mention it to a few people, no one has heard of it they all think I am barmy :rotfl:

I would assume that it used to be a sixpence at one point, and would bring good luck to the household for the coming year . . . quick google says the same thing :rotfl: Its the kind of thing the Scots would do I think, DH's aunt was always crossing the baby's palm with silver bless her.

Right, so, nothing to pot today as all my shopping was done on card (3 different supermarkets as no-one seemed to have any meat today :eek: Mr W was even closed! what was all that about!! :rotfl:)

Have a lovely day all and i'll try not to be such a stranger :rotfl:

nu1isit?

jakes-mum wrote: »

Welcome back Nu1isit

Eeee, hello jakes-mum and thank you.
I've corralled a couple of loose silver coins, for the cause today :j

I'll pop in again later, to see if I've got a new number

bubbs

Just popping in to say
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL happy potting too

Dragon_Lily

Happy New Year Potters!

Potting my first coins of the new year - £1.00 (2 x 50p)

I'm assuming the old £1 coins will be still be legal tender in from October for a while until they are out of circulation - like the old £5 notes, which are still around.

Florence_J

Finally potted some coins again, first of the year, £1.45 in mixed silver and copper.

Kim_13

Dragon_Lily wrote: »

Happy New Year Potters!

Potting my first coins of the new year - £1.00 (2 x 50p)

I'm assuming the old £1 coins will be still be legal tender in from October for a while until they are out of circulation - like the old £5 notes, which are still around.

I was just popping in to post about the £1 coins. The new ones are released on 28th March and the old ones are legal tender until 15th October, so there will need to be an early count up for £1 coins (unless you live near the Bank of England, as that's the only way you can swap them after they cease to be legal tender.)

There must be no rules about the period of overlap, as the old £5 continues until May (nearly 8 months after the new) and the pound coin only gets 6 and a half.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38480180