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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: Triggersmob on August 17, 2016, 01:24:04 AM

Title: Kew Gardens
Post by: Triggersmob on August 17, 2016, 01:24:04 AM: One of the rarest U.K. 50p coins is the 2009 Kew Gardens.
I would like to thank Ken for helping me to finally add one to my collection.
Thanks Ken ;D
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Triggersmob on August 17, 2016, 01:24:56 AM: Also received a couple of other coins too.
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Triggersmob on August 17, 2016, 01:26:39 AM: I would also like to thank Nancy for some coins she has sent me and more still coming.
Pics of these to follow later. Thanks Nancy. ;D
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Redlock on August 17, 2016, 08:31:37 PM: Congrats on the 50p coin!

Ken did a great job in getting it!
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Triggersmob on August 17, 2016, 08:56:44 PM: Quote from: Redlock on August 17, 2016, 08:31:37 PM
Congrats on the 50p coin!

Ken did a great job in getting it!

He sure did.
Now I am deeply in debt. :)
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Kena on August 18, 2016, 11:36:22 PM: I have never seen one of those in circulation.

I have two of them, one I traded for and the second one I had to pay a friend a bounty for it.

One for Steve was purchased from Ebay.

Now I just to have find some of the older 2 pounds coins for Steve. Still waiting for some 2105 2 pound coins to show up in circulation since I don't even have them.
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Triggersmob on August 19, 2016, 02:07:56 AM: Quote from: Kena on August 18, 2016, 11:36:22 PM
Now I just to have find some of the older 2 pounds coins for Steve.

Not too many. You have done a great job helping me with these and the rest of the UK coins too.
Nancy has also helped me heaps, in fact I have pile on my desk now. :)
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Redlock on August 19, 2016, 05:46:19 PM: Quote from: Triggersmob on August 19, 2016, 02:07:56 AM
... in fact I have pile on my desk now. :)

Looking forward to the pictures ;D
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Triggersmob on August 19, 2016, 08:32:52 PM: Quote from: Redlock on August 19, 2016, 05:46:19 PM
Quote from: Triggersmob on August 19, 2016, 02:07:56 AM
... in fact I have pile on my desk now. :)

Looking forward to the pictures ;D

OK here's a few samples...
Title: Re: Kew Gardens
Post by: Redlock on August 21, 2016, 05:27:21 AM: Some very nice oldies :)

I checked wikipedia on the 50p coins. ''Thanks'' to the Olympic issues in 2012 even just a type-set is a huge undertaking.
What baffled me the most however: Why the heck were only 210.000 ''Kew Gardens'' coins minted? That's an awfully low mintage. Or was the coin never supposed to be for ''circulation?''