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Title: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Varche on 07 December 2019, 17:30:32
Anyone got any of these?

Commemorative coins minted in their millions and avidly bought and tucked away.

Still worth a fiver but has anyone ever managed to cash any in?
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 07 December 2019, 19:29:59
When did they become worth £5?

I still think they are worth 5 bob ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Varche on 07 December 2019, 20:02:11
1990 onwards.

The value was changed.

Huge marketing con trick. About 30 million out there but they aren’t really legal tender.
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 08 December 2019, 19:19:46
1990 onwards.

The value was changed.

Huge marketing con trick. About 30 million out there but they aren’t really legal tender.

I should say.

At least with Kruggerands they are made of gold and keep their value without depreciation :D ;)
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Varche on 08 December 2019, 21:04:45
I have seventeen , inherited I may add.

I cant be the only one if 30 million approx are around.
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 08 December 2019, 22:23:25
I think I might have one in a draw somewhere.  :-\
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Varche on 08 December 2019, 22:32:30
Intriguing , you can enter them in a draw! What do you win?

Better than them being in a drawer.
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 December 2019, 07:05:36
Crowns (both 'real' and commemorative) are a Crown, worth 5 shillings. £5 coins are different, and are actually completely legal tender, as is a postage stamp; though much like HMS Victory still being a commissioned ship of the line and can technically called for War, it's unlikely you actually would.

The new £5 coin is the same diameter as the old commemorative crowns just to add confusion, though they are different coinage.

I worked in an antiques shop once and we had a manager of a local supermarket come in with a bag full of crowns, the cashier had taken them as payment for a shop (!) sadly what she had been reliably told by the customer was about £100-odd in coinage, was worth maybe a fiver at an auction, on a good day.  :y
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 09 December 2019, 10:18:44
Intriguing , you can enter them in a draw! What do you win?

Better than them being in a drawer.

It might be in my draws somewhere.  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Varche on 09 December 2019, 10:55:33
Intriguing , you can enter them in a draw! What do you win?

Better than them being in a drawer.

It might be in my draws somewhere.  ::)  ;D

You are sounding more like a politician every day.

Next you will be saying “ watch my lips, there were no drawers”
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 09 December 2019, 11:29:15
Intriguing , you can enter them in a draw! What do you win?

Better than them being in a drawer.

It might be in my draws somewhere.  ::)  ;D

You are sounding more like a politician every day.

Next you will be saying “ watch my lips, there were no drawers”

We could draw this out for a while....
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 09 December 2019, 12:52:51
I have just given my grandson a 1977 Silver Jubilee Crown.

I looked online and the range of values for them is amazing.  Mine was not "mint" however, but MAY be worth £4 on a good day! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Andy B on 09 December 2019, 13:05:39
I have just given my grandson a 1977 Silver Jubilee Crown.

I looked online and the range of values for them is amazing.  Mine was not "mint" however, but MAY be worth £4 on a good day! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)

My Mum gave my son one of these (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jubilee-Bust-Queen-Victoria-1890-St-George-and-Dragon-Crown-/312518157233) though dated 1889 .... 101 year before he was born! She was given it as a young girl & despite her Dad wanting her to bank it, kept it. There even seems to be loads of them despite how old they are, not sure whether their present day value is more or less than the original 5/-  :-\ :-\
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Enceladus on 09 December 2019, 14:32:23
Crowns (both 'real' and commemorative) are a Crown, worth 5 shillings. £5 coins are different, and are actually completely legal tender, as is a postage stamp; though much like HMS Victory still being a commissioned ship of the line and can technically called for War, it's unlikely you actually would.
Stamps are not legal tender.
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: STEMO on 09 December 2019, 16:58:58
I had a crown from the year of the coronation, 1953. Don't know what happened to it.
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: ronnyd on 09 December 2019, 19:17:56
I had a crown from the year of the coronation, 1953. Don't know what happened to it.
So did the Queen  :-[
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 10 December 2019, 10:32:59
I have just given my grandson a 1977 Silver Jubilee Crown.

I looked online and the range of values for them is amazing.  Mine was not "mint" however, but MAY be worth £4 on a good day! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)

My Mum gave my son one of these (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jubilee-Bust-Queen-Victoria-1890-St-George-and-Dragon-Crown-/312518157233) though dated 1889 .... 101 year before he was born! She was given it as a young girl & despite her Dad wanting her to bank it, kept it. There even seems to be loads of them despite how old they are, not sure whether their present day value is more or less than the original 5/- :-\ :-\


If it is in "Mint" or at least "Very Fine" condition they can be worth up to about £150.  They are lovely coins, and a piece of history 8) :y
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Nick W on 10 December 2019, 10:33:57
I had a crown from the year of the coronation, 1953. Don't know what happened to it.
So did the Queen  :-[


she's still got hers.
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2019, 11:19:06
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If it is in "Mint" or at least "Very Fine" condition they can be worth up to about £150.  They are lovely coins, and a piece of history 8) :y

I think the term is 'commensurate with age'  ;D ;D You'd not want to carry a couple of quids worth of them in your pocket ... they're big, heavy coins.  ;D
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: ronnyd on 10 December 2019, 16:05:38
I had a crown from the year of the coronation, 1953. Don't know what happened to it.
So did the Queen  :-[


she's still got hers.
Obviously, she has a far better memory than the lad from Barnsley.  ;)
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: STEMO on 10 December 2019, 17:25:33
I had a crown from the year of the coronation, 1953. Don't know what happened to it.
So did the Queen  :-[


she's still got hers.
Obviously, she has a far better memory than the lad from Barnsley.  ;)
With being born in the year of the coronation I also got a silver spoon in a blue velvet box. Don't know what happened to that either.
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: STEMO on 10 December 2019, 17:28:00
Like this:

Sorry, link no worky


The box was obviously blue  :-[
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: STEMO on 10 December 2019, 17:31:23
Plenty on eBay, not worth much.  :-\
Title: Re: £5 post 1990 Crowns
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 10 December 2019, 17:59:22
I always thought you were born with a silver spoon Uncle STEMO!  ;)  :)