£5 post 1990 Crowns

[Varche]

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?

[Lizzie Zoom]

When did they become worth £5?

I still think they are worth 5 bob

[Varche]

1990 onwards.

The value was changed.

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

[Lizzie Zoom]

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

[Varche]

I have seventeen , inherited I may add.

I cant be the only one if 30 million approx are around.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I think I might have one in a draw somewhere. 

[Varche]

Intriguing , you can enter them in a draw! What do you win?

Better than them being in a drawer.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

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. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

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.   

[Varche]

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.   

You are sounding more like a politician every day.

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

[Sir Tigger KC]

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.   

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....

[Lizzie Zoom]

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!

[Andy B]

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!

My Mum gave my son one of these 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/- 

[Enceladus]

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.

[STEMO]

I had a crown from the year of the coronation, 1953. Don't know what happened to it.