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Old coins

24-03-2022 05:34PM

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Found some old coins ranging from 1901 up to 2002 while rummaging.
Just curious,how far back do you remember them? 😁
Some Irish ones

Some English

A few various ones

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#2 24-03-2022 05:52PM

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Ah that's where that came from.
Couldn't figure out where that came from and still can't remember them.
I remember the Liam Brady Texaco footballs alright which were earlier.

What was the story with the Esso world cup coins?

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#3 24-03-2022 05:52PM

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I remember the old 2p, that was a huge coin for what is was worth back in the day

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#4 24-03-2022 05:58PM

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1928 was the first year Irish money was made. The coins had an animal / bird theme. Farthing woodcock, halfpenny pig, penny hen with chickens, threepence hare, sixpence greyhound, shilling bull, two shillings (florin) salmon, half crown horse. The woodcock appeared again on the decimal fifty pence.
Your threepence and sixpence appear to be possibly "silver" from pre 1942 (not sure of that date). Those silver coins and British ones pre 1947? have a lot more silver content that later versions, and are worth more melted down. Back in the 1960's bank clerks took a lot of those out of circulation and sold them at a profit.

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#5 24-03-2022 05:58PM

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Just had a flashback of using those really old big pennys instead of pounds in cigarette machine when I was a kid in the 80's.
For some reason I acquired several jars full of them 😁
If I recall correctly anyway 🤔

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#6 24-03-2022 06:20PM

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Irish penny's are 1937,1965 and 1968.
The 3 pence is 1963 and the 6p is 1928 so that would be from the first year of Irish coins.

The English penny's are 1901,1917 and 1934.

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#7 24-03-2022 06:23PM

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If you had a 1933 English penny, it would be worth a lot of money.

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#8 24-03-2022 06:36PM

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Yeah?, no chance i'd be that lucky 🙈

If I had a 1964 half dollar.

I'll settle for €20k for my 1969 one 😂

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#9 24-03-2022 06:38PM

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That's a nice American half dollar with JFK on it , if you could that as a 1961 or 62 it would be worth a fortune.

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#10 24-03-2022 06:39PM

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Boardsies special €15k 😁

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#11 24-03-2022 06:44PM

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I have some magic beans for it.

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#12 24-03-2022 06:44PM

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I remember being able to buy a packet of crisps with a 10p coin. A pound could buy you loads of stuff.

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#13 24-03-2022 06:48PM

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Born around 1980 so??
I was born in 72 and remember a bag of tayto was 4p.
A bag of Totem was 2p.
A small plastic bottle of orange 10p and a large (750ml) glass bottle of Deasy's orange was 15p.

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#14 24-03-2022 06:51PM

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Brilliant thanks!

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#15 24-03-2022 07:10PM

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Had a 1917 (or something like that) Farthing and either a 3 or 6 pence that i annoyingly can't find now.
Not worth anything really i believe but just nice to have.

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#16 28-03-2022 09:22PM

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2p still fits the trolleys in Aldi and Lidl
The 1d is the same size as the £1 punt

Lightest and most worthless feeling coin I had was an Ost Pfennig from the DDR. Aluminium. 0.75g

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#17 28-03-2022 10:03PM

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Not as good as the picture album from The Star.

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