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Title: Check your 20p's
Post by: haj on 29 June 2009, 13:03:48

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/090629/140/in6d6.html

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Jimbob on 29 June 2009, 13:24:03

saw it on the bbc earlier...

all mine are dated  :'(

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: cam2502 on 29 June 2009, 13:26:06

got 8 in my pocket.........all worth 20p!!!!!! ;D

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Welung666 on 29 June 2009, 13:28:19

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got 8 in my pocket.........all worth 20p!!!!!! ;D

Your maths sucks..... 8 means they are worth £1.60 ;D ;D ;)

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: TheBoy on 29 June 2009, 13:33:14

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got 8 in my pocket.........all worth 20p!!!!!! ;D

Your maths sucks..... 8 means they are worth £1.60 ;D ;D ;)

but I'll buy all of them for 20p :P

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 29 June 2009, 13:47:03

Now this news is out you will be very lucky to find a non-dated 20p piece.

When I was in the retail trade my staff in every branch would go through all the cash on hand, and look at every coin or note coming in, in the hope of finding that special 'one'.  It particularly happened when there was a big hunt for all nickel coins in the old money that contained more silver than the face value.  My ex had an uncle who was a head cashier on the London Underground, and him and his team netted hundreds of pounds by extracting the high silver coins! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 29 June 2009, 13:52:10

Nice but exspensive blunder.

If they pay out at the current offer and get them all back it will cost them £99,600.00

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 29 June 2009, 13:55:16

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Nice but exspensive blunder.

If they pay out at the current offer and get them all back it will cost them £99,600.00

Plus all the adminstration costs Skruntie, which will cost us, the taxpayer, not them! ::) ::) ::) ;) ;)

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 29 June 2009, 14:09:30

................and sorry Skruntie, but I question your figure.

It will actually cost the Royal Mint £10 million pounds;  200,000 coins @ £50 each = £10,000,000, but of course less just £40,000 for the face value; 200,000 coins @ 20p each = £40,000 ;) ;)

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Jimbob on 29 June 2009, 14:15:11

Not quite...

according to the link that was on the bbc this morning, itas the 1st 10,000 will be bought for £50, from a 3rd party collection company...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8120000/newsid_8123600/8123613.stm

The London Mint office is offering the money, not the royal mint.

So the tax payer will be no worse off.

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 29 June 2009, 14:20:17

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Not quite...

according to the link that was on the bbc this morning, itas the 1st 10,000 will be bought for £50, from a 3rd party collection company...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8120000/newsid_8123600/8123613.stm

The London Mint office is offering the money, not the royal mint.

So the tax payer will be no worse off.

Ah, right!  Thanks, and well spotted Jimbob 8-) 8-) 8-) :y

I did think it was a bit strange the Royal Mint wanting to buy them all back! ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Jimbob on 29 June 2009, 14:39:04

on a related 'note' we have got one of the fivers with the dodgy ink that rubs off, wonder what that is worth now

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: CaptainZok on 30 June 2009, 00:00:09

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on a related 'note' we have got one of the fivers with the dodgy ink that rubs off, wonder what that is worth now

10 years for forgery if they catch you. ;D

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: Turk on 30 June 2009, 02:10:14

Polo...the mint with a hole.
Llantrisant...the hole with a mint.   ;)

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: p j morgan on 30 June 2009, 02:22:46

they are like coppers you can never find one when you want one ;D ;D

Title: Re: Check your 20p's
Post by: p j morgan on 30 June 2009, 02:27:21

i will get me coat!my son collects twenty pences will have to have a shuffty through his jars ! might get lucky . :y