Mex Martillo
5:22 Thu Feb 16
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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36257107
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Trevor B
5:19 Thu Feb 16
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grumpster
so 50 years ago your old man was paid £25 in useless money and yet he kept it hoping that in half a decade he could flog them for a few quid more?
He must've been well paid mate, I reckon that was the equivalent of what he just sold it for, back then!
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Mex Martillo
5:18 Thu Feb 16
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My aunt kind of decided I should collect coins and gave me an album and loads of coins, then every year she would give me more coins. I briefly took interest for a year or 2 and did some collecting i then lost interest, but the coins kept coming untill i was about 13 or 14. About 15 years ago my Dad was clearing his loft out and dumped a small suit case of coins on me, which after a brief period of getting in the way I stuffed up in our loft.
Anyway, I guess I have a coin collection, but not seen it for years
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gph
5:09 Thu Feb 16
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Only 1933 old pennies.
If anyone's got one they want to swap for a 2015 new penny, WHOmail me.
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BRANDED
5:04 Thu Feb 16
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I collect loads
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Grumpster
5:03 Thu Feb 16
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I'll give him a dig when I'm round there on Saturday then and let him know he's wasting my inheritance ;o)
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Biggie Biggs
5:03 Thu Feb 16
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" recently got a new fiver with an AA05 serial number which I stuck on ebay for a laugh, and somebody has bid �7.50 + postage."
Looks like they got a bargain as some of these lower AA* serial numbers go for over £200
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SecondOpinion
5:01 Thu Feb 16
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Grumpster
tell him if he had put that money in a bank it would be worth £800
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Toe Rag
4:46 Thu Feb 16
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Thruppeny BITS
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Grumpster
4:44 Thu Feb 16
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Cor blimey, must be 50 odd years I reckon Trev.
He retired when he was 50 and is 78 this year, so must have been years and years ago. Maybe even when he was still a messenger there before climbing the ranks.
The bank asked everyone to return the notes, but he's always been shrewd and figured they'd be worth more money.
He didn't pass that trait down, I'm fucking useless.
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Trevor B
4:39 Thu Feb 16
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Grumpster
How long ago did that happen? Being given the cash, that is?
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boleyn8420
4:36 Thu Feb 16
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I do collect coins and then spend them on Ale is that the same as being a numismatist such as yourself
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Bouncing Ludo
4:12 Thu Feb 16
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I recently got a new fiver with an AA05 serial number which I stuck on ebay for a laugh, and somebody has bid £7.50 + postage.
Some people will buy anything.
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ted fenton
4:07 Thu Feb 16
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I've got a pickled onion jar full of Half pennies change from the fag machine in the 60's might be worth something ;-)
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Russ of the BML
4:01 Thu Feb 16
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I collect coins. And notes. Then I spend them. Then, when I collect more, I spend them too. Some of them I save. Not sure what for really. Maybe I'll let the kids have them when I die. But mostly the coins and notes I collect I spend and then wait to get some more. It's fun.
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Grumpster
3:59 Thu Feb 16
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My dad told me about the 50p's worth wedge, but I've forgotten what he said.
When he worked at Standard Chartered Bank, there was a period where they would be paid in cash and he was given £25 in x£5 notes that he noticed hadn't been signed by the bank of England.
He recently sold them for £450 to a collector geek.
Lucky cunt.
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Trevor B
3:53 Thu Feb 16
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Some little Italian chap called Mario was a big collector back in the day, maybe have a word with him?
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tricky trev
3:53 Thu Feb 16
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Some of them go for a bit. Check out EBAY
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Fivetide
3:49 Thu Feb 16
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I suppose we all collect coins in a way. And then we die.
Happy now?
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norwichhammer
3:27 Thu Feb 16
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Quite the opposite but when you find a 50p that could be worth £100 ect it's worth checking your change. Thank me later
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