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POP counts for Decimal coins

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There has been an interesting thread in the Members area regarding individual pre-decimal collections as a percentage of my collection. It was suggested there might be interest in a similar thread for decimal coins, so here is my starting list. Counts must be for individual different coins - no scores for duplicates and spares. As many people have decimal coins in year sets, I have listed those separately as I generally have both. Precious metal proof coins do not count and all coins must be British mainland coins - no scores for Channel Island, IOM, Gibraltar etc.I have left out the £5 coins, but if people feel they should be included I can add them in. (I have stopped collecting them as I am fed up with the Royal Mint on these!)

If you post your figures I hope @Stuntman will do one of his magic spreadsheets...

Half P - 14
Penny - 48
Two Pence - 45
Five Pence - 50
Ten Pence - 51
Twenty Pence - 43
Fifty Pence - 101
One Pound - 46
Two Pound - 61
BU Sets - 32
Proof sets - 41 (Some standard, some executive)

I'm sure lots of people will beat those!

(I am NOT planning on photographing all of these!)

 

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Well here's the Decimal POP table, comparing Paddy's coins to my own.

I have an overall Decimal POP number of 22, with a 50p POP number of 51 and a £2 POP number of 62.  If you want to add Decimal crowns (both 25p and £5 denominations) feel free to do so!

Number of each distinct coin, by denomination    
             
Denomination Paddy Stunt   POP Numbers Paddy Stunt
Half P 14 0   Half P 100 0
Penny 48 2   Penny 100 4
Two Pence 45 2   Two Pence 100 4
Five Pence 50 8   Five Pence 100 16
Ten Pence 61 3   Ten Pence 100 5
Twenty Pence 43 2   Twenty Pence 100 5
Fifty Pence 101 52   Fifty Pence 100 51
One Pound 46 8   One Pound 100 17
Two Pounds 61 38   Two Pounds 100 62
BU Sets 32 2   BU Sets 100 6
Proof sets 41 3   Proof sets 100 7
Sub Total Decimal 542 120   Decimal POP 100 22

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OK - if you insist. 

25p Crowns - 4
£5 Crowns - 26

Anymore than that I do not care! :D

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Updated table, now including 25p and £5 crowns:

:)

Denomination Paddy Stunt   POP Numbers Paddy Stunt
Half P 14 0   Half P 100 0
Penny 48 2   Penny 100 4
Two Pence 45 2   Two Pence 100 4
Five Pence 50 8   Five Pence 100 16
Ten Pence 61 3   Ten Pence 100 5
Twenty Pence 43 2   Twenty Pence 100 5
Fifty Pence 101 52   Fifty Pence 100 51
One Pound 46 8   One Pound 100 17
Two Pounds 61 38   Two Pounds 100 62
Crown (25p) 4 3   Crown (25p) 100 75
Crown (£5) 26 2   Crown (£5) 100 8
BU Sets 32 2   BU Sets 100 6
Proof sets 41 3   Proof sets 100 7
Sub Total Decimal 572 125   Decimal POP 100 22

 

Anyone else?  Post up your numbers of different coins of each Decimal denomination and I'll work out the POP numbers.

 

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oh my days, this will take a LITTLE counting. I just found another pre-decimal box too so I'm sorting that first!

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Actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting, I've shifted so much of my shabby stuff in order to get better ones that I only have this currently. although I'm sure I'm missing a shoe box full of other sets.

 

Half P - 14
Penny - 24
Two Pence - 11
Five Pence - 17
Ten Pence - 49
Twenty Pence - 14
Fifty Pence - 73
One Pound - 25
Two Pound - 48

five pound - 5

20 pound 2

50 pound - 1 :ph34r:
BU Sets - 7
Proof sets - 5

Edited by Unwilling Numismatist
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130 £2.00 (100 of which are 1986)

38 £2.00 bimetal

560 x £1.00

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Thats a rather unhealth amount of solid metal £2 coins, are many the Claim of Rights ? I'm keeping an eye out for one but for some reason they're ridiculously expensive.

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Are we adding the £20, £50 and £100 coins then?  Happy to, but they aren't really normal coins, given you can't actually spend them in most shops.

(I have 4 of the £20 coins and the £50, coin but no £100 coins.  In fact, it was the emergence of the £100 coin that made me see the advantages of spending that kind of money on the predecimal stuff instead...)

Your call Paddy!

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2 hours ago, bagerap said:

130 £2.00 (100 of which are 1986)

38 £2.00 bimetal

560 x £1.00

How many different £2 coins and £1 coins though?  :o

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47 minutes ago, Stuntman said:

Are we adding the £20, £50 and £100 coins then?  Happy to, but they aren't really normal coins, given you can't actually spend them in most shops.

(I have 4 of the £20 coins and the £50, coin but no £100 coins.  In fact, it was the emergence of the £100 coin that made me see the advantages of spending that kind of money on the predecimal stuff instead...)

Your call Paddy!

My understanding is that these bigger coins are really just commemorative or bullion. I will never collect them, but if everyone else is, feel free to include them. (Your spreadsheet might need altering for a "Divide by zero" error though!)

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I have to agree the sentiment that £100 coins changed my view too, a sharp realisation that things vastly more worth of my cash existed, and they would be far better in investment terms too.

I'd shift them on if I could get my cash back I think.

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OK - updated table including the £20, £50 and £100 silver coins.  I've introduced the concept of MINP for these coins - being the 'Max If Not Paddy' number of these coins that one of us owns up to holding!  This gets round any 'divide by zero' issues and also offers a POP-style number for these denominations with a maximum of 100...

 

Denomination Paddy Stunt UWN MINP*   POP Numbers Paddy Stunt UWN
Half P 14 0 14 0   Half P 100 0 100
Penny 48 2 24 0   Penny 100 4 50
Two Pence 45 2 11 0   Two Pence 100 4 24
Five Pence 50 8 17 0   Five Pence 100 16 34
Ten Pence 61 3 49 0   Ten Pence 100 5 80
Twenty Pence 43 2 14 0   Twenty Pence 100 5 33
Fifty Pence 101 52 73 0   Fifty Pence 100 51 72
One Pound 46 8 25 0   One Pound 100 17 54
Two Pounds 61 38 48 0   Two Pounds 100 62 79
Crown (25p) 4 3 0 0   Crown (25p) 100 75 0
Crown (£5) 26 2 5 0   Crown (£5) 100 8 19
BU Sets 32 2 7 0   BU Sets 100 6 22
Proof sets 41 3 5 0   Proof sets 100 7 12
£20 silver coins 0 4 2 4   £20 silver coins 0 100 50
£50 silver coins 0 1 1 1   £50 silver coins 0 100 100
£100 silver coins 0 0 0 0   £100 silver coins 0 0 0
Sub Total Decimal 572 130 295 0   Decimal POP 100 23 52
                   
* Max If Not Paddy                  
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