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Even if one-pees are ever removed from circulation, the RM won't miss an opportunity to milk them for as long as possible, minting BU as normal and as many other 1p novelty types as they can possibly sell - probably long after actual money itself becomes just a novelty... merely old fashioned gift vouchers/tokens to hand to people on special occasions and for use by people who refuse to let go. I'm a fan of actual cash, I think over here in Germany cash is probably more widely used than in the UK. In the end people will always go with what is most convenient, they don't really care . Apart from criminals, they'll all have to switch to crypto! I don't remember shillings either. Or technically I suppose I do, because they were still in use in the 80s as 5p. I bet retaining the shilling name (and multiples thereof) would have worked perfectly fine if they were dual 5p/shillings from the start. In fact even in the 70s when the 1p/2p still had useful spending power, they probably would have known they would eventually be phased out just like the half-pee was. In fact, the 1p removal from circ (but not existence) is probably long overdue. How about re-valuing a new £1 at £10 old-decimal fv, made up of 20 new-shillings (equiv of 50p each) and a new new penny at 100th of a new £1, i.e. 10p in old-decimal. Yeah, that would work and wouldn't be confusing at all 😑

I can't answer those questions. My gut feeling is its not genuine. It just looks really crude to me. How big is it ? I've weighed my cranborne chase silver stater which is a fairly large coin for a celtic coin and its 5.12 grams. My smaller Iceni unit weighs 1.15 grams. To give you some perspective of size I've put the Iceni unit next to a 2023 5p. Best advice i can give you is measure it , weigh it and take some high quality images of it and send them to Chris Rudd. His contact address should be somewhere on his website. Google will get you there.

I think the penny has already lost much its dignity when the RM started making them with copper plated steel. Even then, it costs more than it's face value to produce. I agree the penny coin is hugely symbolic but perhaps it is better to retire it soon rather letting it drag on.

Thanks bud. Thing is, even if it was a fantasy piece, why isn't there another one the same like? I went over it today with the metal detector and it came up silver signal.

Thanks bud, my knowledge of them has been searching for this type for 2 years with absolutely no joy.

It's just that the "penny" goes back such a long way - from the denarius (the d of £sd), through the stater, and through medieval times to the present day. It's still the basic curreny unit below 'pound', but the 1p piece is a poor descendant.

I personally think it is fake. Each side is from a different coin which should be gold. I can't find anything like it in Spink or Van Ardsell. I think it's a fantasy piece. One side appears to be similar to the one linked above by Peckris and one side is trying to be this but doing a bad job in my opinion. https://en.numista.com/459267

I am OK without a circulating coin called a penny. But it would be nice if they continue to be included in year sets and also minted in silver for collectors. It will also be retained as a denomination even if physical circulating coins are no longer minted.

I believe their local council is to rename Wells-next-the-Sea as Wells-in-the-Sea?

I agree about getting rid of the coppers, they're completely useless now. However... I'd still like to see one of our coins being called a "penny"! Not the 5p of course, as kids would get quite confused that "5 pence = 1 penny". Perhaps we could have a new denomination called a 'penny' - any ideas?

Here is a gold coin with a similar obverse: https://www.baldwin.co.uk/product/atrebates-regini-eppillus-gold-quarter-stater/ I'm afraid my knowledge of these is almost zero.

Hi guys I have this Celtic looking coin which weighs 1.2 grams. I know absolutely nothing about them but I was told few years back it was a fake. It was purchased in a joblot of metal detecting finds, over 100 different coins that were all legitimate,this one was on the fringes of his photos and blurry, so he wasn't touting it for the auction. Just double checking, because if it is fake, someone has went to a lot of trouble surely to make just this one, as I cannot find another identical example online?? Thank you ☺️

When I visited Wales many years ago, I came across an area where cafes and small shops gave prices in today's money and also the prices in ca 1900. If you want to, you can change your modern money into counterstamped Victorian / Edwardian pennies and use these in the cafes. This allows visitors to spend old money.

Manchester and Birmingham house prices will soon be the hot ticket, as the peripheries of the UK slowly slide into the sea!

Yes i saw the canal one. Bad the way that barge went down like the Titanic. You been watching the ROC post in Tunstall on the East Yorkshire coast as it slowly eroded out the cliff's and fell on to the beach ?

Just to clarify, as I realise my post may not have come over as it was meant to…I don’t remember shillings at all, but I kind of like the idea, as was said, for fun, if there were such a thing permitted in the commercial realms of politics Digging a hole here…sorry, Chris and Copper123, you may know where/how I made my mistake here (hopefully), sorry 🙏

Did you see that canal one, recently? Unbelievable!

Hey thank you very much Stu, perfect match, really appreciate the info bud 👍

This one perhaps or similar. I can read Parthico on the worn side. https://it.numista.com/253249

Hi Can anyone give me an ID on this silver denarius please. I know it's Trajan on one side but letters are worn on the other. Thank you ☺️ Weight 2.8 grams

OMGoodness! Not the first name on a party list I’m guessing? 😩

It's only a model....

Are governments about "Fun" things? from my experience over the last 50 years or so I say no