QE2 crowns - still legal tender?

[Guest Paul B]

I've a fair stack of crowns (Silver Jubilee, Charles & Diana, Churchill) that my late father had acquired in the hope that they might be valuable. As far as I can tell there are so many of these around that they are of no interest to collectors. If you know different, please say!

So the only thing that can see to do with them is pay them into the bank. But will they accept them? Is there any other way of getting the 25p face value in 'real' money?

Thanks for the advice

[Emperor Oli]

Banks should still accept them, but as you say, being worth only 25p each it would seem quite pointless unless you have hundreds. You could give them to children to get them interested in numismatics.

[Chris Perkins]

I could possibly give you face value for them, I have a buyer for that kind of stuff. If interested, let me know some figures.

[Guest Guest]

Chris

Thanks for the response - I'll send a list using the contact form on the website

[Geoff T]

One option is simply to spend them at their face value. Although the last crown intended for circulation was the 1902, all subsequent ones have been deemed to be legal tender. The letters patent which gave the official royal rubber-stamping to decimal currency specified that coins previously with a face value of 5 shillings would remain legal tender at 25p, so you can in theory spend your Churchill crowns (although you might get a response similar to that when tying to use a Northern Irish banknote!)

Decimal 25p crowns of 1972, 1977, 1980 and 1981 are certainly legal tender, just as are their recent £5 successors. You could also in theory still spend any crown which has not been demonetised, just as you can spend sovereigns, half sovereigns, double florins and maundy money - but you'd be mad.

Geoff

[Peter]

Imagine getting paid in Churchill's (wouldn't mind the Charlotte type...less the ills. ...definetly less than 4 to the pound)

[Geordie582]

You do get the £5's in change, I got one in Tescos, but I haven't had a crown, except at car boot sales when they expect £1 each!