Talk:Five pounds (British coin)

message: Got some 2004 Entente cordiale ones today at the Post Office.  Too lazy to do scans.... -- Kaihsu 19:28, 2004 May 7 (UTC)
*(Mrs Doyle) Oh, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on.... -- Arwel 20:31, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

message: I remember seeing £2, £3 and £5 coins on sale in a post office commemorating euro '96... The £2 coins looked as they do now, the £3 and £5 were similiarly fashioned, with the gold and silver mix. Also, i think they had some pictures of footballs on. 82.46.179.159 03:48, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a £3 coin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.135.96.177 (talk) 08:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I think you may be mistaken, there was a Euro 96 two pound coin, it was the same size as the current two pound coin but was single alloy the same as the one pound coin. I have never heard of a modern three pound coin existing, and know of no £5 coins relating to Euro 96. 86.111.162.127 (talk) 04:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Euro 96 

message: Should there perhaps be some info on the 2006 version that will be celebrating the 80th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II? (Darien Shields 19:24, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  2006 Iteration 

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message: The circulation version of the coin appears to have a plain milled edge as opposed to being like the collector crown. In addition all the examples I have seen are of quite a low quality. Lacking detail and having a lot of blemishes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.111.162.127 (talk) 21:36, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can someone please provide a citation for this general circulation coin?  Maybe I'm not entering the right search parameters, but I can't find evidence of this coin anywhere.  Moreover, the Royal Mint site is still claiming as of today that the coin is not intended for general circulation, and that merchants are not obliged to consider it legal tender.  Perhaps "general circulation" has a different meaning in the UK; to me, it means the coin is legal tender and therefore can be used at, say, a grocery store to satisfy a debt. CzechOut  ☎ | ✍ 07:16, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The "circulation version" I speak of is simply the worst of the bunch sold of at face value. The edge of it is not enscribed and is simply milled like a standard coin. As to legal tender, the coin IS legal tender, however the term in the UK only relates to court debts. In the UK a merchant can accept anything as payment and likewise refuse legal tender if they wish. In Scotland 80% of cash transactions are made with non-legal tender (Banknotes are not legal tender at all in Scotland). I have spent a number of these £5 coins and have only been refused on one occasion, ironicly the merchant accepted a non-legal tender banknote instead! 86.111.162.127 (talk) 04:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think that this paragraph is misleading and I've removed it. Regardless of any technical quibbles about legal tender, "general circulation" to most people means that the coin is encountered reasonably frequently in circulation, which is not the case here. 81.151.231.66 (talk) 01:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The section you removed did not state they where released into large scale circulation, its simply stated that the 2007 issues where available at face value, I see no reason why there was a need to remove it, a minor rewording would have cleared up any confusion. I still think that this fact is worth noting. 86.111.162.127 (talk) 00:30, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007 crown (circuation coin) 

message: The text states that "most retailers will refuse to accept them". I'm not so sure this should be in there. I acquired 18 of the 2007 issues, I spent 16 of them and was refused on only two occasions. Most of the time the recipients take a second or two to look at them out of interest but accept them quite happily. 86.111.162.127 (talk) 22:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I also recieved a £5 coin as change from a petrol station in Newport. I later spent it at a Burger King in Cardiff. The retailers treated it like a £5 note, when I recieved the coin I initially dismissed it as "perhaps they're introducing a new coin". 81.102.29.35 18:05, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "most retailers will refuse to accept them" 

message: We need to format this table a bit better. The way the images are done does not scale well. Perhaps it should be updated to be more like the two pound coin page. --Delta-NC (talk) 02:31, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The div's dont work! 

message: There needs to be mention made in this list of the third and fourth in the 'Countdown to 2012' coins issued in 2011 and 2012 respectively.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.186.34.35 (talk) 15:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  2011 Issue 

message: Is anybody interested in getting photographs of the coins to put in the table? I'd be happy to contribute photos of the coins I possess. Kelly elf (talk) 14:26, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  photos 

message: What it the first sentence of the "Criticism" section supposed to mean? 
    While the coins being stopped on 16 January 2020 (because of COVID-19), the number of commemorative £5 coins has been criticised in some quarters.
I don't think it was written by an English speaker.
The only citation is at the end of the paragraph, which is a physical book from 2019, so I doubt it will be illuminating as that's from before COVID.
DDFoster96 (talk) 17:57, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been bold and deleted it as an incoherent rant and because the citation given appears to be the opinion of a non-notable author. If anyone believes that it was worthy of inclusion, would they explain why? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:38, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Criticism" section 

message: It seems to me this should be moved to five pounds or, possibly, five pounds (coin). Whilst entities such as Jersey have issued five pound coins, this is the primary topic. It might need a parenthetical due to the five pound banknote. Wehwalt (talk) 15:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested move 

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