New Posts For Thread: Are all my old £1 coins now worth more ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-moreNow they not legal tender are they collectable ?thanks for the very good answer donny - I hadn't really thought along those lines but it makes perfect sense .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977529#552977529thanks for the very good answer donny - I hadn't really thought along those lines but it makes perfect sense .Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:06:30 -0500Thanks donny, that sounds about right.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977425#552977425Thanks donny, that sounds about right.Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:34:27 -0500coachbustercheque guarantee cards came in around 1970 and the need for large banknotes decreasedas more folk took up bank accountsincrease in credit cards toothe users of large amounts of large banknotes tend to be those avoiding somethingwe have a https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977389#552977389coachbustercheque guarantee cards came in around 1970 and the need for large banknotes decreasedas more folk took up bank accountsincrease in credit cards toothe users of large amounts of large banknotes tend to be those avoiding somethingwe have a Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:26:19 -0500kennyi think we were doing it from around 1973/4the oil crisis forced up the price of gold and i thinkit was the bunker hunt family tried to corner the silver market in around 1980 which made these coins very muchmore valuable.even before decimalizathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977353#552977353kennyi think we were doing it from around 1973/4the oil crisis forced up the price of gold and i thinkit was the bunker hunt family tried to corner the silver market in around 1980 which made these coins very muchmore valuable.even before decimalizatTue, 17 Oct 2017 08:16:45 -0500how come there was a £20 note back in the 70s, but no £200 note today ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977317#552977317how come there was a £20 note back in the 70s, but no £200 note today ?Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:04:29 -0500inflation eats away any profits of old notes etc unless they are really rare .a £10 note from say 1972 would be bringing you a heavy loss if you sold it today for £100https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977311#552977311inflation eats away any profits of old notes etc unless they are really rare .a £10 note from say 1972 would be bringing you a heavy loss if you sold it today for £100Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:03:09 -0500Interesting, but when was that donny?I remember a period of maybe 3-6 weeks?, in which everyone was at it, but then the valuable coins got rarer and rarer, and the practice ceased nearly completely.Just trying to put a date on it, was it anything tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977281#552977281Interesting, but when was that donny?I remember a period of maybe 3-6 weeks?, in which everyone was at it, but then the valuable coins got rarer and rarer, and the practice ceased nearly completely.Just trying to put a date on it, was it anything toTue, 17 Oct 2017 07:56:21 -0500you could still find them until the size of coins was reduced, but theywere pretty rare in circulation by then, finding a george 6 10p onlyto see it was 1947 or later was gutting!5p reduced about 1990, 10p a couple of years later.we used to go into bhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977219#552977219you could still find them until the size of coins was reduced, but theywere pretty rare in circulation by then, finding a george 6 10p onlyto see it was 1947 or later was gutting!5p reduced about 1990, 10p a couple of years later.we used to go into bTue, 17 Oct 2017 07:37:56 -0500i got one with an indian chic onhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977195#552977195i got one with an indian chic onTue, 17 Oct 2017 07:28:57 -0500Anyone remember going through old silver coins to see if there was any pre 1947 and pre 1920 ones, as they were worth a lot more due to the higher silver content, particularly pre '20. Everyone seemed to be at it, even asking for bags of silver at thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30954371/are-all-my-old-1-coins-now-worth-more?post_id=552977187#552977187Anyone remember going through old silver coins to see if there was any pre 1947 and pre 1920 ones, as they were worth a lot more due to the higher silver content, particularly pre '20. Everyone seemed to be at it, even asking for bags of silver at thTue, 17 Oct 2017 07:26:12 -0500