I’m on vacation in the UK this week and I just got the most surprising reply when I tried to pay with the old pound coins at the coffee shops in Bath. They just wouldn’t accept them! I had no problem in London spending them though. Is this normal? have these coins been demonetized already??!
Any bank should still accept or change your old £1 coins.
However if they're in really nice condition they're worth keeping for swaps as they're quite collectable now.
I’m quite surprised indeed. I still have 10£ in those to use up. I didn’t have any issues using them in my first couple days here in London, so I’ll keep pushing them wherever I can haha. They were in my swap list for a long time, but I’ve not been able to exchange them away even though some are commemoratives!
ashlobo,
what did you think of Bath? I live only 8 miles (13Km) from this Roman city. Did you find the coin shop, which is the shop I visit regularly?
Geoff
no I didn’t go looking for coin shops in bath. Just had enough time for the Roman baths and then a small walk around the town. Bath is absolutely beautiful no doubt! Just wished it didn’t rain as much, put a little dampner on my plan to walk around more. I got caught out in the downpour when I was in the Victoria gardens next to the royal crescent.
Not going to be able to visit charing cross in London either. I might go to coin craft tomorrow since I probably might have to do indoor stuff at the museums if the weather turns ugly. Any recommendations on coin shops to visit in LN?
On another note, i tried pawning off the old pound coins here in Windsor too, but the Starbucks barista was paying attention lol. I did go to the NatWest bank next door and changed out 7£ worth still have another 3£ sitting on my dressing table that needs to go
I know of no shops in Bath that would take the old £1 coins, so the bank is your best option.
Coincraft do coins. It's by the British Museum I think. Being London, prices will be a bit steeper. Best of luck with the coin hunting. Google search might also help, as I know there are a couple of others.
As to the weather? That is why I am on holiday in Spain. Average temperature is 27°C
Quote: "COINMAN1"I know of no shops in Bath that would take the old £1 coins, so the bank is your best option.
Coincraft do coins. It's by the British Museum I think. Being London, prices will be a bit steeper. Best of luck with the coin hunting. Google search might also help, as I know there are a couple of others.
As to the weather? That is why I am on holiday in Spain. Average temperature is 27°C
haha, fair enough! I have too many friends and family here in blimey England. So usually summers are in Canada and the US, fall in UK/Europe and then Christmas-winter is réserved for India to see my parents
Indeed I dropped a coupls of them in the donation at the abbey in Bath!
went to coin craft and another coin store yesterday and bought some of the £5 commemoratives I was missing as well as a few of the older crowns. Finally did something numismatics on this trip !
ashlobo,
glad to see you used my advices and went to Coincraft. I expect there were too many choices. Good to see you have increase your collection.
Nothing doing on coin shops here in Spain.
Quote: "COINMAN1"ashlobo,
glad to see you used my advices and went to Coincraft. I expect there were too many choices. Good to see you have increase your collection.
Nothing doing on coin shops here in Spain.
Quote: "Euromunt"The coins have been officially demonetized yet are still widely accepted in shops. Banks still accept them.
I did pass on a few of them in London initially but then it became harder and harder to spend it at cafes and souvenir shops. Eventually I exchanged the remaining in Metro bank and dropped a couple in a church donation box.
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