normally a british £2 coin is goldish coloured and silver in the middle but recently, i was given a £2 coin that was goldish colour with no silver centre. it looked like a large £1 coin. someone told me it was`nt legal tender. is this true? can i change it at a bank if necessary?
2007-12-12 10:07:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It IS legal tender, it may be an older coin. The current issue £2 coin is not the first. The old one was a single colour but the same size, it is fine. The first issue £2 was not minted in large volumes so you don't see many.
They were one colour from 1986-96.
See below for images of single colour £2 coins.
2007-12-12 10:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old 2 Pound Coins
2016-12-12 16:29:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are other 2 pound types besides the bi-metallic type. Those were issued before the introduction of the bi-metallic in 1997, like for example the 1986 Commonwealth Games issue, the 1989 Bill and Claim of Rights issues, and the 1995 Dove of Peace issue. They are still legal tender.
2007-12-12 20:23:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was one of the sweeteners for Scotland when the countries united in 1707 along with our Laws, religion and education systems. Don't forget our banks are a lot older than the English banks. If the English had got their way everthing would have been as per what the English wanted at the time. There would probably be no Wales or Scotland I think just one big country called Great Britain or just England (not that there is any GREAT about this island of ours).
2016-03-14 07:30:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What was the year ? I can vaguely remember a £2 coin that had no silver.
2007-12-12 10:20:20 · answer #5 · answered by ADad 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's no UK 2 pound coin that doesn't have a silver center.
Is it perhaps a Crown colony coin? Maybe from one of the Channel Islands, Isle of Mann, one of the other places that mint their own coins?
Richard
2007-12-12 10:13:13 · answer #6 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
a £2 coin is a £2 coin - maybe you had a scottish coin?
2007-12-12 10:10:27 · answer #7 · answered by Dad 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
never seen a £2 with no silver, guess u should ask d bank
2007-12-12 10:12:40 · answer #8 · answered by mabhebeza 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know if it is legal tender, but I DO know that if it is not, a bank won't accept it.
2007-12-12 11:05:41 · answer #9 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋