Comments on "Milestones in the decimal coinage of the Falkland Islands"

[<k>]

In 2017, the Pobjoy Mint has revived this idea of a penguin series for the Falkland Islands. Expect to see the first issued coins soon.

Yes, it was in Coin News.

[andyg]

Yes, it was in Coin News.

managed to miss that plus your post about it!

[andyg]

2011 5p is now available in plated steel as well as copper-nickel.
Not sure if the 10p has been reissued too.

[eurocoin]

2011 5p is now available in plated steel as well as copper-nickel.

According to Wolfgang Schuster the 10p has now been re-issued too. The coin has the date 2004 on it.
Very bad decision of the Falkland Islands Government to not pay for a redate of the minting dies.

[Alan71]

According to Wolfgang Schuster the 10p has now been re-issued too. The coin has the date 2004 on it.
Very bad decision of the Falkland Islands Government to not pay for a redate of the minting dies.

I agree.  I think all of the other users of pounds and pence have issued the nickel-plated steel 5p and 10p for 2011 or later dates.

[Alan71]

Error in one of the posts made today:

"The 50 pence coin adopted the Maklouf portrait in 2003, a year earlier than the lower denominations."

This should read the Rank-Broadley portrait (the Falklands 50p never used the Maklouf one).

[<k>]

Thank you, A.

Numista says that both the 50p and the penny adopted the IRB portrait in 2003. However, I can see no evidence that the penny did so until 2004. So which is correct? Numista's view?

[andyg]

It did - I have one somewhere,  they have always been scarce for some reason.

[<k>]

Thank you, a. A 2003 penny does exist, then!

[<k>]

Who can give me a quick review of which Falkland circulation coins were NOT made by the Royal Mint - and who made them, of course.

Looking at the two odd circulation coins of 2019, I am not impressed when the obverse of a coin has a font that is so markedly different from that on the reverse.

The two different coins also have different fonts from each other - quite apart from having different portraits of the Queen. They look as if they belong to entirely different sets.

Probably that was done to please collectors and earn a little more money for the Falklands.

[<k>]

Obverse of the 5 pence coin of 2019.

This portrait appears to have some initials on the neck. Can anybody read them?

[africancoins]

RDM

Thanks Mr Paul Baker

[<k>]

Thank you!

[eurocoin]

I always thought that the 2023-dated series of the Falkland Islands depicting the portrait of HM King Charles III, was not minted for general circulation and only made for sets. But the 2023-dated 1 pound coin is out in circulation. And quite possibly, also other denominations such as the 5p were minted for general circulation.

[MCz]

Yes, 1£ appreared in mixed bags of 1£ coins in Falklands according the owner of Falkland Collectibles shop. I asked him about because I noticed this coin in his web shop (after I saw it on eBay).
I wrote about on Numista topic here (and I asked Numista referee for Falkland to change the type to standard circulation):
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic140667.html