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Is it just me or does that coin look like an angel about to take a piss at a urinal.  with a rooster.

The coins I bought from @Gildeon arrived today. Say what you want, but some things just work very smoothly in the Eurozone. Beautiful coins, great condition. 

 
Now to find those new elephants a place between the others. I don't think I'll ever not be delighted about how happy the one from 2018 (lower left) looks.

QB's arrived today. 2020 White Horse of Hanover proofs in 1 oz silver and 1/4 oz gold.

The coins I bought from @Gildeon arrived today. Say what you want, but some things just work very smoothly in the Eurozone. Beautiful coins, great condition. 

 
Now to find those new elephants a place between the others. I don't think I'll ever not be delighted about how happy the one from 2018 (lower left) looks.

Don’t come across these very often. But worth having at least one in the collection. 
shame about the condition 

Never had a £50 note out of a cash machine but plenty do £5 now usually in student areas though to be honest.
And apart from corner shops I've never had a problem spending 50s. Morrisons supermarket take them. Petrol stations take them. Local pubs take them (but they do know me). 
I pay cash where ever possible, if a few of us ever go for a meal I'm never in the queue to use the card machine 😁

All I ever get from an ATM is 5,  10 and 20 notes 😁 As I am from Germany as well I do like to keep a cash reserve securely locked away at home. Had to go my bank and change it to 50s. Almost everyone I know has no cash reserves at home here in the UK. All digital - that is a trust in a feeble system I do not understand.

The coins I bought from @Gildeon arrived today. Say what you want, but some things just work very smoothly in the Eurozone. Beautiful coins, great condition. 

 
Now to find those new elephants a place between the others. I don't think I'll ever not be delighted about how happy the one from 2018 (lower left) looks.

@dollarydoos
Here’s the reverse. Cash is a dirty word in the UK now it’s a joke.
Takes a while to be phased out, i was in the bank the other day and they were still accepting the old £10 note if it was the last ones produced (they checked serial numbers)

The coins I bought from @Gildeon arrived today. Say what you want, but some things just work very smoothly in the Eurozone. Beautiful coins, great condition. 

 
Now to find those new elephants a place between the others. I don't think I'll ever not be delighted about how happy the one from 2018 (lower left) looks.

The coins I bought from @Gildeon arrived today. Say what you want, but some things just work very smoothly in the Eurozone. Beautiful coins, great condition. 

 
Now to find those new elephants a place between the others. I don't think I'll ever not be delighted about how happy the one from 2018 (lower left) looks.

The coins I bought from @Gildeon arrived today. Say what you want, but some things just work very smoothly in the Eurozone. Beautiful coins, great condition. 

 
Now to find those new elephants a place between the others. I don't think I'll ever not be delighted about how happy the one from 2018 (lower left) looks.

The coins I bought from @Gildeon arrived today. Say what you want, but some things just work very smoothly in the Eurozone. Beautiful coins, great condition. 

 
Now to find those new elephants a place between the others. I don't think I'll ever not be delighted about how happy the one from 2018 (lower left) looks.

Thanks for showing them. I quite like the more intense colour. Would you mind showing the reverse as well?
I was wondering when exactly they would come out. For how long will the old £20s remain valid in shops?
I completely missed the transition to new £5 and £10 notes, and when I've been to the UK again last year, I tried to pay with the old tenners I still had from the previous trip, only to be told that they aren't accepted anymore. Fortunately I didn't have too many; I ended up mailing them to the Bank of England and got reimbursed by direct deposit. I had to provide an "explanation" for where I had the money from and why I still had it. They seemed to be quite serious about it, but even if they thought I was laundering, 50 quid probably wouldn't qualify as a major operation, so "from a trip two years ago" was good enough apparently.
I googled it back then and found that the new £20s would be introduced in 2020, so this time I made sure to not take any £20s back with me.
For anyone in the UK: Is it normal that apparently every single cash machine only dispenses £10 and £20 notes? No £5 or £50? How do British parents even have the right cash to pay pocket money? Would I even be able to get away with paying with a £50 somewhere? I already had the impression that insisting on using cash instead of contactless put me on some sort of list.
It's not that different in the Netherlands where I live, but I'm originally from Germany. Cash payments are one of the few noticable cultural differences that I refuse to adjust to. I will use cash until it's illegal. I vaguely remember a recent survey asking people if they would trust Facebook with their financial data. Hell, I don't even trust my bank with my financial data.

Thanks for showing them. I quite like the more intense colour. Would you mind showing the reverse as well?
I was wondering when exactly they would come out. For how long will the old £20s remain valid in shops?
I completely missed the transition to new £5 and £10 notes, and when I've been to the UK again last year, I tried to pay with the old tenners I still had from the previous trip, only to be told that they aren't accepted anymore. Fortunately I didn't have too many; I ended up mailing them to the Bank of England and got reimbursed by direct deposit. I had to provide an "explanation" for where I had the money from and why I still had it. They seemed to be quite serious about it, but even if they thought I was laundering, 50 quid probably wouldn't qualify as a major operation, so "from a trip two years ago" was good enough apparently.
I googled it back then and found that the new £20s would be introduced in 2020, so this time I made sure to not take any £20s back with me.
For anyone in the UK: Is it normal that apparently every single cash machine only dispenses £10 and £20 notes? No £5 or £50? How do British parents even have the right cash to pay pocket money? Would I even be able to get away with paying with a £50 somewhere? I already had the impression that insisting on using cash instead of contactless put me on some sort of list.
It's not that different in the Netherlands where I live, but I'm originally from Germany. Cash payments are one of the few noticable cultural differences that I refuse to adjust to. I will use cash until it's illegal. I vaguely remember a recent survey asking people if they would trust Facebook with their financial data. Hell, I don't even trust my bank with my financial data.

Not PMs but got my first load of the new £20s. Always weird getting used to new fiat, at least gold is eternal!

Hate the plastic notes. Too slippery