Just something I was talking about with my mum, when the Queen dies, the national anthem changes to 'God save the King' or something, and stamps will have the king's head on.

What happens with coins?

They are still legal tender but gradually change over as new ones come in. We haven't had a change of leader since decimalisation but if you look at the pre-decimal pennies, you'll see they are all pretty much the same bar the monarch

Helz said:

They are still legal tender but gradually change over as new ones come in. We haven't had a change of leader since decimalisation but if you look at the pre-decimal pennies, you'll see they are all pretty much the same bar the monarch

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Thanks

Just wondering...are you Scottish? Have you seen Michael McIntyre where he says the only time the expression 'legal tender' is used is when someone tries to use Scottish money in England

I lived there for a long time, but was born in England and currently live 'just' south of the border You might also use the phrase when talking about special edition coins or money from crown dependencies etc.

When the Queen dies, you all have to hand in any coins or notes with her face on to an address that I will post on this site when the event happens.
I will give you a receipt and you will be able to recover your money from a sunny beach in South America which is where I will be living.
I will be the fella sitting with a couple of bikinied beauties and some very heavy looking guys with guns and machetes!

she will never die... shes a robot...right?...

craigb244 said:

she will never die... shes a robot...right?...

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SSSHHHHHHH!! Only Prince Philip and select members of MI5 know about that!

i remember as a kid using 2 shilling coins with a king on as 10 pence pieces and 1 shilling pieces as 5 pence pieces.

the coins were the same size and when they withdrew this in the late 80's early 90s they changed the size of the 10p and 5p

Big Black Stilo said:

i remember as a kid using 2 shilling coins with a king on as 10 pence pieces and 1 shilling pieces as 5 pence pieces.

the coins were the same size and when they withdrew this in the late 80's early 90s they changed the size of the 10p and 5p

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And they were called 'Florins'.....

Bring back groats, farthings, crowns an threepenny bits

^^^ will soon if this country keeps going the way it is

ThisBitterPill said:

And they were called 'Florins'.....

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we all call 50p coins ten bobs round our way!