£1 old coin fail

[Martin]

I've just found 75 of the little buggers ;-(

I have a charity I'd prefer to donate to but they don't take them,

All the banks / BS's have not updated their advice since last year does anyone know who will definitely still take them?
TIA

[Basil]

My pub was still accepting them as they were still able to cash them in at the bank, as long as they kept them separate.
Last time I saw them accept one was just before Christmas.
So banks were still accepting them 3 or 4 weeks ago.

[Mike J]

See if your bank still takes them.

[Jaded]

Banks will take them.

[CrinklyLion]

Nationwide happily accepted the stash we found in the SmallestCub's penny teddy a week or two back.

[Martin]

Thanks 

I've also found several 100 pre euro EU coins; are these OK to bung in a charity box at Gatwick?

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Thanks 

I've also found several 100 pre euro EU coins; are these OK to bung in a charity box at Gatwick?

Copper washers may be worth more.  I had a business plan to convert copper pennies and half pennies into copper washers until the b*ggers started making them out of steel.

[T42]

Thanks 

I've also found several 100 pre euro EU coins; are these OK to bung in a charity box at Gatwick?

Nah. Save them for the collection in church.

[andytheflyer]

AIUI, the Bank of England is saying that they will take them.  But since I'm not in London and can't show up at Threadneedle St, I took some a couple of weeks ago to a Lloyds branch near me (my son brought them over from Canada when he was here for Christmas).  They initially refused to take them as I do not bank with them, but there's now no NatWest branch within 30 miles so driving to my nearest branch wasn't a sensible option for me for £15 worth of coins. Lloyds did, however, eventually take them as a goodwill gesture.

[Andrij]

Banks should still take old £1 coins.  They still take old £5 notes, at least as of earlier this month.

[Cudzoziemiec]

"We're advising our small business and individual customers that in the current challenging business environment they should take all cash as far back as decimalisation," said a clerk in my local Natwest. Whether his view is the official Natwest one across the UK, I don't know.

[robgul]

Banks should still take old £1 coins.  They still take old £5 notes, at least as of earlier this month.

In theory they will still take the old white fivers* that were phased out in the late 1950s!     Any form of currency in coin or paper CAN be banked . . . although there may be obstacles put in your way.

* I have one as a souvenir

Rob

[TPMB12]

Bank of England has to legally take any form of UK currency that was it is legal in England with only a few criteria. I think of it's been signed by the governor of the bank of England then it's as good as a contract. This goes right back to the earliest notes, well before decimalization. Well notes at least, coins I'm not sure about.