pongo Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Someone in the US is selling one on eBay for $9.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I wonder how much I would get for the plastic pound note I have knocking around somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I wonder how much I would get for the plastic pound note I have knocking around somewhere Take it to the Antiques Roadshow next time they are over. They know everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I wonder how much I would get for the plastic pound note I have knocking around somewhere Seen one of those on ebay for £50, I managed to get £27 for 10 normal new pound notes with consecutive numbers from some Canadian mug bidder, oh and as for them being around got 2 in my change today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I love to have some in my wallet to use when some dumb English trader starts ranting on about how good the £ is compared with the €. Talk about the world's most inflexible single currency zone - the sterlingzone! They never accept them - mind you if I told them the Manx ones sell for $9.99 on eBay it might be different... PS: the CM gave me a handful in change in his shop at New Year. Maybe he gets issued with the new ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jehovah Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Maybe because people like me save them, I'm up to about £350 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Plastic Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Three pounds 96p. Pffft. I'll just spend it instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo79 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Wow...its amazing what crap people will buy on ebay, will have to dig out some "Manx collectables" to flog!!! someone is selling a 20p coin for £2-50 + 99p p&p... I have a few of them lying around, I could make a fortune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Another fairly recent one was the 5p coins that had the golf ball & the golfer taking a swing. They were being sold as golf markers. Also the 1p with the rugby ball on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 We should unilaterally adopt the €. The govt could then sell off the entire stock of Manx money on eBay as limited edition. And we could all retire to Maughold. Alternatively - print more or the stuff with different pictures and sell it to collectors. Like the stamps. Apart from the actual profit, money which disappears from circulation is profit for the govt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hang on to any Manx £1 notes, they'll be worth a fortune next year - when the financial crisis hits here, and they start issuing £1million notes that buy the same as you get for a quid now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 i allways take a few £1 notes with me when going to england, u be amazed at the amount of times that u hand it over the bar. that the person behind the bar wants one or the person standing next to you wants one of the notes, thay normaly want u to give them it for free, but u just say pay for me drink and u can have this one, 8/10 times it normaly works, the drunker thay are the better, thay seam to think its some magic note, i dont mind , makes for a cheap night sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Plastic Fantastic Brilliant! We are recession proof...it does have a bit of a feel of a Nigerian scam about it but if you can sell £1 for £4 and get the suckers to also pay for postage keep printing them - a runway extension for £10million, a control tower for £1.75 million, Ramsey Pier for £1.25 million, the MEA debt written off for £100 million - its got to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_kitty Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Pound notes are annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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