2005 Sixpence coins

Anyone here buy one of the 2005 sixpence coins on this tour ?

I'm working on a list. Why?...Why not! :)

Please reply to this thread if you bought one of the sixpences or have a related story to tell.

Thanks.

Hello there mate...

Yes, i purchased one of the 2005 coins. I had to really....bad habit of mine, as you see i also have the others in the series.

The original 1993 one is far and away the best of the lot. These were actually minted by the Royal Mint and they are quite beautiful. The following addtions just don't seem to be as well made. I found it interesting to realize that Brian seems to still use the actual real UK sixpence coins to play instead of these special editions.

That should tell you something....

I do enjoy these coins though....

Can anyone tell me WHY the 2004 edition is considered to be the rare one? Is it because you could only get it by going to see the WWRY Musical, or because of other reasons?

I bought one for myself (well, two originally, but...)

Thanks 'Deacons 1st Choice'

By the way...where are you located? I'd like to use perhaps first and last names on the list - OR I may just use QZone name's.

I'm from Canada, as is 'Inu'. It'd be interesting to plot on a map where the owners are located as well.

Like you, and thanks to 'Inu' I also have all 3 now.

I must agree with you - the 1993 Editions really are the nicest of the lot. The 2004 coins (made in China?) really appear to be made 'on the cheap' with the '05 editions to be only a mild improvement.

Anyone else have either of these coins ? Please pass word around to those who you know!

Thanks again!

I bought three at Vancouver (marked 2005) and I had already bought two at Dublin - been at the musical in London a few times but never even saw those they had there.

Out of curiosity: why is this important?

gnomo > what country are you living in ?

Why is this important ?

Answer -- it's not really all that important. It's just something I thought might be of some interest to someone - to see who cared to buy these little coins.

I guess you could call it a survey. But I'm not doing this for any specfic reason, other than curiousity.

Thanks for replying to the group.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mr. stagger lee wrote: [/QUOTENAME]gnomo > what country are you living in ?
Thanks for replying to the group. [/QUOTE]
Glad to be of help - I live in Italy (Rome, specifically).

I found it quite odd that they were selling 2005 sixpences for a 2006 tour -- I bought a 2005 one in Las Vegas last year, so now I have two.

Yes - I found it rather odd (and slightly disappointing) that they had 2005 coins for the 2006 tour. My only thought was that there was little turn-around between the end of the European tour and the beginning of the North American tour, so they couldn't get them made in time.

Can both of you send me an email at beamus2000-at-hotmail.com (replace the '-at-' with '@' of course) to tell me if you mind if I use you real names for this list ?

Edit: Actually - I think I'll simply put on the list names such as 'Queenzoner Whatinthewhathe' to keep those names private, if those people prefer. I would still like to know what country everyone is living in tho.

Thanks in advance.

i bought one in Pittsburgh for 2005

I was suprised i didn't see any 2006's

i dunno if there are any

yeah

Thanks Blue_Acid.

What country are you from?

Yeah I got a real one and I didn't have to buy it or hold up a sign.

Headlong24

(Humour me here...) Did you get one at the concert, or are you talking about just owning one of the 'normal' sixpence coins ?

;) Thanks - heh.

A.

Nope Brian handed it to me at the show in Long Island when he was on the side platform at the end of his We Will Rock You Solo. Was very cool, I'm going to try and mount it with some sort of pic of brian and try to get it signed some where down the line. It was the only one he gave out in NY although in Philly I saw him throw out two. In DC I didn't seem him throw any out.

That's very interesting Headlong.

I think I'll include this in the list as well.

Any chance of getting a photo of the sixpence ?

That said -- any other people on Queenzone who have had a similar experience please let me know.