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2 Pence coins are not used as commemoratives.
These 25p coins are worth around 50p today (October 2010) as they were mass produced to commemorate the wedding of Charles and Diana on 29th July 1981.
£5 coins are made by the royal mint and unless there loder than decimilisation in 1971 there only worth £5 sterling.
These coins are privately minted and are intended as a collectible/commemorative/souvenir of the occasion and are not legal tender. These coins would be variously produced in a variety of metals including cupro-nickel, silver, gold and often, gold plated. The coins should come packaged and will contain a certificate or some other notation indicating where they were minted, what they are made from and the specifications of the coin.
When it comes to private mints like the Pobjoy Mint, Franklin Mint and National Collector's Mints, there is little value in the coins except for the metal value of the coins. And no, most likely every coin released in that set used the name Diana Spencer on the coin. The coins are worth their metal value only, unless you can find a collector who is willing to pay a premium.
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, has only appeared on two British coins to date. 1. The 1981 25 Pence (Crown) coin commemorating his marriage to Lady Diana Spencer. 2. The 1998 Five Pound (Crown) coin commemorating his 50th Birthday. The 1977 coin to which you possibly refer is the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II commemorative 25 Pence (Crown) coin.
You have a 1981 British 25 Pence (Crown) coin minted to commemorate the Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer. The coins were made of 75% copper and 25% nickel, weigh 28.28 grams, are 38.61mm in diameter and 2.5mm thick and have a milled edge. The reverse design was done by Philip Nathan. There were 26.773 million minted and they are neither rare nor valuable.
The Midland Bank is privately owned and does not, and never has, issued its own coinage. Any coins purchased from the Midland Bank, will be some sort of commemorative coin minted at the Royal Mint and may be packaged in a Midland Bank presentation pack or similar.
These were mass produced in cupro-nickel to commemorate the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles on 29 July 1981. They have a face value of 25p and if sold on the open market would fetch between 50p and £1. The sterling silver issues (they were in a presentation box with certificate) would be worth about £20.
You could try a coin dealer.
1977 was Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee year, nothing to do with Charles and Diana. Diana would have only been 16.
AnswerThere were a number of crown coins issued by the Isle of Man in 1981 to celebrate Prince Charles' wedding to Lady Diana Spencer.In Copper-Nickel (crown size - a bit bigger than an old US silver dollar), it's worth about $2.25 in uncirculated condition; in Silver (crown size - weighs 28.28g), about $12 in uncirculated and $15 in proof; in Gold, about $75 for the small coin (weighs 5.1g) and $150 for the large (weighs 7.96g) in proof; and in Platinum (big coin, weighs 52g) about $1,600 in proof.There are two versions of each coin, by the way - one with a picture of Charles and Diana on the reverse, and one with a coat of arms on the reverse; the values, however, are the same for each.