Two tone 5p coin...

[sandyRoe]

It's only half silvered. The other side is copperish colour. Has it any value? Apart from its face value of 5p, I mean.

[boxtops]

Has the other side got dirty, e.g. sitting in tea or a stain of some sort?

[sandyRoe]

No. It's clearly not been properly dipped in the silver coloured coating.

[gingejbee]

Sounds as if somebody has been playing with it - in copper sulphate solution, for example. Did it many years ago.

[gingejbee]

sandy - they are "coated" with a silver colour. They are silvery all the way through.

[gingejbee]

...NOT coated....!

[sandyRoe]

It's not going to be as valuable as a 1933 penny, then? :-(

[joko]

The first decimal coins were circulated in 1968. These were the five pence (5p) and ten pence (10p), and had values of one shilling (1/-) and two shillings (2/-), respectively, under the pre-decimal £sd system. The decimal coins are minted in copper-plated steel (previously bronze), nickel-plated steel, cupro-nickel and nickel-brass. The two-pound coin is bimetallic.