New £1 coin

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Baz2000

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246 posts

123 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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The good old round pound coin will be abolished come October this year. I think its a shame that its being replaced but I suppose it to stop forgery, there must be a lot of fake £1 coins around. Theres a shop near me that has a giant coke bottle filled with pound coins bet they will be gutted.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/18/shops-will-soon-be-a...


Both coins will be accepted for a while, how will machines be able to accept both?

randlemarcus

13,507 posts

230 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Baz2000 said:
Both coins will be accepted for a while, how will machines be able to accept both?
I know, right? To be honest, I might not miss the serried ranks of bending machines, each only able to accept one denomination of coin. I mean, it's not like anyone even uses the five pence ones.

Perhaps in the distant future, machines will be able to accept multiple coins of differing value, and in that Nirvana, they may even be able to accept two different coins of the same value.

Daft ha'poth wink

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Apparently the new coin has miniscule amounts of plant extracts in its alloy. However, no meat eaters have claimed their rights are being ignored.

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

136 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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I blame the E.U.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Aha
I wonder if this has any bearing on Asda no longer needing coins in their trolleys.
I know that most of you won't shop at Asda (it's a strange place as I discovered last night, I thought they may have been filming a TV show The Shopping Dead or something)

Hayek

8,969 posts

207 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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I'd like to see them introduce a coin that doesn't divide equally into £1.

Voldemort

6,087 posts

277 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Hayek said:
I'd like to see them introduce a coin that doesn't divide equally into £1.
Ta-da!


Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Thruppeny pieces are making a comeback.

I have an old tea caddy full of 'em.

DUMBO100

1,878 posts

183 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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With all the wireless card and phone payments around maybe pockets full of change will be less common than the used to be. The providers make a transaction fee so I guess we'll see more of them. The £1 coin was my favourite though 5p's were just silly

Long Drax

744 posts

169 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Laurel Green said:
Thruppeny pieces are making a comeback.

I have an old tea caddy full of 'em.
I love the old threepenny bits. My missus has some from the 60s. Occasionally she gets them out for me to have a look at.

bristolracer

5,528 posts

148 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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Maybe it will make Kensington and Chelsea finally upgrade their parking ticket machines to ring to pay units instead of expecting people to acquire tens of pounds in change to pay for a few minutes parking.

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Sunday 19th February 2017
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but then what about the lockers at my gym? they've got 100+ lockers that all accept £1 coins. not to mention any of the supermarkets that have trolleys that use £1 coins. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM??

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Long Drax said:
Laurel Green said:
Thruppeny pieces are making a comeback.

I have an old tea caddy full of 'em.
I love the old threepenny bits. My missus has some from the 60s. Occasionally she gets them out for me to have a look at.
To be savoured am sure. hehe

scenario8

6,554 posts

178 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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ambuletz said:
but then what about the lockers at my gym? they've got 100+ lockers that all accept £1 coins. not to mention any of the supermarkets that have trolleys that use £1 coins. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM??
Posh gym!

(20p coins for us commoners)

Yipper

5,964 posts

89 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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ambuletz said:
but then what about the lockers at my gym? they've got 100+ lockers that all accept £1 coins. not to mention any of the supermarkets that have trolleys that use £1 coins. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM??
It is causing havoc and costing a fortune. Retailers, businesses and vending machine suppliers are doing their nut. They just had to spend a wedge upgrading to the cr*ppy new plastic fiver. And now the new Pound coin. And soon after, the new plastic tenner.

There are roughly 50m fake Pound coins in circulation. Some say it is costing £100m to upgrade all coin machines and machinery.

The new £1 coin arrives next month. The old one will cease in 8 months. Official website here:

http://www.thenewpoundcoin.com

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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i wonder what the 'secret' security feature is meant to be that they aren't telling...

Pints

18,444 posts

193 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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ambuletz said:
i wonder what the 'secret' security feature is meant to be that they aren't telling...
Perhaps it's so secret not even they know!

scratchchin

Perik Omo

1,883 posts

147 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Long Drax said:
Laurel Green said:
Thruppeny pieces are making a comeback.

I have an old tea caddy full of 'em.
I love the old threepenny bits. My missus has some from the 60s. Occasionally she gets them out for me to have a look at.
Ha! See what you did there!!

Randy Winkman

16,021 posts

188 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Cold said:
Apparently the new coin has miniscule amounts of plant extracts in its alloy. However, no meat eaters have claimed their rights are being ignored.
Is there anyone that wont eat plants for ethical reasons?

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Randy Winkman said:
Is there anyone that wont eat plants for ethical reasons?
fruitarians only eat fruit because they might believe it's bad karma eating vegetables as you have to kill the plant to eat it. where as eating fruit doesn't kill the plant.