Euro and Pound coin - Two peas in a pod

[WTFH]

Anyone noticed how the Euro coin is almost identical in size and appearance to the pound coin?

I wouldn't be surprised if this was deliberate, and there had been a crafty plan for the UK to join the Euro as soon as it was at parity with the pound. But the Brexit vote scuppered all that in the nick of time!

Anyone notice that the pound used to look different to the Euro, up until it was changed after the referendum?

[JohntheBike]

You can walk around Edinburgh Royal mile, there's a number of shops accepting Euro. Don't know if it's legal for them to do so, but they do.

any method of bartering is legal. Legal tender has a very narrow definition in the UK.

Sorry | Bank of England

[JohntheBike]

You can walk around Edinburgh Royal mile, there's a number of shops accepting Euro. Don't know if it's legal for them to do so, but they do.

any method of bartering is legal. Legal tender has a very narrow definition in the UK.

Sorry | Bank of England

[Old Greg]

Anyone notice that the pound used to look different to the Euro, up until it was changed after the referendum?

That just shows how deep the globalist conspiracy runs.

[AtW]

Probably made by the same OEM

[Mordac]

You can walk around Edinburgh Royal mile, there's a number of shops accepting Euro. Don't know if it's legal for them to do so, but they do.

A shop can accept any currency they like. Quite a few shops in and around Oxford St accept Euros (M&S used to have Euro prices on their labels, not sure if they still do) and if you're ever in Brixton they have their own local currency, the The Brixton Pound - Money that sticks to Brixton - BGBP.

[Mordac]

Anyone notice that the pound used to look different to the Euro, up until it was changed after the referendum?

I think you'll find the change was planned for years before the ref, and has more to do with making the coins much harder to counterfeit. The Euro coin was ahead of the game in that respect, and the BoE borrowed some of their ideas.

[JohntheBike]

I think you'll find the change was planned for years before the ref, and has more to do with making the coins much harder to counterfeit. The Euro coin was ahead of the game in that respect, and the BoE borrowed some of their ideas.

making the coins much harder to counterfeit

failed then didn't they -

counterfeit pound coins - Google Search

[Old Greg]

failed then didn't they -

counterfeit pound coins - Google Search

Your link does not support your statement.

[CryingSheep]

A shop can accept any currency they like. Quite a few shops in and around Oxford St accept Euros (M&S used to have Euro prices on their labels, not sure if they still do) and if you're ever in Brixton they have their own local currency, the The Brixton Pound - Money that sticks to Brixton - BGBP.

M&S have the euro prices in their labels the same way Zara (and most of global clothes brands) always had every currency they do business in, so the same label works for every country....