One in Fifty £1 Coins Are Fakes

[Bob Dalek]

Never! But then I did not check - I just paid for goods at my local boots.....

How did you know? What did you do about it?

It failed the newsagent's "special pen" test, and, upon closer inspection, looked wrong. Still have it somewhere at home.

[OwlHoot]

Maybe the Government *wants* people to lose confidence in pound coins, to reduce public disapproval of switching to the Euro

IGMTH (I'll get my tin hat)

[BrilloPad]

It failed the newsagent's "special pen" test, and, upon closer inspection, looked wrong. Still have it somewhere at home.

You can afford to leave cash lying around! Gosh I am impressed. There are sooo many millionaires on this board!

[BrilloPad]

Maybe the Government *wants* people to lose confidence in pound coins, to reduce public disapproval of switching to the Euro

IGMTH (I'll get my tin hat)

But it would be nice to swap our pounds for some Euros - rathewr than just having to dump all our pounds for nothing?

[PRC1964]

Maybe the Government *wants* people to lose confidence in pound coins, to reduce public disapproval of switching to the Euro

IGMTH (I'll get my tin hat)

Or even better, get us all to use "traceable" payment methods. It's hard for them to know exactly what you're up to when you use cash.

[Andy2]

South african rand is the same size and weight as pound
I saw someone using it in a launderette

[Bob Dalek]

You can afford to leave cash lying around! Gosh I am impressed. There are sooo many millionaires on this board!

I light my Romeo y Julieta cigars with twenties, don't you?

[Bob Dalek]

South african rand is the same size and weight as pound
I saw someone using it in a launderette

Similarly, you can file down a fifty pence coin to make a useable 2 pence piece.

[NickFitz]

South african rand is the same size and weight as pound
I saw someone using it in a launderette

Are you sure it wasn't a Swazi lilangeni? They're made from the same blanks as UK pounds, they just get stamped with a different design. I've got one around somewhere...

[dude69]

fake pounds are very common, especially in city centres and small shops. Most people never notice, but if your pound is rejected by a vending machine, chances are it's fake.