Counterfeit pound coins

[BrilloPad]

Am I the only one who still checks every 20p I get for the missing date thing? Anyone else still doing that?

Rare 20p coin sells for £7,100 on eBay (that's 35,500 times its face value) | Mail Online ?

Apparently there were 50,000 to 200,000 so £7100 seems alot - £50 sounds more likely.

£50 is not worth my time to check the 20p - sas

[amcdonald]

You can get a jar of coffee for less than £10.

Doesn't everyone drink venezulan beaver coffee with essence of panda sperm?

sas

No, real contractors drink cat but coffee

[Churchill]

No, real contractors drink cat but coffee

"Civet Bang"? Named after the noise it makes after it leaves that "cat's" arse?

[Freamon]

I always keep an eye out for fakes but so far have only come across one, which is odd as some estimates suggest that up to 1 in 20 pound coins are fake.

Having said that I refuse to deal in piddling small change, so maybe that's why.

[Diver]

Pound Coins?
20 pences?

Sorry, you've lost me there

There's only the folding stuff, the plastic cards, and the dreggs you tell the cashier to chuck in the charity box as you walk away from the till

[al_cam]

Am I the only one who still checks every 20p I get for the missing date thing? Anyone else still doing that?

Only ever found one - got over £50 for it.

[kingcook]

Am I the only one who still checks every 20p I get for the missing date thing? Anyone else still doing that?

Nope! I still do it, although i have started to wonder why TF i bother, never found one

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Tesco seem to be prime offenders in taking away any £5 notes they receive at the tills at frequent intervals, presumably because they want to give you a pocket full of change.

Poundland gave me a whole bunch of change making up a £1 the other week too. The girl on the till said it's the same money, yeah a pocket full of same money. She went way overboard, I must have had 20 coins and might have accepted less, but I soon got a £1 coin when I asked to speak to the manager.

Just tell the poor girl at Poundland (or Aldi) or whatever other cheap place you go to keep the change! Or are you a permie now?

[Pondlife]

Poundland gave me a whole bunch of change making up a £1 the other week too. The girl on the till said it's the same money, yeah a pocket full of same money. She went way overboard, I must have had 20 coins and might have accepted less, but I soon got a £1 coin when I asked to speak to the manager.

Surely a man of as lavish and extravagant as yourself could have found something else in Poundland that you wanted.

[d000hg]

Poundland gave me a whole bunch of change making up a £1 the other week too. The girl on the till said it's the same money, yeah a pocket full of same money. She went way overboard, I must have had 20 coins and might have accepted less, but I soon got a £1 coin when I asked to speak to the manager.

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