Reply to: One in Fifty £1 Coins Are Fakes

[cailin maith]

Texted yesterday - no reply. Will let you know.

Ok luvvie - thanks!

[realityhack]

Ok - just wierd he hasn't been around... ta luvvie

Texted yesterday - no reply. Will let you know.

[BrilloPad]

That's true, I had one in change once when I tried to spend it the shop wouldn't take it because there was "nowhere for them to enter it on their banking slips".

Might be easier to force ATMs to deliver £5 notes? Even if a £5 coin you still have to get it into circulation.

I believe in the early nineties the high street banks over ordered massively on 50p pieces - took years to get rid of them. the royal mint refused to accept them back.....

[wobbegong]

wikipedia (apologies)

"Five pound coins are legal tender, but are intended as souvenirs and are almost never seen in circulation (according to the Royal Mint, "most retailers will refuse to accept them"[2]). They may, however, be exchanged for goods and services at post offices.[2] The coins are sold by the Royal Mint at a premium to their face value — the 2008 coins, with presentation folders, are on sale at £9.95 each (as of April 2008).[3]"

Selling £5 for £10 - sounds like a good business model. plan B anyone?

That's true, I had one in change once when I tried to spend it the shop wouldn't take it because there was "nowhere for them to enter it on their banking slips".

[BrilloPad]

There is one.

wikipedia (apologies)

"Five pound coins are legal tender, but are intended as souvenirs and are almost never seen in circulation (according to the Royal Mint, "most retailers will refuse to accept them"[2]). They may, however, be exchanged for goods and services at post offices.[2] The coins are sold by the Royal Mint at a premium to their face value — the 2008 coins, with presentation folders, are on sale at £9.95 each (as of April 2008).[3]"

Selling £5 for £10 - sounds like a good business model. plan B anyone?

[wobbegong]

I would like to see a £5 coin. There is a shortage of £5 notes as few ATMs dispense them.

There is one.

[BrilloPad]

Bring back the One Pound Note.

I would like to see a £5 coin. There is a shortage of £5 notes as few ATMs dispense them.

[pisces]

Bring back the One Pound Note.

[NickFitz]

You mean that money doesn't just come in notes?

goats

[Diver]

I still don't get it, sorry

You mean that money doesn't just come in notes?

Don't be silly

Yer pullin my leg

[Gonzo]

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

You were in a what?

Are contractors' rates really getting hit that badly?

[NickFitz]

You'd think - if anyone - they would have been careful to use '£' instead of '£' in their markup.

<looks at the source>

Erm... what's going on there then? Ah... ASP.

Worse - ASP.NET

It claims in the HTTP Content-Type header to be UTF-8; however the actual bytes being sent for the £ character are 0xef 0xbf 0xbd

That's not ISO Latin-1, nor is it Windows 1252. In fact, I haven't got the faintest idea what it thinks it is

[cailin maith]

No idea mate - will drop him a text.

Ok - just wierd he hasn't been around... ta luvvie

[realityhack]

RH - Where is Xen?

No idea mate - will drop him a text.

[cailin maith]

You'd think - if anyone - they would have been careful to use '63;' instead of '£' in their markup.

<looks at the source>

Erm... what's going on there then? Ah... ASP.

RH - Where is Xen?