Reply to: Counterfeit pound coins

[NickFitz]

Nevermind £1 coins, last week I bought another gold bar and after breaking it in half for a dare I found it was full of tunsgen -





HTH

DimPrawn

I saw that report the other weekend and thought of posting it here, but then I thought "No, they've probably just finished reading the Mail on Sunday - why make things seem any worse for them"

[hyperD]

I received a fake £10 note a few years ago from Hallmark cards, didn't know it at the time but the back of my mind something didn't feel right with the note when it was handed to me and I put it in my purse. Ignored it and then used it in another store, only for a more aware shop assistant to tell me in front of a long queue it was counterfeit - very embarrassing.

Much more aware nowadays. I try and pay everything with card.

[SantaClaus]

I eat most of mine...

[AtW]

Nevermind £1 coins, last week I bought another gold bar and after breaking it in half for a dare I found it was full of tunsgen -





HTH

DimPrawn

[MarillionFan]

When vending machine does not take one it's 100% fake!

Spitting on a £1 coin can make a vending machine take a fake coin.

So i've heard.

[AtW]

When vending machine does not take one it's 100% fake!

[BrilloPad]

How to spot a fake £1 coin | Money | guardian.co.uk

Three in every 100 £1 coins are fake, according to the latest survey by the Royal Mint. In a sample it found 3.09% of coins were counterfeit, up from 2.94% in its previous survey.

[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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[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.

[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?

[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

[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.

[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

[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.

[Churchill]

No, real contractors drink cat but coffee

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