Gets right on my thruppeny bits

[SunnyInHades]

Go big or go home...

Zimbabwean inflation rates since independence (due to 'corrupt' quantitative easing including involvement in Congo and higher salaries for army and government officials)

1980 7%
1990 17%
2000 55.22%
2005 585.84%
2006 1,281.11%
2007 66,212.3%
2008 Jul. 231,150,888.87%
2008 Aug. 471,000,000,000%
2008 Sep. 3,840,000,000,000,000,000%
2008 Mid-Nov. 89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000%
2009 Government abandoned printing Zimbabwean dollars
2014 Zimbabwe uses a combination of foreign currencies, mostly US dollars

US$1 was equivalent to $Z2,621,984,228 in October 2008

[SueEllen]

I like £20s. They are a good size, worth a bit, generally satisfying sort of note to have a wodge of.

We know what you use to do with them...

[d000hg]

I'm not a fan of 20s, I feel bad buying a Mars Bar or a pint with one.

[doodab]

I like £20s. They are a good size, worth a bit, generally satisfying sort of note to have a wodge of.

[AtW]

I like the feel of current pound coin, even if it's fake

[Zippy]

I would be quite happy with a ten bob note coming back. I hate paying for everything with a £50 note and the bastard behind the till thinks it's funny to give me as many pound coins as he has just to be smart. Dollar bills in the US work pretty well IMO.

FTFY. And let's have thoe old-style fivers back - you could wallpaper a room with them.

[northernladuk]

Go big or go home...

[AtW]

[ctdctd]

When I were a lad, a bag of crisps cost sixpence (that's 2.5 new pennies to you youngsters)

A bag of crisps now costs 60p, so by the time the new pound coin comes out crisps will probably cost £1.

So that why they've made it look like thruppence.

[northernladuk]

I would be quite happy with a pound note coming back. I hate paying for everything with a £50 note and the bastard behind the till thinks it's funny to give me as many pound coins as he has just to be smart. Dollar bills in the US work pretty well IMO.

[vetran]

It's twelve-sided because, by the time it's introduced, PsychoCandy's JSA's claim will have reduced its value to thruppence

FTFY.

[NickFitz]

It's twelve-sided because, by the time it's introduced, Gideon's policies will have reduced its value to thruppence

[vetran]

BBC News - New £1 coin to be introduced to combat counterfeiting

so £40 million of dud dosh?

looking forward to yet another odd coin?

shouldn't we just go for £5 coin?