Old Speckled Hen Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 oooooooh errrrrrrrr just looked in my purse and out of five coins two are dodgy. Off to spend them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 what????? how can you tell?? ooooeeerrrrr cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 3 out of 3 ok I saw something on TV about this last night, the numbers were staggering. Edited to say, I can see why they made the coins rather than notes because the coins that I have now 4 are dated 1983, 1987, 1991, and 1992, so they obviously last much better. I only looked because when I fished a 4th coin out of my pocket the lettering on the edge was a bit worn. I thought that it might be dodgy but the pictures on front and rear were aligned correctly, it has just been around for 27 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I read this, got a £1 out of my purse, scrutinised it for a full 30 seconds then realised that it was a 50c coin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordelia Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I had a fake 50p yesterday..and wasnt very pleased. At work we have a lot of europeans working on different accounts (French, Swiss, Germans etc) and I'm always getting euros in change, and coins from all over the world..v annoying...My most annoying was a 2 euro coin instead of a £2 coin, which I'm yet again stuck with.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirstine Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 As it is illegal to knowingly pass fakes on, perhaps we would be better off not checking? I had a dodgy-looking £2 coin not long ago which admittedly I did try to spend, but got it handed back so I ended up chucking it in the bin. Apparently you are supposed to hand them in so they can be melted down and put 'beyond use'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
