Mr Clowning Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Well they will look almost Euro like to physiologically let us think that we are part of Europe in the referendum, but just different enough so as we know the difference between us and the Scot's new currency. Or is it just me that is cynical at the design of the new coinage ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Nope, polygonal coin based on the thruppenny bit. Chunky, nickel-brass coin with 12 sides I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Ironic though isn't it.......a pound today will buy you just about the same as the threepenny bit in the sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 What's the reason for the change? I suspect it's to make forgery more difficult, but no one has said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 What's the reason for the change? I suspect it's to make forgery more difficult, but no one has said so. Really? http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26632863 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I have some fondness for the design of the threepenny bit, but I can't help feeling this one hasn't been thought through very well. First, who forges pound coins anyway? If you were going to forge a coin (is it worth it?), surely you'd do the highest denomination one, i.e. £2. And they're not changing those, are they? Second, all the supermarket trolleys in the land will have to have different devices fitted to take the new coins. Or (if they don't change them all), you'll have to faff about going into the shop and getting a token the same size and shape as the old pound coin, then going outside again to get your trolley - or remember to keep an old coin specifically for that purpose, when they are phased out. And you cab bet your bendy pound that parking paymeters won't take the new ones. Charges will just go up to a minimum of £2 instead. I thought the current £1 coins were the same as the euro, anyway? ---------- Post added 19-03-2014 at 09:02 ---------- Ironic though isn't it.......a pound today will buy you just about the same as the threepenny bit in the sixties. Hmmm...I used to get 3d pocket money per day when on holiday in the 60s and you could get a packet of Love Hearts and 16 politically incorrect Black Jack sweets for that. How much would they be now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamo Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Doesn't it seem a little odd to introduce a new coin to counter counterfeiting and to revel the design 3 years before its release? Nothing like giving the counterfeiters time to prepare. Looks good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Ironic though isn't it.......a pound today will buy you just about the same as the threepenny bit in the sixties. 3d in 1965 would be worth around 50p today, not £1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 3d in 1965 would be worth around 50p today, not £1. Depends what you're buying! Some commodity prices have inflated more than others, e.g. fish and chips. I would be interested to know about the Love Hearts, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 have fish and chips really gone up all that much. I paid a fiver for some the other day, which is about 80% of what the server behind the counter is likely getting for an hour's work. I wasn't around in 1965 but I would have thought it to be not much different then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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