The coins in my pocket....

[magnatom]

...are fake!

I tried putting a pound coin in a machine earlier and it failed. On closer inspection it was very obvious to me that it was a fake. Pooh. Head and picture the wrong way around, very poor quality and my 5 year old could make a better attempt at the writing on the side. Drat.

Compared to the other pound coin I had it was night and day. However, I made the mistake if looking closer at the other coin. The rotate test, was not as obvious this time, but it was also a fake! Double pooh!

Lesson learned. Stop looking so closely at pound coins!

 

[661-Pete]

Hard luck! I don't know if there's any way you can get your £1 back. We all ought to check our change more assiduously, especially when buying from street markets.

I don't know why we haven't introduced a bimetallic £1, like the £2 and the 1€ and 2€ coins. Apparently they're much harder to fake. Perhaps the way to gently nudge the powers-that-be, is to refuse to accept £1 coins in your change.

 

[Dayvo]

If you stop begging, you won't get dodgy coins thrown into your hat!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

If you stop begging, you won't get dodgy coins thrown into your hat!

He has to do something to pay for all the cameras

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...are fake!

I tried putting a pound coin in a machine earlier and it failed. On closer inspection it was very obvious to me that it was a fake. Pooh. Head and picture the wrong way around, very poor quality and my 5 year old could make a better attempt at the writing on the side. Drat.

Compared to the other pound coin I had it was night and day. However, I made the mistake if looking closer at the other coin. The rotate test, was not as obvious this time, but it was also a fake! Double pooh!

Lesson learned. Stop looking so closely at pound coins!

Flippin' dodgy scottish money...

 

[ianrauk]

Good tip Dayvo.

How about give it to a beggar.

 

[Dayvo]

Good tip Dayvo.

How about give it to a beggar.

Tha'd be money laundering, wouldn't it?

Why not just wash the tramp?

 

[Davidc]

Good tip Dayvo.

How about give it to a beggar.

Or a Big Issue seller?

 

[Aperitif]

Is this one of those rare moments where a Scotsman actually exposes ANY money to daylight?

 

[Piemaster]

Shame its not a 20p without the date stamp

 

[2Loose]

Why is it that shop staff closely inspect your notes, but look at you like a loon when you inspect the change you are given?
The only fake note I have ever noticed was given to me as change...from a bank!

 

[Alien8]

Why is it that shop staff closely inspect your notes, but look at you like a loon when you inspect the change you are given?

Maybe you should stop buying your cloths from Fruits Of The Loon?

 

[Vidor06]

I once paid for items in a supermarket with a £20 note and then just stuffed the change in my pocket. Went straight to the local and used the £10 to pay for drinks. They looked at it suspiciously but as they knew me took it and said they would see what the bank said. Went in the next weeka and paid for my drinks with a £20 note and got the dodgy tenner back again in my change as the bank had refused it. Had to take it home and burn it.

 

[Norm]

I once paid for items in a supermarket with a £20 note and then just stuffed the change in my pocket. Went straight to the local and used the £10 to pay for drinks. They looked at it suspiciously but as they knew me took it and said they would see what the bank said. Went in the next weeka and paid for my drinks with a £20 note and got the dodgy tenner back again in my change as the bank had refused it. Had to take it home and burn it.

I'd be surprised if the bank had handed it back, as passing on known counterfeit money is not a good thing for anyone to do, especially not bank staff.

Banks should take in notes which it suspects are counterfeit and send them off to the Bank of England. They may give you a receipt, they will not give you your note back.

 

[asterix]

I wouldn't rely on a bank to do anything they ought to do.