Old round pound rolling out replaced by the new 12-sided coin

Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 12:11 UTC

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The old round pound is on the way out, slowly being replaced by the new 12-sided coin, brought in by the Royal Mint in attempt to thwart forgers. Both pound coins are currently in circulation, but soon the old pound coin will lose its status as legal tender and will be worth no more than the metal it's printed on. Read full article

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Geeeeeeeeeeeeee....

As sweet Hepatia uses to ask...

What is this piece of “News” doing in a South Atlantic News Agency...?

Next they will start informing us about some Jock shearer tackling more than 2.000 sheep in 50-hour endurance challenge...!
Jul 11th, 2017 - 12:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
'Sweet Hepatia' lol. Don't you know she hates Eurotrash like me and you?

Actually I'm really not sure why this story is included, since I believe Islander1 said the Falklands pound isn't changing.
Jul 11th, 2017 - 12:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
This is ancient history. The clever bit is that many parking meters cannot except the new coin.
Jul 11th, 2017 - 01:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Voice
I have a treasured Falklands Islands £ and it's going nowhere.
Jul 11th, 2017 - 07:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Voice
I won't even bother digging out my £1 coins...they aint worth shit at the moment and that is hardly going to change before October...
Jul 11th, 2017 - 10:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Kipper
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the “South Atlantic”?
Jul 17th, 2017 - 06:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
Kipper ?

I wondered what the rank smell was. As to your question, why don't you ask the Mercopress editorial board, they decide what to print, not the people on the forum.
Jul 17th, 2017 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
So Hepatia is a UKipper now. Seems appropriate, she's certainly an irritating isolationist idiot.

There are often stories trying to flog 'commemorative', special edition coins in here. Maybe this one was picked up by accident?
Jul 17th, 2017 - 10:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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