Blog2016 ≫ Why the new coin is more secure

12-sided - its distinctive shape means it stands out by sight and by touch

DUH it only stands out right now because all the other pound coins aren't twelve sided. I suppose I have occasionally been passed a foreign coin as a pound count, and that will then stop.

bbc.co.uk/news/business-37820622

I heard in the pub the other day that there are fake new fivers already.

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