Gets right on my thruppeny bits

[vetran]

BBC News - New £1 coin to be introduced to combat counterfeiting

so £40 million of dud dosh?

looking forward to yet another odd coin?

shouldn't we just go for £5 coin?

[NickFitz]

It's twelve-sided because, by the time it's introduced, Gideon's policies will have reduced its value to thruppence

[vetran]

It's twelve-sided because, by the time it's introduced, PsychoCandy's JSA's claim will have reduced its value to thruppence

FTFY.

[northernladuk]

I would be quite happy with a pound note coming back. I hate paying for everything with a £50 note and the bastard behind the till thinks it's funny to give me as many pound coins as he has just to be smart. Dollar bills in the US work pretty well IMO.

[ctdctd]

When I were a lad, a bag of crisps cost sixpence (that's 2.5 new pennies to you youngsters)

A bag of crisps now costs 60p, so by the time the new pound coin comes out crisps will probably cost £1.

So that why they've made it look like thruppence.

[AtW]

[northernladuk]

Go big or go home...

[Zippy]

I would be quite happy with a ten bob note coming back. I hate paying for everything with a £50 note and the bastard behind the till thinks it's funny to give me as many pound coins as he has just to be smart. Dollar bills in the US work pretty well IMO.

FTFY. And let's have thoe old-style fivers back - you could wallpaper a room with them.

[AtW]

I like the feel of current pound coin, even if it's fake

[doodab]

I like £20s. They are a good size, worth a bit, generally satisfying sort of note to have a wodge of.