JackClark

Thankfully UK coins are a dying breed but this one's fancy. I do wonder what the secret parts are, RFID, Magnets?

Matty81

If Apple made £1 coins...it would be the best £1 coin in the world....

JackClark

Apple have helped kill coins, thankfully.

Autotweek

iTrader: (4)

Glad its slightly bigger, does your nut it when they keep reducing the size of coin's like 5p. Looks smart though.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Going to cost supermarkets etc £millions. All the trolleys, every machine that takes cash......

hodgy0_2

mmm, I find it bit scary tbh

I can see cash being removed completely in a few years

the libertarian in me sees that as a disaster tbh

David Lock

And they would only cost £2


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JackClark

And just like these coins will need a new adaptor.

tarmac terror

iTrader: (2)

not sure on the tech but it is referred to as Integrated Secure Identification Systems - it enables the counterfeit to be quickly separated from the authentic coins, and has been used already in notes to combat counterfeiting. Development costs are reported to be in the region of £2m.

Good to see it having multi sides - should be able to get a spanner on it to lever it out of my wife's hand when the coffee's are her shout!

David Lock

I bet the old three penny bits will fit instead...........

JackClark

£2m that's peanuts.

legb4rsk

£2m for £1 that's not a very good return.

jonc

I thought it would have been Carlsberg....probably...

jonc

Planning ahead, they shouldn't have bothered with the Scottish thistle though......

mart360

People will cut one in half to see anything inside lol

I've got a fair inkling on what one of the security features will be ..

its part of the way you currently spot a fake and a real one

you don't have to be a rocket scientist to work it out though,

mart