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15 March 2006, 03:50 PM
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fake £1 pound coins
anybody get a regular amount of these?
i think i average about 1 per week, there must be ****en thousands in circulation, started double checking the coins when people are paying, and did "catch" one but it was a old woman and she said she had just got her change from asda
found yet another one in the vacuum bunker yesterday and i am sick of flinging them away.
the latest one is nearly all silver as most of the gold paint has been removed, its obviously had a hard life
i think i average about 1 per week, there must be ****en thousands in circulation, started double checking the coins when people are paying, and did "catch" one but it was a old woman and she said she had just got her change from asda
found yet another one in the vacuum bunker yesterday and i am sick of flinging them away.
the latest one is nearly all silver as most of the gold paint has been removed, its obviously had a hard life
15 March 2006, 03:52 PM
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paint it again 
I always checked fake pound coins by biting them a couple of years back they were really soft.
Why not just use them again? you were obviously too preocupied to pick up on someone giving them to you so I doubt anyone in asda will stop you when buying your morning newspaper etc....
I always checked fake pound coins by biting them a couple of years back they were really soft.
Why not just use them again? you were obviously too preocupied to pick up on someone giving them to you so I doubt anyone in asda will stop you when buying your morning newspaper etc....
15 March 2006, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
paint it again
I always checked fake pound coins by biting them a couple of years back they were really soft.
Why not just use them again? you were obviously too preocupied to pick up on someone giving them to you so I doubt anyone in asda will stop you when buying your morning newspaper etc....
I always checked fake pound coins by biting them a couple of years back they were really soft.
Why not just use them again? you were obviously too preocupied to pick up on someone giving them to you so I doubt anyone in asda will stop you when buying your morning newspaper etc....
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15 March 2006, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
they are being used in my self service vacuum machine!!
15 March 2006, 04:03 PM
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i tried one a while back in the vacuum bunker and it did not work, i was suprised to find that some will work.
i cant spend them?
it pissed me right off when we ended up taking a dodgy £20, so its wrong to pass these onto somebody else IMO
when talkiing with the post office bloke wo does my banking he told me that "just for tiles" around the corner had also took a £20 at the same time
all cash is now checked 100% infront of the punter, holding up notes to check the winking lady and useing a counterfit pen, but these bloody £1 coins going into the vacuums will end up crippling me
i cant spend them?
it pissed me right off when we ended up taking a dodgy £20, so its wrong to pass these onto somebody else IMO
when talkiing with the post office bloke wo does my banking he told me that "just for tiles" around the corner had also took a £20 at the same time
all cash is now checked 100% infront of the punter, holding up notes to check the winking lady and useing a counterfit pen, but these bloody £1 coins going into the vacuums will end up crippling me
15 March 2006, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
i tried one a while back in the vacuum bunker and it did not work, i was suprised to find that some will work.
i cant spend them?
it pissed me right off when we ended up taking a dodgy £20, so its wrong to pass these onto somebody else IMO
when talkiing with the post office bloke wo does my banking he told me that "just for tiles" around the corner had also took a £20 at the same time
all cash is now checked 100% infront of the punter, holding up notes to check the winking lady and useing a counterfit pen, but these bloody £1 coins going into the vacuums will end up crippling me
i cant spend them?
it pissed me right off when we ended up taking a dodgy £20, so its wrong to pass these onto somebody else IMO
when talkiing with the post office bloke wo does my banking he told me that "just for tiles" around the corner had also took a £20 at the same time
all cash is now checked 100% infront of the punter, holding up notes to check the winking lady and useing a counterfit pen, but these bloody £1 coins going into the vacuums will end up crippling me
15 March 2006, 04:10 PM
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I get them given all the time from the canteen at work, never had any problems spending them on though .
In fact, those vacuum machines are excellent at accepting them!....oooops, did I just say that?!
.In fact, those vacuum machines are excellent at accepting them!....oooops, did I just say that?!
15 March 2006, 04:12 PM
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thats not an option
the whole idea of our system is that you do not have to buy a token for anything.
ie: goto a petrol station, get out and wander about getting a token for a wash.
tokens are out, i think i have a spare coin mech down the stores, will have a look at it and see if i can "tweak" it
the whole idea of our system is that you do not have to buy a token for anything.
ie: goto a petrol station, get out and wander about getting a token for a wash.
tokens are out, i think i have a spare coin mech down the stores, will have a look at it and see if i can "tweak" it
15 March 2006, 04:17 PM
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Mickey, just spend them?!?!? save them for days when you go to places like Skegness for the weekend, take them into the arcades and change them at the tills for 10p's etc
15 March 2006, 04:23 PM
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Once (if) chip takes off this will be a problem of the past.
The only place I have to use coin these days is at the bakers because he doesn't have a machine, otherwise I chip or pin everywhere else.
The only place I have to use coin these days is at the bakers because he doesn't have a machine, otherwise I chip or pin everywhere else.
15 March 2006, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Suresh
Once (if) chip takes off this will be a problem of the past.
The only place I have to use coin these days is at the bakers because he doesn't have a machine, otherwise I chip or pin everywhere else.
The only place I have to use coin these days is at the bakers because he doesn't have a machine, otherwise I chip or pin everywhere else.
Change will always be given out, people will always want to withdraw notes etc etc....
15 March 2006, 04:29 PM
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What do you reckon they cost to make?
You've got to buy the material, make a mould, cast them, then paint them. I reckon it'd cost about £1 to make each one.... So who's bothering and where do they launder them in bulk?
Obviously worthwhile or they wouldn't be around but huge hassle for small return.
Best one I heard was in the local paper. Back in the days of the previous notes some pondlife was passing of counterfeit fivers in nearby Tewkesbury, they were B&W photocopies crayonned in blue...... Reckon he deserves a pat on the back for trying and anyone taken in deserved to lose the money.
You've got to buy the material, make a mould, cast them, then paint them. I reckon it'd cost about £1 to make each one.... So who's bothering and where do they launder them in bulk?
Obviously worthwhile or they wouldn't be around but huge hassle for small return.
Best one I heard was in the local paper. Back in the days of the previous notes some pondlife was passing of counterfeit fivers in nearby Tewkesbury, they were B&W photocopies crayonned in blue...... Reckon he deserves a pat on the back for trying and anyone taken in deserved to lose the money.
15 March 2006, 04:32 PM
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been told that you can buy em in for around 20 to 35p each in big bags
google search told me that in 2003 the royal mint think that 1% of coins in use are fake
so there is around 15 million in use
after looking at a spare coin mech there it not much i can do TBH
its all down to the size of the coin, the previous ones i had tried must have been a little bit to thin, although i have now sussed out how to make the mech take £2 coins only
google search told me that in 2003 the royal mint think that 1% of coins in use are fake
so there is around 15 million in use
after looking at a spare coin mech there it not much i can do TBH
its all down to the size of the coin, the previous ones i had tried must have been a little bit to thin, although i have now sussed out how to make the mech take £2 coins only
15 March 2006, 04:43 PM
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You chip and pin everytime you buy a £2.20 pint of lager? You chip and pin everytime you buy a sausage and egg bap at the burger van outside BnQ on a Saturday morning?
Change will always be given out, people will always want to withdraw notes etc etc....
Change will always be given out, people will always want to withdraw notes etc etc....
The last time I took cash out of a machine or used it to pay for something is around 3 weeks ago.
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15 March 2006, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Chelspeed
What do you reckon they cost to make?
You've got to buy the material, make a mould, cast them, then paint them. I reckon it'd cost about £1 to make each one.... So who's bothering and where do they launder them in bulk?
Obviously worthwhile or they wouldn't be around but huge hassle for small return.
Best one I heard was in the local paper. Back in the days of the previous notes some pondlife was passing of counterfeit fivers in nearby Tewkesbury, they were B&W photocopies crayonned in blue...... Reckon he deserves a pat on the back for trying and anyone taken in deserved to lose the money.
You've got to buy the material, make a mould, cast them, then paint them. I reckon it'd cost about £1 to make each one.... So who's bothering and where do they launder them in bulk?
Obviously worthwhile or they wouldn't be around but huge hassle for small return.
Best one I heard was in the local paper. Back in the days of the previous notes some pondlife was passing of counterfeit fivers in nearby Tewkesbury, they were B&W photocopies crayonned in blue...... Reckon he deserves a pat on the back for trying and anyone taken in deserved to lose the money.
Cast ??
ive got one thats in two halves, but with a superb machined interferance fit, the only reason i spotted it, is because one of the halves, had broken a chunk off and had beet pushed in with blue tak,
i showed it to our design guys, and they reckoned the machining of the two halves would have exceeded the cost of the coin itself
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15 March 2006, 06:38 PM
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Did hear these were probably being made in Eastern Europe and coming over on trucks - legit factories set up to machine other things, but working a night shift to churn them out. Apart from the material cost ( next to nothing ) and electricity then they arent going to cost much to produce.
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Did hear these were probably being made in Eastern Europe and coming over on trucks - legit factories set up to machine other things, but working a night shift to churn them out. Apart from the material cost ( next to nothing ) and electricity then they arent going to cost much to produce.
15 March 2006, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Chelspeed
What do you reckon they cost to make?
when foundrys pour their metal there's always some over. line up your moulds, fill them as and when you've got spare and you're quids in.
apparently
plus most come from abroad where castings are cheaper than over here to start with and the cost of a finished fake is maybe a couple of pence at the absoloute max.
15 March 2006, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
I always checked fake pound coins by biting them a couple of years back they were really soft.
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