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...to ask if anyone's seen one of these new pound coins yet?

141 replies

HobblingHelen · 10/04/2017 20:00

They've been out for two weeks now, I pay for a fair amount of things in cash but I just keep getting old pound coins in my change. Is it just me?

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everybodysang · 10/04/2017 20:00

I just paid for a drink with three...

SlaveToDisney · 10/04/2017 20:01

I have been getting nothing but the new ones here!

SprogletsMum · 10/04/2017 20:01

Dp had 2 last week so I've seen them but not had any myself yet. I only usually use cash for parking machines and none around here are accepting them yet so I don't really want any.

user1489179512 · 10/04/2017 20:01

Have seen one. One!

Babyroobs · 10/04/2017 20:01

I've had a couple, they have a sort of hexagonal shape don't they? I hope they fit in shopping trolleys etc !

SquedgieBeckenheim · 10/04/2017 20:01

I've had one.

OrianaBanana · 10/04/2017 20:02

I got one yesterday Smile DS did chores and gave me £1 for it! Wink

AlwaysTheWinner · 10/04/2017 20:02

I haven't seen one. But I live in the north of Scotland, they might take a while to work their way up here!

TeenAndTween · 10/04/2017 20:02

I've got 3. A shop assistant more or less forced them on me!

itfcbabe · 10/04/2017 20:02

I have a few.x

OhDearToby · 10/04/2017 20:03

I've only seen them at work (shop). They were in an sealed bag in the safe though, not the till. The manager doesn't want us to put them in the till incase we waste them. She doesn't seem to understand that they are here to stay!

insancerre · 10/04/2017 20:03

I had my first one last week

lljkk · 10/04/2017 20:03

Got my first view of one last night... it's gone missing (darnit).
Dated 2016. WHY?

Lilyoftheforest · 10/04/2017 20:04

I only got one because I asked for one in the post office. I have not been given any in my change yet.

NoFuckingRoomOnMyBroom · 10/04/2017 20:04

I've got 3 in my purse, quite like them.

WheresTheEvidence · 10/04/2017 20:04

Just found one in my purse Shock

CotswoldStrife · 10/04/2017 20:04

Yes, but I didn't notice - DD spotted it. The edges are not what I expected not a threepenny bit

OdinsLoveChild · 10/04/2017 20:05

I've had 1, just 1 and that was last week. Nothing since despite spending a huge number of notes to try and get my hands on some more. I wonder where they are? Confused

OhYouBadBadKitten · 10/04/2017 20:06

No, was beginning to think that they must be a mythical invention.

IndianaMoleWoman · 10/04/2017 20:06

lljkk They have to be dated to the year they were made, even if that's before they were in circulation. They needed to start making them last year to make enough.

StealingYourWiFi · 10/04/2017 20:06

I had one last week, didn't realise I had it until I handed it over to a cashier!

kerryob · 10/04/2017 20:06

Not myself but colleagues have had them at work

TheMasterNotMargarita · 10/04/2017 20:07

Several.
They're a bit rounder than I expected.

ilovepixie · 10/04/2017 20:08

Got loads here in Northern Ireland.

rubytuesdayblues · 10/04/2017 20:08

Seen one? I made one!