Britannist

In reply to the last posting to this thread (from NoMoreEUSSR):

Perhaps we could have a £2 note instead of the £2 coin?

Britannist

It might be possible to make the notes from a tougher type of paper than at present.

tito

The USA adds silk in their banknotes to keep the $1 bills tough.

I believe ours are made from a mixture of cotton and linen.

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Britannist

Interesting - thanks for that Tito.

I would imagine that it is less expensive to print notes rather than mint coins.

The Guvnah

Have you ever tried to rip up a Gatso photo? Christ it'll survive bomb blast that stuff. Just when you want to rip it to atoms in a shower of expletives against another state wallet extraction with menaces they rub your nose deeper in it by denying you the satisfaction even of that simple release. No wonder so many are on tranqs or anti-depressants.

Ea of Dune

I almost choked laughing when I read that probably because thats exactly the sort of cr ap you would expect to see from Labour.

Ea of dune

tito

I'm not really sure.
It would seem so, but it is important to remember that notes are minted from new resources, and increasingly British coins are minted with worthless scrap metals.

For example, old 1ps and 2ps were made of a non magnetic copper alloy. But, inflation meant that it was getting to the point where the copper nearly cost as much as the 1 and 2 ps.

So they started minting scrap iron, and giving it only a copper alloy coating to save money.
New 1ps and 2ps are magnetic, because they are mostly iron!
They are cheap to mint that way, but it is a sad sign of inflation when coins are worth less than their metallic cost.

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crazyfrog

And he professes to be be British!

Zak64

I reckon it's high time a £5.00 coin was brought out. It would probably be best if it were a fairly chunky substantial coin, so you would always know you had one in your pocket without having to pull your change out to visually check.

I think the traditional old Three Penny Piece would be a good model for a new coin design.

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thu...epenny_bit.jpg

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tito

There are £5 coins,.

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