tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20614275.post1745593707429364867..comments2024-03-08T09:26:07.970+01:00Comments on ¡Esto es jauja!: The return of the threepenny bitBigastroandbeyondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149977986056620867noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20614275.post-20013841079202913802014-03-19T22:43:22.625+01:002014-03-19T22:43:22.625+01:00I seem to recall that the thrupenny coin had a por...I seem to recall that the thrupenny coin had a portcullis design on the reverse and as you write it was easy to identify in the pocket.<br /><br />Obviously the problem with counterfeit £1 coins means it needs to be replaced with something more secure and the new coin looks good to me. I hope whatever design is chosen for the reverse will be simple but effective. I do find the variety of reverse designs on the current £1 coin to be excessive - 3 or 4 would be fine (perhaps for the 4 parts of the UK), but there seem to have been many more than that, so I hope the new coin design is not a similar 'free for all' or what seems like it, possibly for 'marketing' reasons. I hope the new design will not require too much retooling of vending or ticketing machines, or supermarket trolley releases - if it does it will be an immense and expensive procedure, even with 3 years to plan for it. Mind you, in our local Sainsbury, the trolleys take either a £1 or a €1 coin, so if the overall size of the new coin is similar perhaps it won't cause too many problems, but for vending machines it may be more complex as I think they use electrical conductivity and weight to differentiate real from 'fake' coins.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.com