Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
#1
I received my first in change this morning, cute little blighter, more on the monopoly side of things.
Arte et Marte
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#2
picked one up Friday at morrisons.in with my change that is
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,829
#3
Got my 1st one yesterday,definaty reminds me of monopoly money,so small compared to the old one and quite indestructable as long as you dont try and burn it,it,ll melt.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#4
Got my first one this afternoon which makes me "one of the chaps" I suppose. I was expecting it to feel more like plastic but it feels like high quality smooth, very thin paper. Apparently certain serial numbers make some of them worth a lot more than face value.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#5
up to £200 on e-bay
howard mcsweeney1 likes this
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#6
Thanks Brian but I am not on E Bay.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#7
I am not either,but have seen reports about it.
Guest 1865- Registered: 26 Sep 2016
- Posts: 11
#8
I haven't had one yet,
Just looked on eBay and seen a bit of a fail...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-5-Note-/262639895430 sold for just £4.84 including delivery, take off the PayPal fee / the eBay fee and the postage price the seller will be lucky to get £3.50.
This time next year, he'll not be a millionaire
Jan Higgins and Paul M like this
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#9
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#10
Its 50pcoin that are worth more, some up to £3000each so keep your eye open
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#11
Or a 20p coin with no date!
(Not my real name.)
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#12
these plastic fivers come in handy,if your vinal stylas is knackerd use the fiver....
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#13
Make the most of it. It won't be long before it's only the poor who will have 'money'.
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/redbridge_voted_happiest_place_to_live_in_london_1_4714947
(For as long as I can remember I've been banging on about the idiocy of carting round loads of metal to either buy stuff or to unlock stuff. Just think, with one biometric ID, it could be used as a payment/debit card AND allow assess to any door authorised. We're getting there!)
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#14
Cards can be stolen. Surely a combination of microchipping and contactless payment is the future.
(Not my real name.)
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#15
Button wrote:Cards can be stolen. Surely a combination of microchipping and contactless payment is the future.
The Biometric ID would of course have an RFID (just as the present iteration of passports has and as is also used for contactless payment).
As for problems with forgery/theft etc, as I was told many years ago, 'all security will ever buy you is time'.
BTW ignore the hyperlink in my post above. Here's the one I meany to put in:-
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21704807-some-europeans-are-more-attached-notes-and-coins-others-emptying-tills"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#16
Going off at a tangent when in Italy in the late 70s there was always a shortage of coins although plenty of 50 lira notes going around worth about 2p each. Most people paid fares on buses by coins and the drivers never emptied them. It came as a surprise to be given a toffee as change in a bar sometimes.
Guest 1862 likes this
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#17
All change in our change as a new pound coin comes in looking like a slimmed down threepenny bit. Will cost businesses and local authorities a lot of money.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/new-pound-coin-1-challenges-when-is-it-introduced-vending-machines-parking-meters-chaos-a7388611.html
Arte et Marte