Like the design, but the fact that the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p combine to form the design of the £1 sort of suggest that they also add up to £1. When they actually add up to 88p.
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
That or livestock. I quite fancy going to the newsagents accompanied by a camel, three sheep and a goat. Not sure how you'd break a goat for change, though. Anyway - back on topic, I think the new coins look quite good. I heard the bloke from the mint on Today the other morning (before they officially told the world what the new coins looked like) and he said that they would please both traditionalists and (I forget his phrasing for the next bit so I apologise if I've not quite managed to capture the gist of it) modern trendy arty twats. They do indeed seem to have been able to be all things to all people with these (except the Daily Mailspress, of course, who would only be happy if the reverse of every coin and note had either Diana or Maddie stabbing a Frenchman in the face). So - I approve, and shall be buying some. |
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| Author: | Tmuk [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Like the design, but the fact that the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p combine to form the design of the £1 sort of suggest that they also add up to £1. When they actually add up to 88p. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
When you arrange them there are little gaps between the coins. That's your missing 12p. |
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| Author: | Tmuk [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Excellent answer! They've thought of everything. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
I like the 5p best, but hate 5p coins. When can we get rid of 1 and 2 pence coins? They're just a bother. I'd have redesigned them for £34,995, and they'd have blinked too. |
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| Author: | Tmuk [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
I'd have put a portion of fish and chips on the back of the 1p, a cup of tea on the 2p, a pearly king on the 5p, a bulldog biting a poodle on the 10p, someone being sick on the 20p, some rain on the 50p and some sort of trumpet motif on the £1. |
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| Author: | MrD [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
What's on the back? |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
The Maj's Chevy Chase, innit. In jigsaw form. And her nose is missing. |
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| Author: | pupil [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
MrD wrote: What's on the back? Various face parts of Queen Lizzie. Add them together like a Mr Potato Head. |
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| Author: | MrD [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Do we get to make up some cool slang for loose change now? We need a really obscure word for 'shields'. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
MrD wrote: Do we get to make up some cool slang for loose change now? We need a really obscure word for 'shields'. "Scutum", said with a broad cockerney accent (thus dropping the "t" to a partial glottal stop). |
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| Author: | NervousPete [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Buckler is pretty cool. "Awright guv, spare some bucklers?" |
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| Author: | Tmuk [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
nervouspete wrote: Buckler is pretty cool. "Awright guv, spare some bucklers?" Only a matter of time before someone shortens it to a 'buck' though. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
MrD wrote: What's on the back? Gok Wan |
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| Author: | SkyKid [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 15:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
A few folk on the BBC website have raised the very valid point that having no numerals might be a bad omission- both for visitors who don't speak the language and the blind. |
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| Author: | kalmar [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 15:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
SkyKid wrote: A few folk on the BBC website have raised the very valid point that having no numerals might be a bad omission- both for visitors who don't speak the language and the blind. Well, Johnny Foreigner can jolly well learn it then, can't he, what? |
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| Author: | CraigGrannell [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 15:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
The blind should be fine, since the coins are all very different shapes and/or weights. The lack of numbers might be an issue for some, I guess. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 16:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Mr Chris wrote: That or livestock. I quite fancy going to the newsagents accompanied by a camel, three sheep and a goat. Not sure how you'd break a goat for change, though. That's easy - it's usually three hens. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 16:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
myoptika wrote: Mr Chris wrote: That or livestock. I quite fancy going to the newsagents accompanied by a camel, three sheep and a goat. Not sure how you'd break a goat for change, though. That's easy - it's usually three hens. <Looks at RHS side of the screen> That's that Devonshire joke fucked, then. EDIT: LHS of screen, you oaf, maliA! |
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| Author: | Malc [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 21:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
MaliA wrote: myoptika wrote: Mr Chris wrote: That or livestock. I quite fancy going to the newsagents accompanied by a camel, three sheep and a goat. Not sure how you'd break a goat for change, though. That's easy - it's usually three hens. <Looks at RHS side of the screen> That's that Devonshire joke fucked, then. EDIT: LHS of screen, you oaf, maliA! /me slaps Mali A |
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| Author: | Malc [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 21:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
ooh ooh sir sir "slash me" doesn't work properly! Code: /me appears as ** Malc |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 22:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Spinglo Sponglo! wrote: ooh ooh sir sir "slash me" doesn't work properly! Code: ** appears as ** Malc You're quite right, it does. A appears as A too. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 22:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
I cbn't sby I'd noticed thbt. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 22:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Mr Dave wrote: Spinglo Sponglo! wrote: ooh ooh sir sir "slash me" doesn't work properly! Code: ** appears as ** Malc You're quite right, it does. A appears as A too. hmmm I thought / would work in the "code" tag "/ me" (with the removed space) would normally replicate the IRC command. Malc |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 22:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Yeah, that was too obvious, but then again, so was the joke. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 16:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New Coins |
Looks like Elmo sat on the top. KevR wrote:  It used to be two unicorns. They then added the English flag and the corresponding 'Imperially crowned golden lion of England'. Apparently. |
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