How many different one pound coins are they,
I mean having things like Thistles and Leeks on them.
Are some of those look alikes from places like Malta
accepted?

"irwell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > How many different one pound coins are they,
    > I mean having things like Thistles and Leeks on them.

http://www.royalmint.gov.uk/RoyalMin...&MenuType=PAGE


    > Are some of those look alikes from places like Malta
    > accepted?

Not if they notice.

tim

irwell wrote:
    > How many different one pound coins are they,
    > I mean having things like Thistles and Leeks on them.
    > Are some of those look alikes from places like Malta
    > accepted?

Currently there are 11 or 12 (depending on whether the 2005 one is
circulating - I usually don't get to see the current years' £1 in
circulation until about two weeks before Christmas!).

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_coin_One_Pound

Those are for the UK-issue ones. I've currently got one each from the
Isle of Man and Gibraltar which were passed to me in change, and of
course there are Jersey and Guernsey ones as well. Non-UK coins will
usually be refused if noticed.

Arwel

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:14:34 +0000, Arwel Parry <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >irwell wrote:
    >> How many different one pound coins are they,
    >> I mean having things like Thistles and Leeks on them.
    >> Are some of those look alikes from places like Malta
    >> accepted?
    >Currently there are 11 or 12 (depending on whether the 2005 one is
    >circulating - I usually don't get to see the current years' £1 in
    >circulation until about two weeks before Christmas!).
    >See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_coin_One_Pound
    >Those are for the UK-issue ones. I've currently got one each from the
    >Isle of Man and Gibraltar which were passed to me in change, and of
    >course there are Jersey and Guernsey ones as well. Non-UK coins will
    >usually be refused if noticed.
    >Arwel
AH!, that explains why the shop assistant at Boots
came running after us because we had included a
Gibralter one pound coin in our transaction.
You would think the shop keepers could pay them into
the banks with no problem, or is a Gibraltar pound
not worth the same?

irwell wrote:
    > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:14:34 +0000, Arwel Parry <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >
    >>irwell wrote:
    >>>How many different one pound coins are they,
    >>>I mean having things like Thistles and Leeks on them.
    >>>Are some of those look alikes from places like Malta
    >>>accepted?
    >>Currently there are 11 or 12 (depending on whether the 2005 one is
    >>circulating - I usually don't get to see the current years' £1 in
    >>circulation until about two weeks before Christmas!).
    >>See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_coin_One_Pound
    >>Those are for the UK-issue ones. I've currently got one each from the
    >>Isle of Man and Gibraltar which were passed to me in change, and of
    >>course there are Jersey and Guernsey ones as well. Non-UK coins will
    >>usually be refused if noticed.
    >>Arwel
    >
    > AH!, that explains why the shop assistant at Boots
    > came running after us because we had included a
    > Gibralter one pound coin in our transaction.
    > You would think the shop keepers could pay them into
    > the banks with no problem, or is a Gibraltar pound
    > not worth the same?

Gibraltar uses Sterling, so their pound is worth the same as a UK one,
but it's issued by the Gibraltar government rather than the UK govt., so
in theory if someone wanted to realise its value it would have to be
sent back to Gibraltar. This is obviously expensive to do, which is why
you will find it virtually impossible to exchange the coins of any
country outside its own borders, unless someone has a specific use for
them. It's much cheaper to move banknotes around the world (and
electrons even more so...)

--
Arwel Parry
http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/

irwell <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
    > How many different one pound coins are they,
    > I mean having things like Thistles and Leeks on them.
    > Are some of those look alikes from places like Malta
    > accepted?
What language be this then Hook ? They all be pieces of eight ?
dave