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Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 02 Apr 2017, 13:41
by TheOstrich
... apparently they are already around! :o

The fakes I've seen pictured do not have the Big Ben hologram strip on the front left. But to all other intents and purposes ......

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 02 Apr 2017, 15:00
by saundra
I dislike these new fivers they tend to stick together ugh

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 04 Apr 2017, 10:04
by JoM
But I thought these were supposed to be difficult to forge? :roll:

I quite like them but they don't fold well in my purse.

Anyone seen a new £1 coin yet?

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 04 Apr 2017, 12:03
by TheOstrich
Not yet, Jo. I keep asking everytime I go into a shop! :lol:

Someone said this morning that they'd seen one in town, but down here in Dorset we still mainly use groats and half-lambs for currency .... :mrgreen:

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 04 Apr 2017, 12:12
by JoM
:lol: :lol: You'll be moving onto shillings before you get the new coins then.

The fivers seemed to quickly appear in circulation but I've been to Cannock, Stafford (twice) and Birmingham in the last week and haven't had a new coin from anywhere.

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 05 Apr 2017, 08:37
by cromwell
Once the new fivers get folded they seem to stay folded somehow.

Ossie! :lol:

No new pound coins here as yet.

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 05 Apr 2017, 09:04
by saundra
Out in the sticks it's smoke signals :lol:

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 05 Apr 2017, 09:52
by JoM
Shopping this morning, I've been in four shops and still haven't seen a new coin.
I do need to pop to the post office this afternoon though so maybe they'll have some.

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 05 Apr 2017, 21:03
by JoM
Nah, no luck in the post office either :lol:

Re: Fake plastic fivers ....

PostPosted: 06 Apr 2017, 07:56
by Kaz
Jo :lol: :lol: