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Interesting. Thanks for the links. I have indeed had some pound coins which were tatty round the edges and had to be pushed through a self-service checkout sev
by coroxout 10y ago
Interesting. Thanks for the links.
I have indeed had some pound coins which were tatty round the edges and had to be pushed through a self-service checkout several times or wouldn't even go through at all. I still hadn't realised they might be fake, though.
I have noticed that a lot of old 10p coins are noticeably a lot thinner (presumably worn down rather than starting out thinner) than new ones. Is this as it should be or should I start looking at these with suspicion too?
- mootothemax 10y ago>I still hadn't realised they might be fake, though. Yeah, I was the same until a machine failed and a colleague said that the coin might be fake. There is something rather delicious in the fact that we're so used to machines and computers failing that the idea the coin could be wrong never entered our heads!
- lostlogin 10y agoTrue rage is having a machine reject your money for overpriced parking while you stand under one of those anti-loitering alarms.
- jessaustin 10y agoIt would be even better had one received the money in question as change from such a machine...
- wallacoloo 10y agoI was standing in front of two vending machines the other day: one for food, one for drink, and all I had was a $5 bill. I wanted food, but the food machine would only take $1s and coins. On the other hand, the drink machine took $5s. So I put my money in the drink machine and hit the coin return. Nothing happened. I tried a few times and figured the coin return was broken or that it was out of coins. The only thing in the machine was soda, which I can't drink if I don't want to trigger my acid reflux. But I bought one anyway since otherwise my money was "wasted", thinking I'd give the soda to a friend later. Of course, once I bought the soda, the machine spat out all my change: 3 quarters and 2 dollar coins - now I finally had coins that I could buy food with. Naturally, the food machine didn't accept dollar coins. Most machines here don't, so no food for me.
- tempestn 10y agoThe food machine accepted coins and $1 bills, but not $1 coins or other bills? It almost sounds intentionally designed to be as difficult to use as possible. (I realize the $1 coin is larger and newer, and accepting larger denomination bills would mean dispensing more change, but still.)
- jessaustin 10y agoUSPS vending machines are well-known as the main non-bank source of $1 coins. (E.g. insert a $10 bill for $7 worth of stamps, and get 3x $1 coins back.) IIRC, a long time ago they didn't actually take these coins as payment in the first place...
- lostlogin 10y agoI want with a guy who had fake money come out an ATM in the middle of Cusco, Peru. I offered to buy it off him as a souvenir, and offered about half face value. I was out bid by 2 others and in the end he decided to keep it as a souvenir.
- LaikaF 10y agoThat was pretty common in Peru when I visited. Or shop keepers giving it back as change.
- Reason077 10y agoI have noticed that a lot of old 10p coins are noticeably a lot thinner (presumably worn down rather than starting out thinner) Prior to about 2010, 5p and 10p coins really were thinner. They were changed from copper/nickel alloy (Cupronickel) to nickel-plated steel to reduce costs. But in order to maintain the same weight, the coins had to be made thicker.