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Why not make the new £1 coin Euro compatible? Despite Brexit and all, it would make so much sense to share the same dimensions for the pound and the Euro. Old
by bambax 10y ago
Why not make the new £1 coin Euro compatible? Despite Brexit and all, it would make so much sense to share the same dimensions for the pound and the Euro.
Old pound: diameter 22.5 mm, thickness 3.15 mm.
New pound: diameter 22.63 - 23.43mm [1], thickness 2.8 mm.
Euro: diameter 23.25 mm, thickness 2.33 mm.
So close and yet so different! Why??!?
Edit: Okay, I'm not sure why I saw "so much sense" in having the pound and the Euro the same size. I go to the UK often and hate having different coin sizes in my pockets, but obviously the pound and the Euro aren't the same value, so there's no real reason they should be of the same size...
[1] Since the new pound isn't round but dodecagonal, the diameter isn't constant; the smallest value is the diameter of the incircle and the other value, the diameter of the circumcircle.
- willvarfar 10y agoVending machines have to detect the difference.
- adaml_623 10y agoBecause then vending machines would accept Euro coins as well as pound coins and you would be able to obtain goods for 60%(?) of the asking price??
- Belphemur 10y agoFalse. The vending machine use setup of electromagnet to recognize the coin, not their size. [1] [1] http://someinterestingfacts.net/how-do-vending-machines-work/ http://someinterestingfacts.net/how-do-vending-machines-work...
- martinclayton 10y agoModern vending machines are not so easily fooled. But, the old UK 5 pence and German 1 mark coins had quite similar dimensions, and were made from the same material, so vending machines at that time were fooled by the 5p, which was worth much less than the mark. I understand that truckloads of coins were sent back to Britain as a result.
- falsedan 10y ago> 60%(?) of the asking price?? *86%
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- djaychela 10y agoNot sure how it would make sense? They're worth different amounts(1), surely it would open up an easy loophole to make money if they were the same size? (1) or are sometimes, depending on how much of a mess Brexit ends up being!
- IshKebab 10y agoErm, I don't think vending machine owners would like that. What would be the advantage anyway? £1 isn't €1.
- DanBC 10y agoBlind people need to be able to tell the difference.
- falsedan 10y ago> Why not make the new £1 coin Euro compatible? Are you mad