Unlike large notes with security features, no one really checks £1 coins for authenticity. You can spend them all over the place with very low risk (especially

Unlike large notes with security features, no one really checks £1 coins for authenticity. You can spend them all over the place with very low risk (especially if you can get anything useful from vending machines – buy a train ticket at a major station, for instance, and it'd be essentially risk-free).