Co-op refused to change the fake £2 they gave me in change.

Azari

PLog86 wrote: »

Hence, I imagine, azari's confusion.

Spot on.

I apologise to Bod1467 for suggesting he was a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic.

It seems we were taking at crossed purposes.

You can start a war like that. :eek:

bod1467

As far as I am concerned, my post #38 was clear ... it was responding to post #37 and the quotes were reinforcing WHY I disagreed. That said it could have been even clearer if I had quoted post #37 before my "I said nothing of the sort" comment. (Although I felt such a quote was redundant since my post was immediately after the post in question).

robatwork

bod1467 wrote: »

As far as I am concerned, my post #38 was clear ... it was responding to post #37 and the quotes were reinforcing WHY I disagreed. That said it could have been even clearer if I had quoted post #37 before my "I said nothing of the sort" comment. (Although I felt such a quote was redundant since my post was immediately after the post in question).

If I give you and Azari £2 each would that cool things down?

bod1467

As long as it's not counterfeit.

clarkey3262

londonTiger wrote: »

The royal mint can say whatever they like, but banks don't accept them and if banks don't accept them then no business would accept them because they will effectively lose £5 down the drain because they can't bank it or pay their suppliers with it. It's also a rare size, rare coin so it doesn't fit into their registers or money handling device properly - coins need to be put in coin bags and there are no coin bags for £5 coins.

You have missed the point, legal tender only applies to paying legal fees (court fines for example) not purchasing goods in a shop. So if you have a £5 coin you could use it to pay the debt (issued by a court) but not a pint of milk if the shop say they don't accept them.

NBLondon

londonTiger wrote: »

The royal mint can say whatever they like, but banks don't accept them and if banks don't accept them then no business would accept them because they will effectively lose £5 down the drain because they can't bank it or pay their suppliers with it. It's also a rare size, rare coin so it doesn't fit into their registers or money handling device properly - coins need to be put in coin bags and there are no coin bags for £5 coins.

Clarkey is right. Banks are not legally obliged to accept them but some choose to do so - so check your branch.


Crown Post Offices do agree to accept them for deposit or as payment for goods/services. I was given one in change in a sandwich shop once and spent in a Post Office a few days later with no questions asked.

st999

I would keep it as it is very rare to find a £2 counterfeit coin, unlike counterfeit £1 coins.

I know someone who used to punch out the centre of £2 coins and put them back in the wrong way round, perhaps it is one of those?

Amazing what can be done with the right equipment.

It might be worth something on Ebay.

George_Michael

You would be amazed how many people (including a few Americans) think that this is a counterfeit:


I have about a dozen of them and asking which US legal tender banknote Jefferson appears on is always a good quiz question.

JReacher1

George_Michael wrote: »

You would be amazed how many people (including a few Americans) think that this is a counterfeit:


I have about a dozen of them and asking which US legal tender banknote Jefferson appears on is always a good quiz question.

It's not really that amazing as it's a very rarely used bill. There are not a great number of them in circulation.

George_Michael

Not a great many in circulation compared to other notes, but still a fair number. About 45 million $2 notes have been released in the last year and before this, the figures for some years were far higher.

There are a couple of reasons why they aren't seen very often.
Many shops and businesses don't like them as they don't normally have till space for them.
Due to their perceived rarity, many people keep hold of them in the mistaken belief that they are worth more than their face value.