Property News · October 10, 2017

The old pound coin must not die unmourned – let’s see it off in style


On Sunday, the ‘round pound’ will transform into scrap metal. Will you give your old £1s to charity, or become a fraudulent tooth fairy?At midnight on Sunday, everything changes for ever. The pound coin – the old, round, squat pound coin, as British as a blue passport or a bag of liver – will cease to become legal tender. The trusty pound coin, unlocker of vending machines, locker of lockers, will simply transform into scrap metal in your hands, replaced by a bimetallic interloper that looks as if it was designed by Fisher Price for a bet. You’re right to be brokenhearted about it.Except you’re not brokenhearted about it. Nobody is. In an age where the slightest alteration to anything must contractually be met by oceans of fizzingly disproportionate outrage, the old pound coin is preparing to die unmourned. Not even the old mainstays have managed to kick up much of a fuss about its passing. Piers Morgan hasn’t wanged on about it on Twitter. Nigel Farage hasn’t hand-delivered a letter of complaint to the Royal Mint. Katie Hopkins hasn’t even found a way to sputter and fart about how its replacement somehow represents a state-mandated victory for Isis, even though that’s what she does for a living now. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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