{"id":5910,"date":"2012-05-16T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-can-you-pay-for-with-1p-and-2p-coins-not-an-800-bill\/"},"modified":"2016-02-26T03:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:52:08","slug":"what-can-you-pay-for-with-1p-and-2p-coins-not-an-800-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-can-you-pay-for-with-1p-and-2p-coins-not-an-800-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you pay for with 1p and 2p coins? Not an \u00a3800 bill \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA man has been sued for attempting to pay a large bill with coppers. Where did he go wrong?A care home manager has been ordered by a judge to pay a total of \u00a31,118.62 after he tried to settle an \u00a3804 debt to his accountant with five crates of mostly 1p and 2p coins. He had been to the bank especially, he said: be glad that you weren’t behind him in the queue. So what did Robert Fitzpatrick, the care home manager, do wrong?This might come as a surprise, but according to the Royal Mint, 1p and 2p coins are legal tender only if you are paying for something costing 20p or less: once you have amassed 21 or more 1p pieces, your coins contravene the Coinage Act 1971 if used in a single transaction. Even if you are buying penny sweets. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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