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Friday, 13 August 2010




More fake pound coins in use

Record numbers of fake £1 coins are in use around the UK.

The Royal Mint, who make our coins, say around one in 36 £1 coins are fake at the moment.

They say the Government will need to make a decision whether to scrap all the £1 coins and remint them to try to get rid of all the fakes.





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  • NewsWhizz (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 13 August 2010 @ 19:21

    Well, what a surprise! Everyone wants to be rich today, like ALWAYS!!!

  • Edd12345 (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 15 August 2010 @ 20:14

    I agree with newswhizz