New steel 5p piece now got the 10p piece.

[bob79]

Finally found a couple of the steel clad 5p pieces in my change, done a quick test over a few detectors.

T2, zero disc, tones 2+ Meter id 34.
G2, zero disc Meter id12-15.
Minelab XS blank screen cursor top left.
Whites XLT no disc Meter id -80.
Rutus Jupiter zero disc Meter id 0.

Only a quick indoor air test with minimum sensitivity, still waiting to find the 10p.

Bob.

[Fusion]

Well done, it's been a long wait, since April last year, originally. Presumably it is dated 2011?

[bob79]

Hi Fusion, they are dated 2012 new for this year.

Bob.

[Dave8472]

Hi, are they any thicker, I heard they may be ?

Dave

[bob79]

Hi Dave, a little thicker 11% I think is the official figure. All vending machines are going to have to be changed to take them.

Bob.

[Fusion]

The reason I asked about the date on them was that they were supposed to be issued on 1st April 2011, and a huge number were produced in readiness, dated 2011, so I guess they must have been busy striking a load more 2012 dated ones, too.
Previous discussion:
http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/vi ... 10&t=21134

[CoinageBritannia]

The reason I asked about the date on them was that they were supposed to be issued on 1st April 2011, and a huge number were produced in readiness, dated 2011, so I guess they must have been busy striking a load more 2012 dated ones, too.

A sad day when I found these in circulation. 10p's start in Steel form from 2011, but I have only found 2012 5p's in Steel

[Dave8472]

Found 2 of the 5p's at work last week both dated 2012

Dave

[bob79]

Same here Dave only 5p's.
Still wondering if the 20 and 50 pence's will go the same way.
On a slightly different note reading in the paper fake pound coins in circulation is at an all time high. Anybody found any of these, if so what readings are they giving.

Bob.

[Dave8472]

Same here Dave only 5p's.
Still wondering if the 20 and 50 pence's will go the same way.
On a slightly different note reading in the paper fake pound coins in circulation is at an all time high. Anybody found any of these, if so what readings are they giving.

Bob.

Hi Bob, before I had perfected the cleaning of pound coins, I used to put them in the change converter machines in Sainsburys and used to get loads rejected, but they looked ok to me, but apparently many of the fakes are rearly good quality ones ?

I now clean and put back in to general circulation, but again have never found an obvious fake

Dave

[bob79]

Said in the paper, if you spend the unknowingly you are still breaking the law.

Bob.

[Fusion]

I've tested several fake pound coins, they behave identically to the real ones. There are a few threads where they are discussed in more detail:
http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/vi ... 10&t=10058
http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/vi ... 10&t=24117

[Dave8472]

Said in the paper, if you spend the unknowingly you are still breaking the law.

Bob.

Took the lot that wouldn't go in the machine in to the bank, they scratched each one to make sure it was gold under that brown colour and accepted them in with my employers banking

They normally won't just swap them unless you have an account with them and are paying in, the women had a bag full of coins that we're not suitable for circulation.

We tried to inadvertently to bank a fake £20 note they took it and gave us a declaration that we had done it luckily it was my boss who didn't spot it was fake so his fault

Dave

[bob79]

Had a steel clad 10p piece in my change today at last. Only realised when I pulled my phone out to look on forum [can't leave it alone even when I'm out] it was stuck to the magnetic clasp of the phone case.
Will try out on the detectors when I get time, it is dated 2011.

Bob.

[bob79]

Good point Ferret, bet the Treasurery never pencilled that into the equation when they were having a discussion about it.

Bob.