The shape of the coin, on the other hand, hasn’t changed. It’s still a dodecagon, or 12-sided shape. We’ve written before at HuffPost UK ... change, one in 30 £1 coins were counterfeit ...

The UK’s Royal Mint thinks it has a solution, and it’s introduced it in its brand new one ... coins “impossible” to fake. There are a number of obvious changes that make the pound coin ...

NARRATOR: Let’s see… you’ve got one five pound note, three, one pound coins and four, 50p pieces. £5 plus £3 makes £8, plus one 50p, makes £8.50. Plus another 50p makes £9, plus 50p ...