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edit ILL SUL — 01.APR.2006 — £1 - R.I.P. - Treasury plans to dump the llifr coin because there's nothing worth buying with it., by Rhidderch Rhafforth

CASTRELEON — The £1 coin could be scrapped... because you can't buy anything decent with it any more. Scotland has so many of the unwanted coins in circulation that moves are afoot to stop minting them altogether. An internal Treasury report reveals that the £1 coin is piling up in our purses and pockets as people find it an increasing struggle to find anything worth spending it on.  Read More...

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