grumpyf1

Bloody crap counterfeit £1 - it isn't even round. Have you spent all your old one pound coins yet? No? Best go on a spending spree in PoundUniverse, then – you’ve got six months left... Launched last week, the new, 12-sided, one pound coins are out there, somewhere... even if they haven’t migrated this far North-West yet. Packed with hard-to-forge features such as micro lettering (roughly the size of the print used for apologies in the Daily Mail) and an image that works like a hologram, this bi-metallic invader will have seem off the dull old round pound before Halloween get all pumpkin-y in your face. It has some undisclosed hidden security features as well – too secret to mention. I can exclusively reveal that, if you play it backwards at 33rpm (which you obviously would, if you were trying to copy it) it emits a distress signal that can only be heard by specially trained sharks. If you’re a wannabe forger, stay out of the water. Your out of date quids will only be ...