Fake pound coins

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:55 pm

..on Fake Britain now BBC1.

£5000 from five High Street banks.

168 fakes. Estimates = 49.5 million in circulation.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:59 pm

I've just seen that, they have just said if you find any fakes you should take them to the Police, not many, if any would tbh.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:31 pm

is there an iplayer/4oD/etc. for it? i'm very interested in this subject.
cheers

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:14 pm

It was a programme called fake Britain, catch up on demand would be your best bet.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:22 pm

it's on bbci player

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:24 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... pisode_13/

There you go, Mr C.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:29 pm

cheers Harry, that is my viewing sorted for tonight

stuart4010 · Post by **stuart4010** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:03 pm

What a frustrating programme format - 25:00 in for the results of the coins.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:41 pm

tbh, i am surprise it was not much, much higher.

and would have been nice to see them touch his collar.

but thanks for the heads-up, i enjoyed that programme.

Captain.Tattybojangles · Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:08 am

Fake pound coins in circulation-49.5 million
All pound coins in circulation- A lot
Fruit Machine Hopper Capacity-£350
Your local pub fruit-Floatless

There are some fruits people can float. For everything else there's Gamestec

BFK · Post by **BFK** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:20 pm

it's fuckwit-tec!!

streakseims · Post by **streakseims** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:22 pm

I call fakes "Spoons" as I think its not gangs making the fakes, Its spoons thats why they daily refill..... a daily refill of fakes!

Captian Tat that is post of the week!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:33 pm

Surely the daily refill thing is living in the past, who cares if a machine is over the back first quid or not? Them thinking that a full machine will fool people into playing it is daft, everyone knows they are filled everyday, and most people know that if its full it means fuck all!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:38 pm

streakseims wrote:I call fakes "Spoons" as I think its not gangs making the fakes, Its spoons thats why they daily refill..... a daily refill of fakes!

Captian Tat that is post of the week!

Also, how do these 20p pieces keep on finding there way into the hoppers? you know you've got one the second it hits your hand from the sound, bent engineers sneaking a 80p raise out of us, it would'nt surprise me if this went off quite often, how many different machines does a refill lady fill up a day? i bet she sneaks a few in and pockets the excess.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:06 pm

Yeah, or 10ps...or even 2ps sometimes! It's a joke, but you can't really do anything about it either.