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Old January 22nd 12, 05:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 16:34:44 on Sun, 22
Jan 2012, Alistair Gunn remarked:
Do you mean the risk of counterfeit banknotes? This is something that
seems to have been overcome in the UK one way or another.


Though 1 in 36 of every #1 coins is fake according to some counts ...


The people who claim this never seem to have any guidance on how you
can tell, so I'm a bit sceptical.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10774366 looks helpful.

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Colin Rosenstiel