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Nagy may already be two sheets to the wind.
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How do you make dancing man?
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I believe : jig : without the spaces. On my phone so can't test.
Michael Martin
Australia
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- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Thank you
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Happy birthday @NagyVilmos
Happy birthday @GaryWheeler
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Happy birthday Nagy and Gary
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Happy birthday guys
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Happy birthday Gary & Nagy!
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Wish you a very Happy Birthday @NagyVilmos and @GaryWheeler!!Have a blast today!!
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I just found this out, but I'm rather curious to know from a more official source - which would be the UK brethren up in this joint. But, is it true there's no 1 pound paper note? Or a 100 pound one for that matter? I checked the Bank of England's website to make sure, I don't see any mention of them. Just rather surprised there isn't one, and would like to know for certain.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: more official source
I don't know if there is a better official source than the Bank of England ??
I'd rather be phishing!
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Totally agree, just curious in case someone just didn't get around to updating the website. You never know.
Jeremy Falcon
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They existed, but were discontinued. Looked like this[^].
edit: looks like RBS still prints some (which are of course different, but they're still one pound notes). I have never seen one of or even heard of their existence, but then I don't live there.
modified 25-Jul-16 14:16pm.
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Out of curiosity... why were they discontinued?
Jeremy Falcon
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Because they ripped holes in people's pockets and they were too heavy to carry around for long. Could you imagine carrying around 100 pounds to go shopping?
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Cost. The price of printing the note was exceeding the value of the note itself!
(It's all special papers, special inks, hugely expensive printing plates and presses, serializing, etc., etc.)
Coins are cheaper to produce.
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I don't think it's the cost. Banknotes are relatively cheap to produce (smaller nominal values can have less fancy protection).
I think it's more likely due to the inflation. Less valuable coins became more useless and they needed something to throw into parking and vending machines.
Actually, I have no clue and I think I have never pound in my hands ever, but it's a fun thread.
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Can imagine the shear volume of coins that must collect from it.
Jeremy Falcon
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Coins last much longer though. Fishing around for some reference numbers: A US 1 dollar bill costs 6 cents to make and lasts about 21 months[^]. That's about the same as the metal cost for the old pound coint[^]. The minting process will add to that total, but unless it adds a lot a coin that lasts for a few decades will still be cheaper overall than a stack of bills that die last mayflies.
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They keep on saying the same thing about pennies over here. It cost more than a penny to make a penny.
Jeremy Falcon
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No idea. All the news from back then that I can find only mentions that it is happening, not why. There's one article that calls the coins "longer lasting" but they're just randomly throwing some adjectives and adverbs around, not actually saying that's the reason for switching back to a coin.
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Ok, thanks for the heads up. Seems like they'd get heavy adding up in your pocket though.
Jeremy Falcon
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i am an expat, I recall the pound note being taken out of circulation in the early nineties!
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Out of curiosity... why were they taken out?
Jeremy Falcon
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the development of the 1 pound coin. For a Bank coins are cheaper to maintain than notes, as they have a much longer life span!
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