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New 12-sided pound coin to enter circulation in March (bbc.co.uk)
2 points by CarolineW on Jan 2, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


From the article:

Hidden high security feature - an additional security feature is built into the coin to protect it from counterfeiting but details have not been revealed.

So, security by obscurity. I wonder how long that will last.



It means you can pass all the coins you want to anyone who doesn't know it.




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