Acceptance of new pound coins in ticket machines

[whole diary]

[ChrisB]

Old £ coins are still valid for at least a fortnight (or is it 3 weeks?) , so I doubt it was inadvertant...maybe once we're inside the last week of validity.

[stuving]

Old £ coins are still valid for at least a fortnight (or is it 3 weeks?) , so I doubt it was inadvertant...maybe once we're inside the last week of validity.

But the banks have been pestering shops for weeks to separate them and only return old coins to them. The physical process of transferring the whole circulating stock of pound coins back via shops to banks just can't be done in a couple of weeks. 

[Bmblbzzz]

Bank teller told me a month or so ago they were advising businesses to take whatever sort of cash is offered them "right back to decimalisation" and it would all be accepted. I guess practice for small businesses and large corporations might be different though.

[Chris from Nailsea]

... intending to get rid of two old pound coins (given to me a few days ago in Waitrose, no doubt inadvertently).

I am truly shocked, but I can only offer you my sincere apologies. 

[JayMac]

I got one in my change at Lidl this evening. Swapped it immediately. Checkout operator apologised saying he missed it - staff had been  told to retain them separately.

[rogerw]

Self service tills seem to be the biggest offenders. They just recycle what other customers have put in.

[TonyK]

Self service tills seem to be the biggest offenders. They just recycle what other customers have put in.

That's where I've been putting my old ones. Seems I am not alone!

[bobm]

I have been putting them in the saving stamp machine at Tesco.  Now have £150 towards my Christmas shop 

[Chris from Nailsea]

Simply to clarify the 'deadline', in terms of their use other than in ticket machines:

Old one pound coins are still 'legal tender' until 15 October 2017;

After that date, shops may refuse them.  However, most banks and Post Office counters will continue to accept them, so you will still be able to pay the old one pound coins into your account, for example.

And, in the interests of recycling, old one pound coins will be be melted down to make new ones.  When they've removed the metal content of the 'one in forty' or even 'one in thirty' dodgy ones, obviously. 

[hassaanhc]

Some London Underground machines have a sticker on them saying that they no longer accept the old £1 coin.