Some Remainers won’t accept the new 50p ?

It’s not something I’d personally have chosen - ‘peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations’ is neither how our exit from the EU feels, nor is it how we are behaving. And yes, and as someone said earlier, it is a terrible inscription - straight out of a greeting card.

However. I don’t know how this works exactly but for those who are interested, apparently as part of the launch of the coin, the Royal Mint will open its doors for 24 hours to let people strike their own commemorative Brexit coins. Enquires to them please!

All sounds a huge fuss about nothing, I am pretty sure by Leap Year Day no one will be bothering which 50p coin they receive in their change.
As for the inscription, wishing for peace, prosperity and friendship for all, we gransnetters could take note and try and work towards it as a positive step for the future.

Another attempt to sneer at those who hold different views. I don’t give a stuff what coins I get as I hardly ever use cash anyway. If I see one I might write I ? EU on it in permanent marker pen.

Why wasn't it a £1 coin, after all that's our national currency?

I can't remember the last time I used cash.

Well, for anyone to get upset about something so trivial is rediculas. However, it is obvious that this thread has been started with the aim of drawing a reaction and start slanging match between forum members.

But, that is the mentality of some Brexiteirs, as in other threads they have been asked any to state any number of times how Britain being a member of the European Union has so damaged their lives, we find in that, they never give any answers.

Still, from people who are silly enough to give money to a person who personally owns a Brexit party, but the after receiving that money does not stand to become an MP himself or even put his party into a position to become a government, we should expect little else.

Still utterly baffled as to WTF we are 'celebrating'.

Could not care less, the majority of remainders are sensible types x

Well surely it's up to them how they decide to react to the new coin. I don't see anything to get over excited about.

I think the purpose of the original post is to purely stir it. Best to ignore it's content.

It wasn’t.

Just an fyi - Please see exchange between SirChenjin and Urmstongran above Sun 26-Jan-20 21:23:11 to Sun 26-Jan-20 22:05:42

I know you have said, urmstongran that you weren't trying to cause problems with this post and I'm sure that's true but the sniggery emoji was really a bit ott I think.

Some of us feel that 31st is not a day to celebrate. Furthermore, leaving the EU is really a process, not a date.

I constantly tap and swipe or buy online. I wouldn't recognise one 50p coin from another! Rarely handle real money. Fuss about nothing.

It would be prudent to wait until Brexit has been proved to be a roaring success and then issue a commemorative coin. At this moment in time the decision is so divisive that any celebration is questionable.
Harking back to what happened in 1973 made me smile. Europhiles? Remainers? How can people come together and get on with it while some folk continue to insist on this labelling nonsense.

Does this mean that people are going to hold up a queue while they sort through their change to inspect all the coins?

Does this mean that people are going to hold up a queue while they sort through their change to inspect all the coins?

Maybe!

ladyM......I doubt it very much ( checking through change)
It’s just what a few would say they would do, but in practice won’t bother to.
Am amazed by those who say they rarely use actual cash for anything.
Our DGC have already told us they want one of these 50p coins to keep, so will look out for some nice new shiny ones for them.
Nothing wrong with the inscription ( just a few who enjoy sneering) it’s an admirable sentiment actually, and shows we want friendly relations with all countries ( and trade.)

Parsley I disagree, the coins are for now .....for the minute we leave the EU on Friday.
Whether you love it or hate it, a big political step has been taken and a commemorative coin and some celebrations are in keeping with that.

Peace and prosperity and friendship between nations is the last thing that Brexit encourages.

A bit off topic lemongrove but why are you amazed that some people don't use cash? I can honestly not remember the last time I used cash.

I keep a spreadsheet of all my income and outgoings. It's much easier to do that, if I don't use cash.

I use very little cash, I prefer my contactless credit or debit cards. I always carry some cash though, if I receive a 50 pence coin of any description I shall simply spend it. I’m not interested in any fancy designs of the coins.

Are you The Queen, growstuff
I hear that she never uses cash


Personally I still use cash, I find it's easier to draw out cash for day to day expenses than keep an account of every small amount I spend.

My biggest outgoings, by far, are for fuel and food and always use cards for them. I've been told it's cheaper for businesses to process contactless payments than cash, so I use contactless on the rare occasion I buy a coffee somewhere. I use an app for car parks and buy most stuff online.

No, I'm not the Queen!! I don't have much money, so don't buy "small stuff", which I don't need. I wouldn't be able to keep track of small amounts either, which is why I prefer to keep digital records. I haven't drawn out any cash from a machine for months.