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The New High-Tech Pound Coin

Jonathan Failla
March 28, 2017

Britain released its new one-pound coin today. It's modelled on the country's historic threepenny piece. The current pound has become vulnerable to sophisticated counterfeiters. 3 percent of all 1-pound coins, or 45 million, are believed to be forgeries.

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