I'd imagine farthings being used as pennies and halfpennies as two pence,
But shillings are not the same size as 10 pence, and they are the size of the old "new pence". They demonetized the old "new pence" coinage 1 and a half decades ago, so I don't think they are circulating anymore.
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Irish coins could not be used, as they did not have the Queens portrait on. Before Ireland joined Euro of course. The machines will not accept other coins; yes they are similar size (a farthing for a penny, a halfpenny for a 2 pence, a shilling for a 10 pence) but it is not just size they measure inside the machine; also checks weight and electrical conductivity. Similar size 5 new pence for current 10 pence yes, but still not usable in machines.
No - that was what I wrote about - machines will not accept them, for the three (maybe more) tests that happen inside the machine; whether it is a parking or vending machine or any. It is designed to only accept correct coins. Maybe in the past it worked with wrong coins.
Ah ok, but you can use both bronze and copper plated steel pennies no? So I can't understand why the machines can't accept it because it's the same planchet!
But in an other sense, if it were working, it will be too cool for you, and bad for the state.
Yes a pre-decimal UK half penny is about same size a current decimal UK two pence, but for a start they are different metals (two pence is these days magnetic).
Maybe say fifty years ago it would accept a similar size coin by mistake, but the vending companies lose money that way, so they added other detecting features.
A quote from above link "In another case, the 2 euro coin is similar in size to the 10 baht coin (worth only €0.25). As a result, many vending machines in the eurozone will not accept €2 coins, such is the extent of the 10-baht scam. However, most of the currently used vending machines still accept 5-rouble coin instead of 2 euro coin, which leads to the visible losses of their owners, due to the increasing number of Russian tourists".
Another example of how precise the vending machines are would be when they changed the 5p metal in 2011 which is now magnetic and ever so slightly thicker than it's early version but exactly the same weight, but would not work in the vending machines and caused quite an uproar as the manufactures had to recalibrate the machines to suit the coins.
This is the said coin mentioned above. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces25766.html
Cita: bam777We also can't put 2 pence coins or 1 pence coins in vending machines anyway? It is too low a denomination to use in a vending machine.
Sorry Ben, but I beg to differ. I was in Tesco the other day and had quickly popped in for 1 item so went to the self-scan checkout. There is a slot in the checkout where you can pay by cash by feeding in coins and will accept denominations right down to 1p. This would also suggest that the machine does not discriminate between metal types since it will accept both types of each of the lower value coins.
Just because you can't see it ... doesn't mean it isn't there - Anon.
In the USA, machines accept copper cents (1864-1982) as readily as post-1982 zinc cents, if the machine accepts cents at all.
Pre-1965 silver dimes and quarters are often rejected by vending machines. Reject trays are a good place to look for silver.
Canadian coins are the same size as the US equivalents, but they don't circulate in the US since they are magnetic and are weeded out by vending machines.
