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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James O&#039;Brien, post: 3065145, member: 70800&quot;]I think you might be over-estimating the difficulties of circulating coins in enemy territory, i.e. many shop assistants are pretty careless when it comes to accepting counterfeit currency or foreign currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree with your vending machine theory - it&#039;s probably the easiest method + guaranteed to get goods to the value of the coins. Phoneboxes, cigarette machines, parking meters, soft drinks / sweets, etc. All would be easy, non-suspicious targets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most UK and Irish coins were similar in size up to the 1980s, and they both circulated freely in Ireland until the break with Sterling in the late 1970s, so this probably explains why the more recent counterstamps are mostly on UK coins, which in turn, probably suggests this &#039;little hobby&#039; for people with little to do most likely originates in Northern Ireland and not activists south of the border.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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