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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1723684, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m having trouble understanding how a yearly design change foils counterfeiting.&nbsp; Coins circulate for a long time.&nbsp; If someone is making fake pounds there would be no reason for him to make 2013 dated/type coins since coins in circulation go back for many years.&nbsp; On the other hand the average consumer (worse yet, tourist) could never be expected to know what to expect from every coin.&nbsp; On the other hand a change to paper money makes more sense since few people other than collectors really know what a bill from the series a decade ago looks like.&nbsp;&nbsp; I currently have 19 pieces of paper ($1 to $20) with only one (a $20) dated before series 2006.&nbsp; A similar number of coins in my pocket change included a 1975 nickel.&nbsp; A change in coins will take a while to obsolete those dies he made last year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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