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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SwK, post: 2413028, member: 22309&quot;]<a href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3390519/I-buy-Royal-Mint-commemorative-coins-bulk-credit-card-gain-airmiles-cash-bank-s-refusing-accept-them.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3390519/I-buy-Royal-Mint-commemorative-coins-bulk-credit-card-gain-airmiles-cash-bank-s-refusing-accept-them.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3390519/I-buy-Royal-Mint-commemorative-coins-bulk-credit-card-gain-airmiles-cash-bank-s-refusing-accept-them.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>&#039;I was left with £29,300 of special Royal Mint coins after HSBC refused them despite being legal tender&#039;: How a ruse to earn credit card points came unstuck</b></font></p><ul> <li><b>James bought commemorative coins in bulk using credit card</b></li> <li><b>Card purchases allowed him to accrue airline points</b></li> <li><b>Savvy spender would then cash in coins at bank and pay off card bill</b></li> <li><b>But Royal Mint crackdown saw bank refuse huge pile of £100 coins</b></li> <li><b>Coins are &#039;legal tender&#039; but this does not mean banks must take them </b></li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3390519/I-buy-Royal-Mint-commemorative-coins-bulk-credit-card-gain-airmiles-cash-bank-s-refusing-accept-them.html#ixzz47ihFbBjA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3390519/I-buy-Royal-Mint-commemorative-coins-bulk-credit-card-gain-airmiles-cash-bank-s-refusing-accept-them.html#ixzz47ihFbBjA" rel="nofollow">http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3390519/I-buy-Royal-Mint-commemorative-coins-bulk-credit-card-gain-airmiles-cash-bank-s-refusing-accept-them.html#ixzz47ihFbBjA</a> </p><p>Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=MailOnline" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=MailOnline" rel="nofollow">@MailOnline on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=DailyMail" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=DailyMail" rel="nofollow">DailyMail on Facebook</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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