Designed in California. /s
The new £1 Coin
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Re: The new £1 Coin
#382How the "hidden high security feature"* in the new £1 coin works is covered here: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/53673/how-does-... * Royal Mint’s new anti-counterfeiting technology, which can be authenticated by high-speed automated detection, was called Integrated Secure Identification Systems (ISIS) - but for obvious reasons, they've stopped using that name.
So this means every coin in circulation would be uniquely identifiable through a unique random pattern of embedded luminescent particles.
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#383Earlier quoted context omitted.
The "terrorist org" never used those letters in the first place. The acronym in Arabic is "Daesh". ISIS is an English-language acronym formed from a (bad[1]) translation of the group's name. Think about it: why would a decidedly muslim organization name itself in a foreign language after a forgotten infidel goddess? [1] Most western journalists rapidly moved off onto ISIL, which is a better translation (the name neve…
It is normal to translate acronyms. USA is EEUU in Spanish or EUA in Portuguese, for example. I'm not contradicting you, just clarifying.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and offshoot Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) are additional examples.
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#384They probably should have continued using the letters. The more things called ISIS the less important those letters are to any one thing, including the terrorist org.
The "terrorist org" never used those letters in the first place. The acronym in Arabic is "Daesh". ISIS is an English-language acronym formed from a (bad[1]) translation of the group's name. Think about it: why would a decidedly muslim organization name itself in a foreign language after a forgotten infidel goddess? [1] Most western journalists rapidly moved off onto ISIL, which is a better translation (the name neve…
Or in the case of the BBC, they use "The Islamic State group", or "the so-called Islamic State", as an effort of denying them any legitimacy as an actual state.
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#385Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but they also produced coins and notes for 39 other countries in 2015-16: http://www.royalmint.com/~/media/Files/AnnualReports/ar_2015...
The website is not for the Royal Mint, which of course needs a dot com address, this website is for the new UK pound coin. Why does the new UK pound coin, with a UK audience, not use a UK domain?
Oh, oops, hadn’t realised what you meant. Presumably seeing as it’s not a company though a .info would be more appropriate though?
Re: The new £1 Coin
#386They probably should have continued using the letters. The more things called ISIS the less important those letters are to any one thing, including the terrorist org.
The "terrorist org" never used those letters in the first place. The acronym in Arabic is "Daesh". ISIS is an English-language acronym formed from a (bad[1]) translation of the group's name. Think about it: why would a decidedly muslim organization name itself in a foreign language after a forgotten infidel goddess? [1] Most western journalists rapidly moved off onto ISIL, which is a better translation (the name neve…
>right-wing sources
ISIS on youtube: 5.2 million
ISIL on youtube: 0.6 million
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#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was cheated in the most crude way in London once - gentlemen selling African street food gave me (in my change, amongst other coins) a coin that looks and feels very much like a British pound, but is Ugandian (IIRC) and has some kind of ostrich-like bird's head on it instead of the Queen's.
That could have been a mistake. Some coins from New Zealand, for example, look a lot like British currency.
In the US, it's reasonably common to get Canadian pennies for US pennies.
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#389Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why Brexit? Do you mean Scottish Independence?
If they decide to become independent now, it'll be because of Brexit. Same goes for Northern Ireland (which will take some time).
Not so sure about NI. Do you think the economy could survive without UK membership? Don't you think NI-independence would be seen as an attempt at re-uniting Ireland, and hence bring back the troubles?
Re: The new £1 Coin
#390How the "hidden high security feature"* in the new £1 coin works is covered here: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/53673/how-does-... * Royal Mint’s new anti-counterfeiting technology, which can be authenticated by high-speed automated detection, was called Integrated Secure Identification Systems (ISIS) - but for obvious reasons, they've stopped using that name.
"Approximately one in thirty £1 coins in circulation is a counterfeit"
"16 October 2017 onwards - demonetisation - you are under no
obligation to accept the round £1 coin from your customers"