The deadline for spending your old pound coins is looming large, but what happens if you find a stash of cash after they're no longer legal tender? So you finally get around to lifting up the ...

The new 12-sided pound coin, the shape of which resembles the old three-penny bit, entered circulation in March and boasts new high-tech security features The old round pound is on the way out ...

which was roughly equivalent to 80 old pence or one third of a pound sterling. Today, they are rare to find, sought after and ...

Old coins remained in circulation, as did coins from countries formerly in the sterling area ... similar in size and shape to the new pound coins, in the late 1930s. The penny, thruppence and ...

Robert Dalgleish, who received three old coins from Lidl, said: "Why aren't business outlets stopping this?" But Tesco says it will continue to accept the round pound for an additional week to ...