BANK OF ENGLAND officials were embarrassed when it emerged that their sports centre lockers cannot take the new £1 coins.

Despite the new 12 sided coin becoming legal tender nearly a month ago on March 28, they were forced to put signs up on the lockers telling members to carry on using the old coins.

One member of staff at the Bank of England Sports Centre in Roehampton, south west London fumed: "You'd think that the Bank of England would have thought about this. After all, they hadmore notice than anyone else.

"You really couldn't make it up."

Hailed by the Royal Mint as the most secure coin in the world, it has 12 sides, is made of two metals and also sports micro-lettering, milled edges and a hologram type feature changing a £ symbolto a number 1 when seen from different angles.

It will exist side by side with old coin until midnight on October 15 when the old coins will no longer be legal tender, though you will still be bale to deposit them at banks.

The new coin does currently work in shopping trolleys, vending machines and parking meters.

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