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U.K. grocer Morrisons rejects £2 coins and foreign lookalikes at self-checkout

June 17, 2014

Foreign coins deposited at self-checkout kiosks have led U.K. grocery chain Morrisons to stop accepting all £2 coins ($3.40), reports the Daily Mail.

The foreign coins that have been used in Morrisons self-checkout tills include the €2 coin ($2.71), the Iranian 250 Rial ($0.01) and the Thai 10 baht piece ($0.31), says the Birmingham Mail.

The self-checkout machines have been accepting the foreign coins because they have the same diameter and weight as the £2 coins, a coin expert told the Daily Mail.

The self-checkout tills will continue to reject £2 coins until the problem has been solved, though manned tills will still accept the £2 coins, Morrisons told the Birmingham Mail.