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The new ￡1 coin: All change
新一英鎊硬幣：全都變了
There will soon be fewer fake pounds in your pocket.
在您口袋里的假幣會(huì)越來(lái)越少。
Best known for his musings on gravity, Isaac Newton also spent several years as warden of the Royal Mint, charged with upholding the integrity of the nation's coinage.
艾薩克·牛頓以他對(duì)重力的冥想而最為著名，他也曾當(dāng)過(guò)幾年皇家造幣廠的監(jiān)督員，負(fù)責(zé)維護(hù)國(guó)家貨幣制度完整。
He performed the role with great—some might say excessive—enthusiasm: he is said to have bribed and leant on William Chaloner's associates and mistresses to secure the conviction of the counterfeiting kingpin.
他以種極大的—有人可能會(huì)說(shuō)是過(guò)度的—熱情扮演這個(gè)角色：據(jù)說(shuō)，他曾賄賂并依靠威廉·查洛納的下屬和情婦來(lái)確保讓造假頭目定罪。
The mint of today eschews such tactics, but takes currency security no less seriously.
今天皇家造幣廠擯棄了這種策略，但是對(duì)貨幣安全更嚴(yán)格了。
A new ￡1 coin will appear in shops and banks from March 28th.
新一英鎊硬幣將從3月28日起出現(xiàn)在超市和銀行。
An initial batch of 1.5bn will be shipped from a production site in Llantrisant, Wales, and consumers will have until October to spend or exchange their old coins.
第一批15億硬幣將從蘭特里桑特，威爾士的生產(chǎn)地運(yùn)輸，截至到十月份，消費(fèi)者不得不花費(fèi)或者兌換他們的舊硬幣。
The makeover is deemed necessary because the version in pockets today, introduced in 1983, is no longer fit for purpose.
這次改版很有必要，因?yàn)榻裉烊藗兛诖锏?983年出的版本已經(jīng)不再適合其目的了。
As counterfeiters have got better at producing copies, the number of fakes has grown to one in 30 coins in circulation, the mint reckons.
造幣廠估計(jì)，造假者在生產(chǎn)贗品上做得更好，其數(shù)量已經(jīng)增長(zhǎng)到了一次貨幣流通中有三十分之一是假幣。
One manager thinks it might be closer to one in ten.
一位經(jīng)理認(rèn)為這可能更接近十分之一。
The new coin's first lines of defence are its bimetallic composition (a gold-coloured nickel-brass outer ring and silver-coloured nickel-plated-alloy middle) , its 12-sided edge, evoking the threepenny bit, and tiny lettering cut into the inside rim.
新硬幣第一層防護(hù)線是雙金屬?gòu)?fù)合物（金色鎳黃銅合金外圈和銀色鍍鎳合金內(nèi)圈），12邊形，使人想起（英國(guó)）三便士銀幣，微小的刻字切入內(nèi)邊緣。
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