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SUPERMARKET Morrisons' decision to ban £2 coins from self-service checkouts could soon be followed by other stores, it has been claimed.

 

Some customers have found crafty ways around using a £2 coin[MORRISONS/GETTY]

The supermarket chain has acted in order to prevent a growing number of customers paying for goods with similar shaped fake coins and foreign currency.

The coins most commonly used to fool machines are the Iranian 250 rial, which is worth only 1p, the €2 coin and the Thai ten baht, worth around 18p.

Morrisons insists the ban is only temporary as it works to improve checkout technology in stores across the West Midlands, which have been worst hit by dodgy coins.

However, it wouldn't "come as a surprise" if rival supermarkets were to follow suit in implementing their own bans, a spokesman for the British Retail Consortium said.

Morrisons believe some customers could mistakingly be using change left over from their holidays. Self-service machines recognise coins based on weight and diameter.

A number of stores have had foreign currency passed off as £2 coins at self-checkouts

Morrisons spokesman

A Morrisons spokesman said: "A number of stores have had foreign currency passed off as £2 coins at self-checkouts.

“While we fix the issue, we have temporarily stopped them accepting any £2 coins, but customers are still free to use them at all manned checkouts.”