what to do with british coins?

[Gerrard]

I recently went on holidays to Scotland and have a good few coins let over but I thought my local credit union would exchange but they wont. Any ideas what I could do with these coins? Is it true I could pay for stuff in tescos with sterling? I have about €30 in coins

 

[bond-007]

Save them for the next trip to the UK.

Shops here will not accept them and certainly Tesco will not accept them.

 

[Chocks away]

Cross border shopping?

 

[helllohello]

sainsburys in newry now has one of those lovely machines at the door that takes your coins. i have looked at it but could not see the rate of commission charged.
if you do visit newry sainsburys, save some of the coins for parking - new system is now in operation and the queue to pay for parking is crazy.