I got this as a present and I really liked it, I was saving money for ages and then realised that it was counting a few things wrong or wasn't counting them at all. For example I would put a 50p in and it would think its a 2p. It was great but what's the point when in the end its cheap components kinda beat the fact of having something count your money.
You're better off buying one a bit more expensive which does notes as well....If your filling it with 1p,2p,5p,20p,50p and the odd pound it will save roughly £60-80.