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Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 383 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 02:06 am I've got a few fake pound coins. At one time they were turning up in people's change every day. Really annoying cos slot machines didn't like them! I'll put pictures up later. I remember a newspaper story about how one of the suppliers was busted - the workshop unit they'd rented made so much noise 24/7 a local resident complained! Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96071 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 02:17 am Quote: the workshop unit they'd rented made so much noise 24/7 a local resident complained! Well one would think if you are breaking the law, you would do it quietly. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6555 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 06:29 am Fake slab and coin https://www.pcgs.com/cert/33385953 Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 383 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 10:13 am Hiya. Yes you're right Dearborn, but any press is pretty loud at the best of times, and as far as I remember they were on an industrial estate. However, health and safety got them in the end even though it was other people's! So here are my offerings... The nice looking ones heads and tails don't line up properly and they've used the wrong effigy of Her Maj despite the fact that it says COPY up the back of her neck... And as for the other one well, what were they thinking? Any nickel brass finish has altogether gone. I think they're fun but I was a pound out of pocket for each of them... Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96071 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 11:16 am nice adds Keith and Spyro. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74189 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 12:21 pm Nics adds, Keith67, and Spyro. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 383 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 4:29 pm Hiya Red. Just looked at your counterfeits database. I've got a little pile of these so I thought I might just do a list of them, post them here, and if you want to add them to your database feel free. You may well have most of them anyway but one never knows. Have fun! Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96071 Posts	Posted 08/18/2024 4:33 pm can't wait to see them Spyro Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 383 Posts	Posted 08/19/2024 02:56 am Thanks! That's this afternoon's little project then. The weather forecast says rain too! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188440 Posts	Posted 08/19/2024 08:39 am Outstanding examples! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 383 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 12:42 pm Hiya. Got down a bit of a rabbit hole with my £1 coins there! I'll post pics of some of them cos they all have certain details that give the forger's game away. Thought I'd start off with this 50p though. I have it on good authority that it's not in fact counterfeit. It escaped into circulation having suffered from the dies being contaminated with oil... Some counterfeits do look a bit like this but it's probably due to the quality of the strike. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96071 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 1:08 pm Interesting looking coin spyro. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188440 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 1:38 pm Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74189 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 2:29 pm Very interesting, Spyro. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 383 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 3:29 pm Here's a pic of a real 1997 pound coin and a fake one. Admittedly the real one has had less circulation but look at Her Majesty's hair and profile, also how the legend just fizzles out! And it looks like the engraver just gave up with the three lions on the reverse! The fake is 0.1 gram lighter than the real one, and 0.08 mm smaller. You'll have to take my word for how faint the edge inscription is, but if I was a harassed shop sssistant I wouldn't be able to tell the difference... Im having fun now, so maybe a few more tomorrow... Report this Post to the Staff
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