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Post Your Counterfeit Coins Here (Educational Thread)

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 Posted 08/22/2024  2:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Here are some pics of counterfeit round pounds. There are two examples, which both say they're from 2003...
Interesting examples!
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Very interesting, Spyro.
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There's a whole page of my decimal album devoted to them. Must admit I took an interest in them when they were doing the rounds. I've found the "Fake pound coin database" quite useful over the last few days (Thank you, Red). I am told, however, that the early dodecagonal pound coins with the reeding on the left panel below the Queen's head are in fact legit and are quite common for 2016, less so for 2017, and rare for 2018. If anyone wants to disagree feel free! I'm never too old to learn...
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Hi there. Just had a few spare minutes so I thought I'd show you my left handed pound coin. You might just be able to make out the "latent" 1 in the reeded panel. (You may have to squint!)
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Below is a pic of the micro printing near the edge.
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As far as I know counterfeiters don't bother with either of these features, but then, who's going to look?
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@Spyro - you can edit your posts within the first 24 hours if needed. Then you can fix the sentence above to read the way you need it to. (or I can do it for you)
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Wow! Thanks! Actually done it! My feelgood factor has hit a new high!
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Certainly is! I shall be very careful with it!
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Mexico 8 Reales 1878. Contemporary counterfeit, weighing 26.07 g (as opposed to 27.97); traces of silvering remain. A genuine example from 1877 is below.
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Great example, Hondo Boguss.
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