Need Help With Possible Error 1 Pound Coin, Incorrect Date

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canary01 Valued Member Netherlands 202 Posts	Posted 04/23/2025 09:05 am Hi all, I was wondering if you have any clue to what this might be. It's an english lion 1 pound coin only minted in 1997 but mine has a 1994 date. It also has the correct edge inscription for a 1997 coin. It weighs 9,40 grams and looking at the wear it has, it looks like it's been used as a regular 1 pound coin. All input is welcome, maybe I'm just missing something very obvious? Thanks in advance! Report this Post to the Staff

zookeeperz Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 694 Posts	Posted 04/23/2025 09:19 am @Canary01. 1000's of Counterfeit £1's were struck I remember sending mine off to The Royal Mint . In fact it was probably the same type. Which they informed me it wasn't genuine and no coins for that design were struck that year. I am 99% sure yours is one of those. Probably more valuable than a genuine coin of that year just as a curiosity. A lot of these types are collected Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21584 Posts	Posted 04/23/2025 09:38 am A counterfeit that someone has intentionally damaged to cover up the discrepancies. A genuine coin weighs 9.5g and the edge lettering has serifs with the reeding closer together. Report this Post to the Staff
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 04/23/2025 10:16 am I agree, a contemporary forgery. By the time The Royal Mint switched to the later bimetallic £1 it is estimated one in 30 £1s in circulation were fake! I used to know a collector of the fakes, but he would never give me more than £1 for any, so there was no profit in that! The banks had given up checking for them, so it was just as easy to cash them in. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187582 Posts	Posted 04/23/2025 11:44 am Quote: A counterfeit that someone has intentionally damaged to cover up the discrepancies. 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
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17883 Posts	Posted 04/23/2025 4:24 pm with all the above. I pulled quite a few counterfeit £1 coins from circulation and many had the incorrect date or edge inscription for the type. There is a good website about them here: https://www.thefakepoundcoindatabas.../pounds.html My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 376 Posts	Posted 05/02/2025 12:57 am Hiya. Definitely a counterfeit. It's had a bit of a life but the heads and tails designs should still be sharper than those shown. I've got a small collection of these and there is actually a bit of a story to them. Check to see if the heads and tails line up with each other properly. They're usually about 30 degrees out of alignment - sometimes worse. There are also a few fake £2 coins about. There's a website called the fake pound coin database which might also help. Report this Post to the Staff
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