Fake £1 Coins

They seldom ever use the correct metals - lots of odd colours and weird weights. You couldnt reuse them - some might be different metals in the core!

I think the general populace should be more encouraged to filter them out. No-one takes them out - its too much trouble when they are so very common.

Im yet to find a fake £2 though. I dont go through many though so Icant say much for it.

You can see from this thread why criminals find faking £1 coins so worthwhile. Noone bats an eyelid at getting one, spending one or banking one!

I got a fake 2005 one pound coin today in the change and amazingly yesterday I got a fake 1993 coin which was very shiny for coin allegedly "minted" in 1993 ! What amazed me about the 1993 coin was how detailed the coat of arms was and the lettering on the side. Its amazing how the forgers really put an effort into making it look so authentic compared to the fakes that are usually made by lazy forgers who cant even match the year and designs correctly !!