Counterfeit/Fake Or Mispressed 10p?

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Siddas New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 09:58 am Hi - first post so hope I am doing it properly! Got this 10p dropped on me in my change yesterday. Not sure people would fake a 10p would they? Wouldn't be worth the return? Anyway I found this site while googling to find any examples of fakes so though this would be the best place to ask. I am assuming it is a mispressed coin? Seems to not have any milling on the sides apart from a small little bit that I have tried to capture the bit there is. Sorry the pics aren't brilliant but mobile phones don't seem to like close ups! Any info greatly appreciated. Cheers. Report this Post to the Staff

Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 10:37 am I would say it's a mint error, not a fake. Report this Post to the Staff
Nathancrh1 Pillar of the Community Canada 785 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 11:26 am It's not a fake, but an error. No real explanation to fake the coin anyways. And Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 12:29 pm Its an error indeed - I forget the names. The mint lets out so few I've never bothered learning. The US mint churns out this kind of stuff but its a rarity over here. Report this Post to the Staff
Siddas New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 12:53 pm Wow - thanks for the quick replies folks. Been having a good look round the site and from now on I am definitely check the change in my pocket! Especially for the fake pound coins. I did think it was an error. It is fatter at one end than the other and appears the skin is somehow coming away which makes me think it isn't a coin someone has had a go at with a file or something. Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 4:00 pm Wow , that is a nice coin to find in your change ! It wouldnt be worth it for criminals to make fake 10p coins but funny enough around 2 decades ago some thieves stole a lorry full of fresh new 10p coins and stashed them in pub courtyard before some dodgy Met detectives stole the load from them in the the famous 10 pence coin job that was detailed in a book about about corruption in the Metropolitan police ...... 10p coins - what fascinating things ! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 11:32 pm It is indeed a mint error; the term you're looking for to describe it is "broadstrike". That's when the two dies that usually smash together to make a coin both work fine, but the collar die that is supposed to hold the coin in place and impart the reeding on the edge is missing. Broadstrikes are usually off-centre a little bit, since there's no collar present to hold the coin in the proper place. The term "off-centre broadstrike" usually refers to coins so far off centre that bits of the design are missing (which is not true in this case). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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