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tracyaw Valued Member United Kingdom 127 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 09:07 am This coin came out with my change yesterday from a metro ticket maching. I looked at it and thought it odd. I compared it another pound coin for same year and not only is the edge inscription dreadful, it is upside down. Other than that a very good fake. Report this Post to the Staff

Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2135 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 09:43 am About 5 years ago I saw an "official" estimate that 30% of the UK £1 coins in circulation are fake. When getting change, I used to refuse them if they looked fake but I don't bother now, they are so common. Report this Post to the Staff
tracyaw Valued Member United Kingdom 127 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 10:51 am Well yeah it workls fine in a metro ticket machine so I guess it is passable. I shall just pop it back next time I get a ticket :) Report this Post to the Staff
publius Pillar of the Community United States 807 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 12:15 pm The orientation of the edge inscription is indifferent. Report this Post to the Staff
tracyaw Valued Member United Kingdom 127 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 1:06 pm Maybe, I don't really know publius. I was checking this particular fake against one I saw from a blog online, 2003 coin like mine and it remarked that inscription being upside down was what gave it away as a fake. Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 1:36 pm Interesting find , over the past year I have come across 2 fake 2003 pound coins . Do you have pictures obverse and the reverse of this fake that you got ? Report this Post to the Staff
publius Pillar of the Community United States 807 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 1:49 pm The Royal Mint's detection guide does not indicate the orientation of the edge inscription as a diagnostic. And it can't be, because the lettering is applied before striking, & the planchets go into the press in random orientation. See here for extensive, though not wholly up-to-date, information on counterfeit pound coins. Edited by publius 07/24/2013 1:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tracyaw Valued Member United Kingdom 127 Posts	Posted 07/24/2013 2:13 pm Thanks fore the link Publius. Report this Post to the Staff
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