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United Kingdom
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My wife and I were at Didcot Railway Centre today. As always, she asks me for money so she can buy herself a cup of coffee which I go off to look at more trains there. When I returned, she told me to look at the 1998 1 pound coin that she got in change.   My immediate reaction on seeing both sides was "Houston, we have a problem." What do you folks think? Ken |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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Thanks for that....thought I saw it somewhere before.
Ken
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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The fakes coins are very bad, but why use a date when only proof coins of that year were minted?
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United Kingdom
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The fakes coins are very bad, but why use a date when only proof coins of that year were minted? But most people don't know that Tracy. So it circulates as £1 until someone questions it. And of course, the trouble with that is if you take it to the bank or building society, they will say 'Thank you' and you'll be short of £1. More fun to hold on to the sillier (ie worse/ completely wrong) examples. *coughorspenditcough* |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Ouch!
I've never seen a fake loonie. This is either because nobody makes them or they're so good I don't notice them.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Are fake pounds common in the UK? I thought I recalled hearing that somewhere...
I am shocked that nobody noticed that fake before you did! That's a pretty pathetic attempt at counterfeiting. Mind you, if some people will fall for it, why try to make better ones, I guess?
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Are fake pounds common in the UK? Alas, far too common - although it gives numismatists a bit of fun. I've heard that up to 3% of the £1 coins in circulation may be fakes - some well-made and others very crude like this one... I have pulled quite a few from change over the years. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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3% is a load of bull - its much closer to 20%. this one is funny because the design only came in in 2008. I only keep the good ones. You know, I once asked The Royal Mint if they would buy fake £1 coins off me because it was too much of a financial drain to keep them and I told them that if I got no response then id assume it was alright for me to spend them again. No response given. It breaks my heart to let them propagate, but what can I do? I average about 1/8th being fake (my town isn't too bad for them but when I go elsewhere I get them by the bucketload). I cant afford that! |
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I am shocked that nobody noticed that fake before you did! That's a pretty pathetic attempt at counterfeiting. Mind you, if some people will fall for it, why try to make better ones, I guess? Remember, a counterfeiter is only trying to fool one person, once. What happens to their counterfeited coin once it is accepted by that one person, they really could not care about. Still, this is a very unconvincing fake. Did anyone else notice that the obverse legend is in English, rather than Latin? It's actually the obverse from a Jersey pound. 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
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Good point.
It is weird though how poor an attempt was made. Had they not seen a real one before?
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United Kingdom
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Fake £1 are VERY common in England
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The fakes make getting pound coins in the change a very interesting experience .... as you never know what you might be getting  |
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Posted 08/11/2013 1:01 pm
