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PS. still poring over that Queen's portrait. Is it just a trick of the light, or is it an imitation or embellished version, or in fact a higher relief version of an imitation version that has previously appeared on fakes?
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Well, now I think there is a link: it IS the same portrait as on http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...08&_#1537235 and various other fake £1 and £2. But a higher quality reproduction than I've seen before and the rest of the faces are a brand new engraving. Also various pointers to China: https://goccf.com/t/193076It could be that this is a special 'limited edition proof' made by a longstanding coin faker/distributor for his partner as a relationship commemoration present. Or it could be that a more general knock-off importer commissioned this and it fell upon the same factory that made the £1 and £2, whose equipment is upgraded annually, or at least the same 'stock image' of the portrait in China got used. So, say, Lani got 5,000 of these to feed into machines to her heart's desire... A fitting follow-up to the Mini Cooper he got her last year? |
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Hi,
We also have one of these coins identical to the one you have. It has the same inscription and year 2011.
It must have been given as change but I didn't notice what it was at the time. It stands out because it's so shiny which prompted me to look more closely when I went in my purse.
Does anyone know any more about it?
I'm guessing it's fake and there's probably quite a few in circulation although my bank wasn't aware of any others when I showed them it and I was surprised they never took it off me.
Thanks in advance
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Do you have any pictures Ruby ?
This is the only one (now two) I'm aware of. They're definitely fake, but the story behind Lani or indeed where they were manufactured (China is the obvious choice as they're churning out thousands of fake coins, even the new 2015 £2 are available to buy in bulk!!)
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@ Ruby, thanks for posting! I joined in a thread on the Numista forum where someone posted very good pics of another kind of fake £2, http://en.numista.com/forum/topic36392.html and I think you'll find that's effectively the same Queen's head you have but possibly the features e.g. hair are less compressed on the 'LANI' coin shown above. There's also been a thread on the Moneysavingexpert forum about 6 months ago about a fake £2 with imitation Queen's head and invalid centre on the reverse, sounds like the correctly coloured, non-personalised type again. RED, do you mean the new Britannia £2? I understand they are offering 2014 Kitcheners also. Note also that badly minted Kitcheners have shot to the top spot of most listed error £2 coins on ebay, ahead of "PEMEMBER PEMEMBER" etc and "TWO DOUNDS", but whether a significant proportion are fake I don't know. |
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There's 2015 generic (Technology), 2015 Royal Navy, 2015 Magna Carta & 2015 Britannia all available to buy in bulk. (Plus Kitchener, 99 Rugby, Trevethick Train, Mary Rose, Robert Burns, various generics, 98 Guernsey) Not surprising there has been a surge in the number of Royal Navy being ordered, 15 lots (3k coins total) so far all to England, 4 lots of Magna Carta (800 coins total) all to England, 1 lot of 200 Generic (to England) and only 4 lots of 20 Britannia £2's (80 coins total, 20 to England 20 to France and 40 to Lithuania) I have noticed the surge in error Kitcheners..... I don't think they're fakes, I just think the mint is churning out as much as it can as cheap as it can (I got a brand new 2015 20p yesterday and there's evidence of a die clash already!) but with all the news about coins over the past few years more people are finding these things and trying their luck on ebay. Edited by Red
04/14/2015 06:42 am
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The Coin-Mech co. have begun an on-line reporting form for fake £1/£2, to help detection of sources of these since often people don't want to forfeit them. http://www.coin-mech.co.uk/reportin...erfeits.htmlI think this would be particularly helpful in the case of very new looking/novel kinds as discussed here. Though it seems hard enough to get action taken if one has bought counterfeit defective goods in a local shop and the shop refuses to refund. |
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My daughter has been given the same £2 coin any more news regarding this coin  |
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I've just had a brain-fart (Thanks Peter1234)
Could this be a mule of the 2011 Technology, and the (proving surprisingly difficult to track down) Fake MARY ROSE ?
The obverse wording position matches that of the Mary Rose, and the reeding matches that of the HMS Belfast & Magna Carta fakes I'm still having fun tracking.
BTW Serth... What happened to the coin ?
Do you have any pics Missy ?
I'd be interested in buying it, depending on how much you'd want.
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05/30/2015 6:10 pm
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In would really like to find out more about it if possible. My daughter is the one who has it although she is saving it for me because I save one off coins. let me know what you are prepared to pay and I will see if my daughter will sell it to you. the pic is exactly the same as the one posted previously.
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Well I just bought a counterfeit Mary Rose for £6.99 so that's what I'll offer you, Missy. (BTW Where in the country are you Missy, and same to you Ruby. Trying to find the epicentre here) Another one has just turned up on a facebook group today, found in a bag from the BANK !! I've had some thoughts on this coin actually. First of all, the obverse doesn't seem to match the fake Mary Rose coins like I first thought... see image below. BUT what I just thought of is... it isn't cheap to have something like this made up, so either as previously thought of, it's a 'show piece' which they've ended up selling cheap, as the dies were already made, or maybe, just maybe it has been ordered to be given away at a WEDDING to all the attendees as a gift ! ? (a post on The Royal Mint page asking where to get 2015 pennies to give away at a wedding inspired this idea)  Edited by Red
06/02/2015 2:35 pm
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i think I will keep it and see how things go. Hope your not disappointed. My daughter lives in Colwyn Bay and that is where she got the coin
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Hi folks, first time on here. I've today also received a "I love you Lani" £2 coin. Exactly the same description as above, impecable quality. The detail on the front centre piece is spot on, sharp and clear. The reverse is the same. The only point of note is that it appears to be one solid piece of metal. Assuming Serth's neighbour still has their coin it appears the forger was more intent on winning Lani's affection than making fake coins!
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Since more than one is turning up in circulation, it seems my original "unique love token" theory can be thrown away. There's four of them posted here in this thread so far; one of the owners is in Greater London, one in the north of the country and two in Wales, so I'm thinking it's not likely to be a wedding giveaway either. So far, CCF is still the number one hit for a Google search for "I love u lani £2 coin", so nobody else on the Internet seems to be talking about them yet. But I can only assume there are more of them out there. It's a very weird way for a counterfeiter to propose to his girlfriend, plastering her name all over the country on fake coins.  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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Posted 02/19/2015 10:50 pm
I wouldn't wish to smear the latter forgers over such an ugly effigy!
