All Gold 12 Sided New £1 Coin

to CCF. Might have to weigh it http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-24k-GO...AOSwsXFZMyVD
John1

Have you checked the centre with a magnet? Since it has a nickel core, it should be ever so slightly magnetic with a common refrigerator magnet. The outer ring, which is Nickel-brass, should not be magnetic. If the centre isn't magnetic, I reckon you've got something interesting here.

I too agree that it doesn't look plated, mostly since the latent image seems to remain, despite it being on the outer bit. Although plausible, I doubt the centre has been plated with such precision that it's the same colour and perfectly circular.

This is being promoted @ Jole's, as the 'most secure coin in the

world'. Brief description follows:

"The new coin is thinner, lighter and wider than the existing 1 Pound coin, which was being widely counterfeited. The new 12-sided coin includes a latent image that changes from changes from a "£" symbol to the number "1" when the coin is seen from different angles. Micro-lettering is on the inside edge of both sides of the coin: "ONE POUND" on the obverse, the date on the reverse. Undisclosed hidden security features are also incorporated into the coin. The reverse of the coin was created by David Pearce, a 15-year old student who beat out over 6000 other entries in a contest to design the coin. The reverse shows the English rose, the Welsh leek, the Scottish thistle and the Northern Irish shamrock emerging from one stem within a royal coronet. The Jody Clark portrait of Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse. "
Item GB-1P GREAT BRITAIN HIGH SECURITY 1 POUND 2016, UNC. $7.50

Interesting indeed.

Did you also test a normal new £1 coin with a magnet for reference? Again, the centre bit is very slightly magnetic, so for weak magnets it might be hard to pick up.

None of the pound coins on my desk are attracted to magnet.

The circle where the two metals meet is not on the original die - rather it's a product of placing the two metals together and stamping....

Much to my surprise they are ever so slightly magnetic...
Here is another plated example to compare with,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2017-24k-...AOSw3gJZMy34

I saw a similar one the other day, except that one had no ring around the separate 'sections' so was an unholed blank that found its way into the chamber.
Generally I'd be suspicious of something that looked like yours, especially after all the Faked Errors on ebay at the moment, on the assumption it had probably been plated.....
But if it isn't magnetic, then the assumption has to be made that a removed inner disc has ended up in a hopper full of Nickel inner discs and been struck as such.
Nice Coin.