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New Member
United Kingdom
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As the title of this says. Think I have been hit with a fake £1 coin in my change. What do you think of this whopper   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Is it magnetic? Is its weight different from a known genuine coin?
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Thanks for reply, I dont have a magnet to check if its magnetic,
But I weighed it and it weighs 8.64g.
And another known genuine pound coin weighing in at 8.80g. Beside the known genuine coin it looks laughable
Edited by no1ontrend
07/27/2020 1:35 pm
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New Member
United Kingdom
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This is it, side by side a known genuine coin   |
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Looks absolutely faked to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Looks as though it's been in a dryer...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Could a dryer do that much damage? Why on earth would anyone bother making such a crude counterfeit? to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
07/27/2020 5:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Welcome to the forum.
On your coin there appears to be traces of the micro lettering, in particular on the obverse edge by the date. Can we have a close-up of that part?
If the micro lettering is present, it would be strange that such a fine detail be reproduced given the crudeness of all the rest. My guess at the moment is that this is a genuine coin which has had a hard life. The close-up will help decide.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Nice! The odd 'seams' around the rim look a bit dodgy to me, but I too would be interested to see the edge. I have a few fakes of the old style £1 but haven't seen one of these copied before!
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United Kingdom
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There are definitely forgeries of the new one pound coin in circulation. This is one I received in change.  |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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@tokenscot, the pills (middles) of the 12-sided £1 are plated brass, the brass identical to that of the rings. So with enough wear, parts of the pill would turn the colour of the ring but not vice versa. This suggests yours is genuine (too). If it were a cast fake, being the simplest kind of fake, we would expect a white metal i.e. lead, tin or an alloy thereof to show through everywhere. @no1ontrend, for my tuppence worth I think since "ONE POUND" can be read in the obverse microlettering, there is no evidence of anything other than post mint damage. We know of 1-2 'makes' of struck fake 12-sided 1, excluding Chinese-made fake trial pieces. They/most appear to emanate from Sheffield area. http://www.thefakepoundcoindatabase...ewPound.html This includes a link to Check Your Change's analysis of one which found it to be part-plated, mainly a weird silver-coloured Cu-Zn-Ni alloy. It appears the same/main maker has also made two relatively rare fake £2 models. |
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