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£2 Coin 2003 - Is It Real?

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 Posted 07/23/2022  11:47 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Sunshine091006 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi, I got this £2 in my change from a supermarket today. I'm familiar with £2 designs but have never seen this one. The back of the coin states 2003 and has a picture of queen elizabeth Ii as usual.

I've googled and done numerous searches but haven't seen any other image of it. Does anyone know if it is real?
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 Posted 07/23/2022  12:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add andyg to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
yes it's real, but on the other side it will say "St Helena and Ascension"
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15645.html

Not often found in the UK those, since St Helena is quite some distance :)
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Appears to be real, here's the details:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15645.html
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That is the Reverse (back) that you are showing. Please
show a photo of the Obverse (front) of the coin also.
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£2-Coin-2003---Is-It-Real?

Hi this is the other side of the coin you wanted to see. You are all right many thanks it does say St. Helena on the coin.
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 Posted 07/24/2022  12:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks genuine to me.
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I'm a little worried about the size of the gap between the ore and rim on the obverse, but that might be just the lighting. Otherwise it seems fine.

Counterfeiters want their coins to look "normal" and "ordinary", because people looking closely at their coins is the last thing counterfeiters want to see happening. Finding a Saint Helena coin in change is not "normal" - people are going to look closely at it; exactly the kind of scrutiny a counterfeiter would try to avoid.

And counterfeiters aren't likely to target Saint Helena itself; the market's just too small and remote.
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Welcome to the CCF...nice 2 pound coin from a territory.

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