ScottO Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 sure we discuss fakes here to avoid them on ebay,but no one has a few fakes as parts of the collection but i have picked up a few in circulation, have a few pounds and a couple of other bits coming up these go from the good to the plain rediculous http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=965646 1998- pound, best fake pound i have found.... one major flaw.... no pounds were made in 1998 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=964116 - one of the most rediculous , dated 1993 with the celtic cross design (not used until 96) and the design is so poor and its not even struck aligned http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=964117 - 2000, more reasonable again alignment it wrong and legend is thicker then normal, detail is not good either the best is yet to come, not added the other few pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 "wow" to the 1998! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted May 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 yea i know, it looks almost real, thats what i thought, the rim i think gives it away and i missed one http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=964499 thoughts on this one? i'm 60% towards real currently http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=965685 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 1998 £1's do exist - they were issued in mint sets only, yours however looks to be a fake. The 1992 looks genuine to me.... (the detail seems to crisp to be a fake) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted May 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 yea thats what i thought, colouration must be some sort of metal mix error (too much nickel?) best bits are yet to come, i got a couple of fake 20p's i'll upload those when i get to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted May 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 well here they are the fake 20p's http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=966058 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=966059 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 alright, not added any for a week or so (i do have 1 to come though) how to spot a fake £1 rim: mint mark is the hardest part to forge so check that first (thats the + thing in case you were unaware of it being a mintmark) lettering location, while the genuine coin can have the lettering either way up and aligned to any part of the coin, it will always be central, if its not its probably fake lumps and flat bits, might show the coin is struck or is made of cheaper metal (the brass parts stuck over a cheaper metal would show a faint seam or flat area) faces: legends, on the poorer strikes you will see the legend is slightly thicker then normal. detail. less detail on the acctual portrait area, so check the hair etc, better strikes it will be less noticable rim thickness, how accurate this is i dunno but its the only thing i have on some of those fakes colouration, wrong colouration could be a cheaper metal made to look like brass other stuff: weight, any differance in metal the weight would be differant unless acctually made of the same metal the weight would be differant. the date and design, no circulation issues for 1998 or 1999 so any of those are probably fake, each year had a differant design, if the reverse does match the date then you have a fake the BBC site covered some of the ways to spot a fake. it also brings up another which is not a good check off centre - hard to use this to determine a fake, i have found fakes less offcentre then real £1's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 another possible fake http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=967955 an interesting one, some details seem to point to fake, (letters on both sides scratched more then normal they usualy rub, few oddities on the ONE especially the E, and the alignment of the side text, it does rotate to more of the middle on the other side) http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=967956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 another fake http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=969054 another possible http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=969133 this? http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=969135 a fake 20p http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=969159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 the 1st one no doubt is a fake, The other 3 look genuine from the pictures - but it's hard to be 100% certain without the coin in hand. Do the obverses align with the reverses? This might help Royal Mint Guide to Fake £1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted August 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 the legend on the 20p doesn't look correct on that though another fake pound http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=970616 http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=970626 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 Interesting. Didn't know there were counterfeot 20p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted September 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 yea.. i dunno why there is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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