fake £1 coins

[Levo-Lon]

Just watched the crime watch roadshow.pound coin fakes and spotting them..
now im like most people who probbably only notice when they wont go into a parking machine or similar..grrr and no more change..
thers 1.5 billion ish in circulation and estimated 50 million fakes..
i have 5 on the side so had a look. 4 real and 1 fake..no date and dodgy edge lettering ..

Have a look and see how many you have..suprisingly easy when you look.unless all you have are fakes lol

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

There was a contribution to a book, 'More Wasting Police Time' that featured coin forgery

The arresting Officer was interviewing the forger (a Tool-maker, by trade), & was told the type of metal & how much it cost

Said officer did some mathematics, & figured out that it was costing the forger more to buy the metal, than the cost of using £ coins
Even the defence solicitor was laughing, once this was divulged

The book, which is a brilliant view of the 'sick sad world' of modern Policing is
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wasting-More-Police-David-Copperfield/dp/1906308195 (pages viewable)

For absolutely no points, which TV programme featured a TV programme, that the main charactors watched called 'Sick Sad World'

 

[classic33]

There's a fella sells them at five for a £1 near a taxi rank in the town centre.

@meta lon, is the fake one a 1983 or 1996 design by any chance?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Close, but no cigar

The 'spin-off'

http://www.mtv.com/shows/daria/

 

[Levo-Lon]

There's a fella sells them at five for a £1 near a taxi rank in the town centre.

@meta lon, is the fake one a 1983 or 1996 design by any chance?

Very faint 2000 after a closer look @classic33 ..but it has a Welsh Dragon on one face? Just been to Wales...im going to do the 220 mile round trip and complain to the cafe..

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I remember a metalwork class at school 30+ years ago on how to cast objects. The teacher asked us to have a go at it with a £1 coin. That's got to be where it started!

 

[ColinJ]

We had some hardcore coin counterfeiters just down the road from here - The Cragg Vale Coiners.

 

[subaqua]

I remember a metalwork class at school 30+ years ago on how to cast objects. The teacher asked us to have a go at it with a £1 coin. That's got to be where it started!

Some stock billet used in aerospace can easily be turned to take the hundred or so thou off , and then fed through a CNC saw on nights . Has the same weight and dims as a pound coin and goes into change machines readily.

Was discovered in my college days .

 

[Trickedem]

When I lived in Germany with the Army in the 80s, there was a big problem with vending machines as 5p pieces were the exact same size and weight as a 1 mark coin. In large swathes of Northern Germany there were no vending machines as a result.

 

[Tim Hall]

See also Mexican peso vs NY Subway token.

 

[ColinJ]

If I get any, I'd go and look for a fake Poundland store.

They call them 99p stores, or 98p stores, or even 97p stores! (I thought that my sister was joking when she told me about them but then she pointed some out to me ... )

 

[Paulus]

We may not have chimineas (or whatever they are called) but we do have a Poundland (on Tally Ho corner )

Barnet is not good enough apparently for a Poundland

 

[classic33]

They call them 99p stores, or 98p stores, or even 97p stores! (I thought that my sister was joking when she told me about them but then she pointed some out to me ... )

Westgate & South Parade!

 

[anothersam]

There was a lot of angst when a Poundland opened in Hastings. The trouble is usually finding anything that's worth as much as £1.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I used to forge 10p's by filing the corners off 50 pence pieces, never did very well out of it though.