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How To Spot Fake Round Pounds

There are 4 main ways of checking whether a pound coin is fake.

(Personally, I find the edge motto the quickest and easiest to check, plus it weeds out a good 85% of fakes)


1) Date / Motto Match

Does the Date and Motto match the Design.

Printable table courtesy of the Royal Mint - tinyurl.com/checkyourcoins

2) Is the Motto clear and centred.

Motto Compares

3) Are both sides of the coin the right rotation.

(With the Tails side facing you, flip the coin horizontally on its axis)

Flip Test

4) Are the coins Specifications correct.

Official figures are:
Diameter: 22.5mm, Weight: 9.5g & Thickness: 3.15mm
(Personally I only check the weight)


Last but not least,
USE COMMON SENSE
Sometimes a coin matches all the above, but is still possibly fake.
(It could look too shiny, have uneven wear etc)

Ones that pass the above 4 Steps, but don't FEEL right,
generally go in my Possible Fakes section.

PS All Coins in the images above are fake !



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