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Shammers

Real Or Fake?

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Being doing some research on the collection of coins i have I have two £1 coins from the year 1998-1999

I was reading these two coins only came out in sets from the Royal Mint.

So looking through my collection i have both, probably bought of Ebay from years past.

Now I'm generally thinking both will be fakes but not that i know for certain.

How do you spot a fake £1?

I will add Pics of both coins tell me your thoughts real or fake?

I won't be parting with any either way just would like to know if any eager eyed coin buffs can help me out.   

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Well that's good to know. what exactly do you look for in a fake £1?

Heard so many different things to look out for.

I heard the finer detail on the queens crown in the fake one is shoddy also the dots around the side on a fake one they run into each other and with the real one the queens crown is of greater detail and the dots are all singular around the rim would i be correct in going off that in pinpointing a real one from a fake? 

Or do other people do it different?

I'd love to know.

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1 hour ago, Shammers said:

What exactly do you look for in a fake £1?

 

The edge lettering's usually a dead giveaway as it rarely has the quality of a genuine one. Yours look fine to me.

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Theres a link on here to a fantastic website with everything you need to know about Fake £1 coins :)

The thread is called The Fake pound coin database ,just had a quick look and probably what your after.

Edited by PWA 1967

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