PINMAN

Agreed. Not exactly something that you'll come across, every day of the week.

Must've used quite a lot of pressure to achieve this effect, hence being out of shape, obviously. Oh well, you live and learn, and it didn't cost a fortune, thankfully.

I recently obtained this coin, and was just wondering if anyone else had ever seen such an error before, similar to this ?. Love how the reverse looks as if it says "Half a Penny". As you can see, it's fairly out of shape, and don't miss the part date repeat at the 4 o clock position.

Just imagine if you could,though.I can visualize the scene. shopkeeper....."Haven't you got anything smaller ?" .

A big thanks to all,for you replies.After several attempts,the following pictures,are the best that my lower end camera,could manage,i'm afraid. After reading your reply,i checked out the Royal Mint website,and this coin is in fact,a fake.The reverse should be three lions,for that particular year (1997). Other than that,i don't know how the vast majority of people could tell,that this coin isn't actually a genuine one.To me,it just looks like any other well circulated 90's coin.

Let's assume for a moment,that this coin actually isn't a fake.If that were the case,do you think that the miss alignment,would give it any real significant value ?. I'll try and provide some better pics,at some point tomorrow.

When you spin a Pound coin around,shouldn't the obverse and the reverse,both be the same way up ?.I have checked countless other £1 coins,but unfortunately,all the others that i currently have,are all different designs,to the coin in question,so i have nothing to compare it to.......although all the others do have both sides facing the same way up.This may well be the way,that this particular design was minted,but it doesn't hurt to enquire.Please observe the attached pic. Forgive the poor quality of the pic,but it should be good enough,to see what i'm going on about.

They do exist.....i received one in my change,today.First one i've seen,though.

The sellers name made me laugh.

Well,if it was me,i'd probably end up parting with them via an online auction,such as coins4u.net,or Ebay.Should you decide to do this,then groups of around 50 - 100,may be your best bet.

According to my book,20 pence each.Without meaning to be rude,i can imagine you having quite a tough time,trying to part with that many,if that is your intention.

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I agree,especially regarding the value,although it's still a nice piece to own,all the same,even though it's practically worthless.I personally believe,that having something like this as a standard feature for the first couple of years or so,would've been an excellent idea,especially since the change over caused tremendous confusion for some people,particually the older generation,who were so used to the old money....hence the appearence of the conversion charts,that were around at the time.

Whilst browsing through a stack of decimal coins,i came across the coin below.I was just curious as to whether anyone has seen this particular stamp before,or anything vaguely similar,even.Is it possible that this is a one off,or is it more likely to be one of many which exists ?.

Good job you did....obviously a forgery,at such a low starting price