Fake �1 coins

[abstibus]

Anyone been passed one of these lately? Got one in my change from S********s on Wednesday.

[pinkkitty]

I'd heard there were loads in circulation - but how can you tell a fake one from a real one?

[ChuckFickens]

they've have been about for ages, and there are a lot of them, used to see a couple a week at least when I was working part time in a bar.

listen to the noise they make when they clink together is the easiest way to spot one.

[sara3]

also, if you look at Queenie's head, upright, the design on the other side should be upright, too.. if you see what I mean!

[pinkkitty]

Thanks! i will keep an eye out.

[abstibus]

sara3 is right - the marking on the 'heads' side should be upright in the same direction as the Queeen's head (does that make sense? I think the Queen looks a bit chubbier - not really head and shoulders, just chubby face and neck. Also, if you scratch them, the 'gold' colour comes off.

[BillySugger]

The real ones aren't made out of chocolate

[AniaSM]

Annemollie. What is S*********s? Iss it something that has passed me by, or do I not want to know?

[THECORBYLOON]

Sainsbury's?

[JonnyBoy12]

If you can afford to shop at Sainsbury's then you can afford to lose a pound. There are a lot doing the rounds in Shrewsbury, as well, by the way, so look out for dark dirty looking coins, as these are fake.

[abstibus]

JonnyBoy12
I CAN afford to shop at Sainsbury's, but I like to spend the money I've earned in any way I want, not to be cheated out of it.

[firewatch]

also they dont bounce when you drop them because the lead content is higher. That is how i tell the fake ones at work!!

[banned-dot]

I have not seen a fake pound coin in years, D*******s customers mucy be less shifty than S*******s, lol

[banned-dot]

I have not seen a fake pound coin in years, D*******s customers must be less shifty than S*******s, lol

[banned-dot]

ahhhh, now i know why i was zapped lasy night, the site is on one again!!!

[JonnyBoy12]

Sorry, noone likes to be cheated out of their hard earned cash, so you could try taking it back. I always take my fake ones to P****L*** (Europe's leading one price retailer), and they always accept them.

If a dog gets its' tail cut off, does it go to a retailer?

[Coobeastie]

Wow never heard of Sainsburys being described as a expensive supermarket before...its hardly Waitrose or M&S.

The treasury seems to be cracking down on the fake coins in order to get them out of circulation. Problem is that in 2006 there were about �10,000,000 worth floating around and that figure is likely to have increased by now. At the current detection rates it'll take around 120 years to find them all.

[derrynoose]

Serious question -
What do you do if you get one? How does the Treasury get them out of circulation?
For example, if I take it to a bank, will I get a genuine coin in exchange or be arrested?
I can only use it for the supermarket trolley - anyone got any other (legal) uses?

[trastevere]

Check out this :-

http://blog.alism.com/fake-one-pound-coins-par t-one/
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together with parts two and three