Comments on: Fake One Pound Coins – Part Three

By: ricardo

ricardo — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:20:40 +0000

i have two £1 coins i have one with two queens heads on either side and the other has two tails on either side could some please verify these if you need to email me i will provide pictures i also need help on finding out if they are genuine. i dont trust sending it to Royal Mint then it gets ‘lost in the post’ which is called Royal Mail.

Email: ricardo.williams92@live.co.uk

By: Andy Brown

Andy Brown — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:29:27 +0000

Hi David, I found a fake Matthew Dent designed shield last year but it is dated 2009. I had the coin verified (although an obvious fake) by the Mint and was told that they had only seen a few. Last week in one batch of 500 fakes coins I saw 3 more fakes, maybe as rare as first thought?
Apart from the look of the coin the designer initials under the queens neck was incorrect, you may need a magnifying glass to check.
I would like to see the pictures, can you e-mail them to my home address:- andy@soflex.co.uk.

By: David Bellis

David Bellis — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:04:41 +0000

I have photo’s of the one pound coin with no date but don’t know how to send it on here.If you e-mail me I can attach it.dbweR5@hotmail.com thanks

By: loftybob

loftybob — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:07:07 +0000

David, the mobile phone Isle of Man pound coin is almost certainly genuine. Not particularly rare or worth much more than £1 (if at all) as far as I know.

The dateless coin could be genuine coin just mistruck, or the date could be worn or rubbed off. Check this website:
http://www.royalmint.com/Corporate/facts/coins/OnePoundCoin.aspx

It sounds like your coin should be the Matthew Dent designed shield shown for 2009 to 2011. If I’m right and it is that design, it is more likely to be genuine, as fakes for this design are rare. Without seeing a photo of it there’s not much more to be said …

By: David Bellis

David Bellis — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:15:53 +0000

I have a number of £1 coins one in particular has no date on it.Everybody I have spoken to,including the bank haven’t heard of anything like it before.The people at the bank weighed and measured it and checked that both sides align correctly and the inscription is correct with the shield design.When I rang the Royal Mint they needed to see it either by photo e-mail or in person.I have yet to do this because I have been looking on websites similar to this one to find out more information.Looking forward to hearing from you to see what you think I should do next.I also have a £1 coin with a design of a mobile phone on it,I was wondering if this was really rare and worth alot of money or a fake and not worth any thing at all.On the head side around the edge it says’ISLE OF MAN’ then ELIZABETH11 and the date is 1994.The side of the coin just has lines and smooth spaces and no inscription.On the coin with no date on its a large shield and the words ‘one’ on the left and ‘pound’ on the right side of it.The inscription around the coin says’DECUS ET TUTAMEN’.Thehead side of the coin has the ‘EL’ missing from ‘ELIZABETH’.