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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vince, post: 576011, member: 17373&quot;]In the course of my work, which involves emptying vending machines, I get quite a few of these.&nbsp; It is actually illegal for me to have this coin as it is a forgery.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no sharpness to the coin and it is obviously cast.&nbsp; This one is quite true to colour, many of them are far too orange and stand out clearly from the real ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the coin is flipped the reverse has a different orientation to the front, which is the clearest indication of a forged coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was the first design of forged pound that I discovered.&nbsp; At first this was the only design that was seen, but now the forgers seem to be using some of the other designs.&nbsp; So far I have only seen the Rank-Broadley portrait on forged pounds.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The most recent survey indicated a counterfeit rate of around 2.5%&quot; - The Royal Mint</p><p><br /></p><p>More information from the Royal Mint: <a href="http://www.royalmint.com/Corporate/policies/CounterfeitPoundCoins.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royalmint.com/Corporate/policies/CounterfeitPoundCoins.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.royalmint.com/Corporate/policies/CounterfeitPoundCoins.aspx</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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