Spotting Counterfeit Coins

I recently found a weird looking pound coin in my wallet, and after a bit of research, I found out it was fake. Hopefully this Instructable will stop you from being ripped off with fake coins, as you can't use them in vending machines and many shops wont take them.

Step 1: Turn it around

Hold the coin between finger and thumb with the Queens head the right way up, then turn it round. If the image is wonky or upside down, it's a fake. In the case of my coin, it was the right way up.

Comments

[Biggsy]

When I was alot younger, the local shop keeper used to save me all the dud £1 coins, what he didn't know was it was me slipping him them in the first place ;)

[TeamDuck]

lol! But how come he didn't check them when he was given them??? People confuse me.

[Biggsy]

time I suppose