Anatomy of a fake £1

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I got this fake pound coin in change a while ago and it was bugging me just sitting there so I decided to make a shopping trolley token out of it.
Imagine my surprise!!! when I tried to drill it out and the back popped off. Looking the the first picture you can see the gap but that's very much magnified and you'd not normally spot it. The reason I knew it was fake was because it was magnetic but I didn't realise it was only the magnetism holding it it together. When you see what's inside it you probably think what an awful lot of effort to go to to make a fake pound?


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How weird to go to what looks like a 'lot' of engineering effort for a modest gain.

Having said that it was said that approx 1/3 of the outgoing style £1 coins at faked........I surmise not all are created using the method you have discovered!
 
Curiosity got the better of me and yes you can buy fake £1 coins from ebay for upto £30. :LOL:
 
That's just crazy!

btw places that "charge" for a trolley take a £1 coin, down here.
No drilling required :D

As an aside who remembers the "Kids" in the supermarket car parks "offering" to take your trolley back for you?
Not one of them ever returned with the £1 coin ... little scrotes :D
 
Heh, I discovered it was a fake when a supermarket self service till wouldn't accept it, now that I know I wouldn't pass it on. The hole was intended for the keyring fob thing, I thought it would make a cool one.
 
I have one of these trolley key things on my key ring for those times when one is needed

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Keith W said:
I have one of these trolley key things on my key ring for those times when one is needed
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The ones around here "swallow" you quid and return it when you put the trolley back.
 
Same here, coins or tokens the same size as a pound coin. I figured it would be cool to have a token (because I tend to spend the coins, foolish I know) that looked like a coin.
 
Cobra said:
The ones around here "swallow" you quid and return it when you put the trolley back.
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I don't always have £1 coin and this just stays on the key ring.

I use it to quickly release the chain then put it back in my pocket and go off shopping

No forgetting the £1 coin or token afterward
 
Many years ago (before the euro, after change of coin sizes) two Irish 10p coins stuck together were the same size as a UK pound coin... Cigarette vending machines in pubs were full of them apparently.
 
Musicman said:
I suspect it was made for concealing something inside, like perhaps for smuggling a few tabs of acid into a club for an evening out...
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Oh!!! there are times when I think what sheltered life I have lead........? :)
 
Musicman said:
I suspect it was made for concealing something inside, like perhaps for smuggling a few tabs of acid into a club for an evening out...
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I was thinking more like the plans for the Bismark, James Bond Microdot stylee.
 
Keith W said:
I don't always have £1 coin and this just stays on the key ring.
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The ones around here swallow the coin, it can't be removed until the trolley is returned.

Seems a reasonable price all that scrap for a quid :D
 
Quoth said:
Many years ago (before the euro, after change of coin sizes) two Irish 10p coins stuck together were the same size as a UK pound coin... Cigarette vending machines in pubs were full of them apparently.
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Years ago when pay phones took 5 pence pieces (same size as a shilling) 12 mm washers were the same size and weight. Needless to say there was a shortage of 12mm washers in the stores at work and pay phones with very few coins in.
 
Cobra said:
The ones around here swallow the coin, it can't be removed until the trolley is returned.

Seems a reasonable price all that scrap for a quid :D
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Until you get a trolley where the £1 coin falls out when you don't notice.
Tesco have now done away with the need to put a coin or token in their trolleys as they wouldn't take the new £1 coins.
 
nilagin said:
Tesco have now done away with the need to put a coin or token in their trolleys as they wouldn't take the new £1 coins.
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My local Tesco, hasn't charged in a very long time. TBH they have gone through phases of charging / not charging over all the years I've been going there.

But yes I can see how there would be issues with the thrupenny bit, I mean new pound coin.
 
Cobra said:
The ones around here swallow the coin, it can't be removed until the trolley is returned.

Seems a reasonable price all that scrap for a quid :D
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The trolleys up here are the same, unless of course you have a gadget like mine which doesn't stay in the trolley

Push it in, release the chain, pull it out
 
Keith W said:
The trolleys up here are the same, unless of course you have a gadget like mine which doesn't stay in the trolley

Push it in, release the chain, pull it out
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I didn't know that sort of thing existed TBH, but that is excellent! When the "kids" say take your trolley back Mr. imagine their sweet little faces when they put the trolley back and no £1 coin :D
I like that :thumbs:
 
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