"Quality is definitely dropping and fakes are now quite obvious, even to the untrained eye," says Mr Day, who has been studying the problem.
"The workmanship isn't what it used to be and most are pretty easy to spot."
I love those line! Doesn't anyone take pride in their work anymore?
1 posted on
01/29/2009 8:09:18 PM PST by
2banana
To: 2banana
2 posted on
01/29/2009 8:11:29 PM PST by
enduserindy
(I hope he proves us wrong. Really, I do.)
To: 2banana
They have one pound coins in England!
3 posted on
01/29/2009 8:12:04 PM PST by
ThomasThomas
( Never mind.........it may go both ways...)
To: 2banana
"The workmanship isn't what it used to be and most are pretty easy to spot."The counterfeiters must have outsourced to China...
7 posted on
01/29/2009 8:17:33 PM PST by
KoRn
To: 2banana
To: 2banana
I would consider any coin that weighed a pound either a fake or aome kind of an antique that would be worth enough to retire on.
10 posted on
01/29/2009 8:45:51 PM PST by
dalereed
To: 2banana
That's nothing! Check these out:
Notice how the top one (genuine) says "one SILVER dollar" directly under the picture of Washington, while the bottom one (fake) lacks that wording. Even the untrained eye can distinguish these, too.
11 posted on
01/29/2009 8:46:50 PM PST by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: 2banana
The pound’s going to fall anyway. ;-)
14 posted on
01/29/2009 9:22:47 PM PST by
familyop
(combat engineer (combat), National Guard, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
To: 2banana
It only weighs 15 ounces, not 16 /rimshot>
Cheers!
15 posted on
01/29/2009 9:26:38 PM PST by
grey_whiskers
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