> The Royal Mint regularly conducts surveys to estimate the level of counterfeit £1 coins in the UK. A survey undertaken in May 2015 found that the rate of counterfeit UK £1 coins in circulation at the time was 2.55%, compared to 3.03% in May 2014.
http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/counterfeit-one-p...
After reading your comment I immediately tried to visit the page and was very disappointed to see that the content was now being displayed directly. But just as I was about to close the tab I was placed in the queue! Hooray! :)
Right? I thought the exact same thing. Seems like the time and effort and expense it takes to build a queueing system could be put into building a site that could handle infrequent heavy loads.
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Drop it edgeways on the table. Most counterfeit ones don't give the proper 'clunk', maybe the material isn't right.
Or, the colour or alignment would be bad, or they'd appear more worn than normal.
I don't think the 1/30 fakes are evenly spread around the country. When I lived in London, they were much more common than that.
