IS YOUR £2 COIN A FAKE?

HOW TO SPOT A FAKE. With the number of counterfeit £2 coins in circulation rising and the standard of the forgeries improving, this short video highlights how to spot some of the tell tale signs of the fake coins.

[@amazementmc2708]

It's rusty, the face is blurred and the rims are a lot higher than usual. Is it safe to say it is fake?

[@chakrasandauras5218]

Lol. Well spotted. :D

[@TGBCH]

great info, thanks for sharing

[@chakrasandauras5218]

Thanks. Hope it helps.

[@lothairlondon]

great i just returned my change to a shop after i got suspicious of the colour. i quikly found this video clip and returned to the shop next door 10 minutes later after doing magnet test.

[@chakrasandauras5218]

Hi. Well done. Sometimes the shops won't take them back. Make sure you get a replacement otherwise, if it is sent off to the Royal Mint and proved to be a fake, you will lose your money. Thanks for sharing this.

[@michalmolenda1803]

Mines looks real weighs like the real coin and feels like the real coin. But I got told it was fake when i tried using it at a self checkout and it kept throwing it out then a staff came over and said it is fake because its shiny

[@michalmolenda1803]

But it weighs 12g

[@chakrasandauras5218]

Hi Michal. Sorry you had to experience that. It's a problem that has been getting worse. I used to get bags of coins from the banks, and I have had bags where every one of the coins was a fake.

[@mrjynx23]

I just got a fake new £1 coin, it has the hologram but is the wrong colour, too gold.

[@chakrasandauras5218]

Hi. Thanks for sharing that. The Royal Mint say the new £1 coin is fake proof, but they also said that about the £2 coin and in my research, approximately 40% of the 2015 £2 coins were fake.

[@Apple-qo3uw]

Haha I've just been scammed

[@chakrasandauras5218]

Hi. Unfortunately if you went to the bank and asked for £20 in £2 coins, unless they were all new ones, the chances are 2 or 3 of them would be fake.

[@tyson4712]

No