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Counterfeit - 1 Pound - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait; Scottish Lion

Counterfeit - 1 Pound - Elizabeth II (3rd portrait; Scottish Lion) - obverseCounterfeit - 1 Pound - Elizabeth II (3rd portrait; Scottish Lion) - reverse

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Features

Location United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Contemporary counterfeits
Year 1993
Composition Nickel brass
Diameter 22.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
566086

Obverse

Third crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REG·F·D·1993

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

A lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory above denomination

Script: Latin

Lettering: ONE POUND

Designer: Norman Sillman

Edge

Milled

Script: Latin

Lettering: DECUS ET TUTAMEN

Comments

This coin is a counterfeit version of the 1994 British Heraldic Emblems £1 coin. As well as a generally weaker strike, the edge lettering is of significantly poorer quality and a different font to the genuine coin 

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1993  Forgery

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