There’s fake sovereigns and then there’s this

[Foster88]

I’ve seen a couple of fake sovereigns but I’m posting this as a warning to other forum members.

This is a fake sovereign, you’ve been warned. 😆

I’m glad I didn’t have to break the news to him.

[sovereignsteve]

Is it foil covered chocolate?😁

[Foster88]

21 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Is it foil covered chocolate?😁

Most likely.

You’ll have seen many more fakes than I have but this is the first I’ve seen where the year isn’t even right.

Dating it 31 years before George V came to the throne is laughable.

I just hope they didn’t pay a lot for it.

[RacerCool]

10 hours ago, Foster88 said:

Most likely.

You’ll have seen many more fakes than I have but this is the first I’ve seen where the year isn’t even right.

Dating it 31 years before George V came to the throne is laughable.

I just hope they didn’t pay a lot for it.

That's the extremely rare 1879-ish sovereign. 

Edited November 1, 2020 by RacerCool

[GoldStatue]

Maybe Queen Victoria had a health scare and the Royal Mint jumped the gun? 😀

I'd imagine that is the type of coin the graders give to each other for secret santa at PCGS and NGC 😀

[sovereignsteve]

11 hours ago, GoldStatue said:

Maybe Queen Victoria had a health scare and the Royal Mint jumped the gun?

he certainly looks old for his 14 years at the time😁

[StackemHigh]

That is an absolute cracker! 

[Chrissyblards1]

On 06/11/2020 at 12:21, StackemHigh said:

That is an absolute cracker! 

Maybe that’s where it came out of.

[LawrenceChard]

On 31/10/2020 at 22:29, Foster88 said:

I’ve seen a couple of fake sovereigns but I’m posting this as a warning to other forum members.

This is a fake sovereign, you’ve been warned. 😆

I’m glad I didn’t have to break the news to him.

I have only just seen this post.

I have seen quite a few anachronistic gold sovereign fakes before. It is always amusing.

Years ago, I also saw someone listing an 1879 Victoria Young Head £2 Double Sovereign, and from memory, describing it as a rare pattern. Since then, I have seen a few more of them, and also 1979 fake sovereigns with an extremely similar young head portrait.

 

[SovereignBishop]

On 31/10/2020 at 22:29, Foster88 said:

I’ve seen a couple of fake sovereigns but I’m posting this as a warning to other forum members.

This is a fake sovereign, you’ve been warned. 😆

I’m glad I didn’t have to break the news to him.

Seems legit

[SovereignBishop]

obviously Victoria underwent a sex change in 79 but changed her mind