HAS THE UNFAKABLE POUND COIN BEEN FAKED?

Martin Shaw from Huddersfield says the coin is odd in almost every way but he isn't convinced it is a fake

The 12-sided coin, dated 2016, was found in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and at first glance appears different to other recently minted change.

From the side it looks like two coins melted together while the Queen's neck protrudes at the bottom and her head is misaligned, as is the wording around the edge.

Its new owner, Martin Shaw, said: "It just didn’t feel right and it was certainly different to the other pound coins. My first thought was it was a fake."

The Royal Mint has previously said new quids are 'unfakeable' and if confirmed it is believed this would be the first in existence.

The square holograms on the bottom of the new pound are supposedly impossible to counterfeit.

They show a £ symbol if turned one way and the number 1 if turned the other but Mr Shaw said while a slightly less pronounced square was there and he could make out a faint '1' he could not see a '£' at all.

"The Royal Mint says no fake has ever been confirmed but there are coins with 'production errors' in circulation.

"It says with coins produced in such volumes mistakes are bound to occur occasionally."

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Is this the first fake new £1 coin? Odd quid has dodgy hologram, wonky Queen and misaligned wording (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/first-fake-new-1-coin-12006665)

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