The UK’s Royal Mint thinks it has a solution, and it’s introduced it in its brand new one ... coins “impossible” to fake. There are a number of obvious changes that make the pound coin ...

The shape of the coin, on the other hand, hasn’t changed. It’s still a dodecagon, or 12-sided shape. We’ve written before at HuffPost UK ... change, one in 30 £1 coins were counterfeit ...

An expert has urged the British ... £1 coin, check it carefully as one of them is worth £60." He elaborated: "This is the new £1 coin introduced in March 2017 to replace the old round pound.