Just as an aside, some numbers which show us why they are trying to mint €2 euro coins, not 2 cent coins: The average cost of producing each coin denomination is as follows: 2c 2.07c 5c 3.01c ...

The new British pound coin is said to be the most secure coin ever made, thanks to a myriad of security features that make it very difficult to forge. In this article, I delve into some of the ...

THE DEADLINE for spending your old one pound coins has now passed. The old round pounds had become an easy target for forgers, prompting the introduction of the new “counterfeit-proof coin\b… ...

The number of fake £1 coins in circulation now stands at more than 30 million, according to the Royal Mint. How do you know if you've been given one? That £1 coin in your pocket could be worthless.

PICTURES show the fake £2 coins that were made by a group of men in a £200,000 criminal ... “Coins valued at a couple of thousand pounds were found during the searches that were carried out as ...

The results of a sampling test by the Royal Mint, obtained by the BBC, show that up to 2 per cent of all the pound coins in circulation may be fake - approximately 30 million coins.

The genuine 2008 pound coin which has caused confusion Some retailers in Northern Ireland are rejecting genuine pound coins as fakes, following a warning about an increase in counterfeit coins.

There are currently around 1.6 billion round pound coins in circulation in the UK, and the Royal Mint estimates that 2.55 percent of them—about 40 million pounds—are fake.

A man could have found the first fake new one pound coin. The 12-sided coin, dated 2016 at first glance appears different to other recently minted change. Viewing the coin side-on it looks like ...

The number of fake £1 coins in circulation appears to have doubled in the last five years, it was reported today. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.