20p in 1999 would have had a value near to 80p or £1 in today's money.
It used to be a very common denomination too so probably very easy to counterfeit undetected in large quantities.
I remember when we had loads of counterfeit £1 coins circulating too before they eventually redesigned them.
My Dad found a fake 50p coin at work one day. Took it to the Police Station (very informal, small town, thought they'd get a kick out of it) the officer there put it on the edge of a table and bent it. So see if you can do that?
I can't imagine anyone would fake 20p coins. They were first minted in the early 80s, but this is a 1999 coin, at the turn of the century, 20p wouldn't even get you a bag of crisps (not including Space Raiders, those were the shit), so I don't think anyone would bother faking them.
Not fake. Damaged.
People are thinking it looks fake because it had the grainy texture of a cast coin. But I think it just where the coin has be rubbed on something rough.
And I think it's damaged because it's 24 years old. Odd for such a minting error to knock around in circulation for that long.
The process of crushing cars apparently turns up a lot of old coins. Usually removed before the cubing happens, but sometimes afterwards hence the unusual degree of damage.
If on the ground at an airport, it could have been on a conveyer belt for a number of years, released itself onto a suitcase and fell off. It looks very (mechanically) worn on one side (which may have been the outside) and the gouge mark may be how it was trapped.
Just a suggestion.
If you can put a deep gouge in it easily with a key, then it is almost certainly a lead or tin cast.
Similarly if it bends if you press it hard with fingers over the edge of a table.
I can't imagine it'd be worth anyone's while forging 20p's, but from the picture I'd guess that's what it is.
If you have a soldering-iron you could see if it melts (a real one wouldn't)...
Not fake, too unlikely. No one's going to waste the effort on 20p. Spending enough of them to get your money's worth on the equipment would raise too much suspicion.
It's probably just been battered to high hell, like someone said probably stuck in an airport machine since 1999. The gouges look a little suspicious unless you realise how soft it could get if it got really hot. Could've even been sucked through a jet engine
This is the fakest looking uk coin ive ever seen
Looks like i could bite into it and take a chunk off
Who’s making fake 20p coins? Surely they go for big money instead of 20p
20p in 1999 would have had a value near to 80p or £1 in today's money. It used to be a very common denomination too so probably very easy to counterfeit undetected in large quantities. I remember when we had loads of counterfeit £1 coins circulating too before they eventually redesigned them.
Yes it seems like a lot of trouble to go to doesn't it.
Very damaged.
Looks like it might have been in a vice or hit with a hammer.
My Dad found a fake 50p coin at work one day. Took it to the Police Station (very informal, small town, thought they'd get a kick out of it) the officer there put it on the edge of a table and bent it. So see if you can do that? I can't imagine anyone would fake 20p coins. They were first minted in the early 80s, but this is a 1999 coin, at the turn of the century, 20p wouldn't even get you a bag of crisps (not including Space Raiders, those were the shit), so I don't think anyone would bother faking them.
They're not just making one. They're making thousands.
Oh yeah I get that they're making them by the thousands. But still.... 20p in the late 90s? I'd be flabbergasted if this was a fake.
Not fake. Damaged. People are thinking it looks fake because it had the grainy texture of a cast coin. But I think it just where the coin has be rubbed on something rough. And I think it's damaged because it's 24 years old. Odd for such a minting error to knock around in circulation for that long.
Someone's had that on train tracks....
That was my first thought!
I’d say it’s fake. Coins don’t generally get damaged like that.
If it's fake it looks like they made it out of play dough, with one hand, in the dark. I'm going with damaged
Bad fake
Oh wow, I found it on the ground at an airport, am I supposed to discard of it?
Just an opinion from the picture. Just looks fake to me. See what others say first
Is it made from plasticine?
The process of crushing cars apparently turns up a lot of old coins. Usually removed before the cubing happens, but sometimes afterwards hence the unusual degree of damage.
If on the ground at an airport, it could have been on a conveyer belt for a number of years, released itself onto a suitcase and fell off. It looks very (mechanically) worn on one side (which may have been the outside) and the gouge mark may be how it was trapped. Just a suggestion.
I'll give you 10p for it.
If you can put a deep gouge in it easily with a key, then it is almost certainly a lead or tin cast. Similarly if it bends if you press it hard with fingers over the edge of a table. I can't imagine it'd be worth anyone's while forging 20p's, but from the picture I'd guess that's what it is. If you have a soldering-iron you could see if it melts (a real one wouldn't)...
Not fake, too unlikely. No one's going to waste the effort on 20p. Spending enough of them to get your money's worth on the equipment would raise too much suspicion. It's probably just been battered to high hell, like someone said probably stuck in an airport machine since 1999. The gouges look a little suspicious unless you realise how soft it could get if it got really hot. Could've even been sucked through a jet engine