Fake Gold Sovereigns On eBay & How To Spot Them!!!

Excellent Video Christopher a true credit to Britannia Coin Company thanks for the video very informative

Such an informative channel. You deserve more subscribers. I will put the word out.🖖

Christopher this is the most fascinating coin channel on the planet, each video is completely unique and super full of exciting coin content and brilliant advice. Cracking video BCC 👏👏 I sometimes play with the PMI analyzer and it's great to see what metallic make up is of coins, super interesting. Happy days 🥋🥋👍

Nice topic and excellent advice thanks for the upload a good watch .

I work in a pawn shop in the USA, and once had a customer with several silver Mexican coins from two different years, about the size of a UK crown. So I gave them a quick check, they felt right, weight was right, acid test was ok. I was about to buy them when I decided to do the magnet test. Oops. They were magnetic. On closer inspection, all the coins from the same respective year were exactly the same - down to the dings and scratches! So if someone offers you several coins of the same mintage, check to see if the damage matches on them, that's a bit of a give-away! About the sound - I moved from Britain to Texas eighteen years ago, and the first job I got involved handling money. Now, bear in mind that as a Brit I assumed that all silver coins in America had been pulled from circulation, as they had in the UK. Until someone handed me some quarters, and I noticed that classic silver "ting". From then on, I checked every bit of change I got, and ended up with quite a large collection of silver dimes and quarters.

Thank you for sharing Christopher 👍

Great information Great stuff Christopher & BCC 🤦🏻‍♂️

Great video 👍👍👍 thanks for making it😀👍

Wow this is a amazing video did not realise how much fake coins that are going about . I find these videos so helpful.

Such a shame about those fake’s. Great information though Christopher. 👌👍

I have a 1823 King George IV IIII Great Britain Gold Sovereign Coin but it has a jewellery necklace piece attachment on it which is nice and looks like its made of gold. Does having this attachment decrease the value by much and would it still be desired ?

The person who repeatedly bought fakes, although regrettable, has to bear some responsibility here, especially if they were some of the fakes used in the video.

Scary business if you chance purchasing a Sovereign from a unreliable source. Thanks for the warning ⚠️

Cheers CC

Very interesting video ive got 5 full sovereigns in mounts my oldest sovereign coin is from 1869 in a custom made mount love it heavy as well young Victoria bun head ok 👍

Please i have a question, I buy a coin George V 1911 but i cant see the Letters B.Pon the Reverse Design / without letters B.P. Benedetto Pistrucci. Is the Coin fake?

OK, so what do I do if I get a fake gold sovereign? I bought a 9ct gold chain with a glass locket ... good pric for the chain ... and what I am sure is a counterfeit 1915 gold sovereign. To my eye it's off ... not so much George and the Dragon, but George 5th is very amateurish. Do I turn it in? Keep t as a souvenir?

Thank you, Christopher! However, buying an ancient sovereign scale may not be an accurate tool after decades of wear and tear. I have bought something called a Fisch guage which determines a genuine coin on the very same principles: weight, diameter, thickness 🙂

I have a sovereign the head and tails are are upside down. Does that mean that it’s a fake?

We have a gold sorvigjn with the Cape being matt. It was purchased from the mint in the brown box. Great coin. It was only 595 when BU was £199... Q do you no why they put on the matt Cape..