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28-07-10, 06:39 PM

this was on the vine show on radio 2 the other day, i put money in coffee machines and would somtimes get a coin that would not get accepted, just put it down to the machine having an off day but it seems i have been handling fake goods!! lucky i spent my last dodgy pound on a scrach card in the end, and won a tenner.. bounus lol

Viney · 29-07-10, 10:55 AM

I dont have a show on Radio 2...not anymore

timwilky · 29-07-10, 11:26 AM

As I said, you would have thought somebody would be working on the problem, so it is no surprise to find that the brains behind the work I was doing 25 years ago is still at it and concentrating more on the recognition of bogus coins. See here for his patent stuff.

When I was working in the field, we were using the decay in induced magnetic eddies to identify coins. But it look like Geoff has done a lot more work with pulsed and high/low frequency and stepped current changes to generate more characteristics relating to coin/token properties.

So people, the technology is out there, it just needs the incentive of the financial institutions to do something and make my old work colleague very rich.

sorry if the above is a tad geeky

Paul the 6th · 29-07-10, 11:29 AM

I've just bought a load of fake pound coins for £1.50 a piece... bargain if you ask me

timwilky · 29-07-10, 11:31 AM

Perhaps they were if you are working in the field of identifying fakes.

It is a bit like the web site (I am not going to tell you were it is) that holds computer viruses. If you are looking at testing/identifying problems etc. Sometimes you need to throw a live one against the defences.

embee · 29-07-10, 02:31 PM

It was on "Fake Britain" on BBC the other night too. Quite interesting.

I remember getting one many years ago, it was quite poor, slightly the wrong diameter, and it was soft. When you hit real ones together they "clink", this one "thunked".

You can fake 10p coins by filing the corners off a 50p. Whatever happened to the thrupenny bit?

30-07-10, 10:06 AM

I remember all the warnings about how easy it would be to produce fake coins when they were fading out pound notes. Er I mean I remember my Dad telling me

28-07-10, 06:39 PM	#11
2hys Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fake pound coins this was on the vine show on radio 2 the other day, i put money in coffee machines and would somtimes get a coin that would not get accepted, just put it down to the machine having an off day but it seems i have been handling fake goods!! lucky i spent my last dodgy pound on a scrach card in the end, and won a tenner.. bounus lol

29-07-10, 10:55 AM	#12
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	Re: Fake pound coins I dont have a show on Radio 2...not anymore

29-07-10, 11:26 AM	#13
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Fake pound coins As I said, you would have thought somebody would be working on the problem, so it is no surprise to find that the brains behind the work I was doing 25 years ago is still at it and concentrating more on the recognition of bogus coins. See here for his patent stuff. When I was working in the field, we were using the decay in induced magnetic eddies to identify coins. But it look like Geoff has done a lot more work with pulsed and high/low frequency and stepped current changes to generate more characteristics relating to coin/token properties. So people, the technology is out there, it just needs the incentive of the financial institutions to do something and make my old work colleague very rich. sorry if the above is a tad geeky __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated. Last edited by timwilky; 29-07-10 at 11:29 AM.

29-07-10, 11:29 AM	#14
Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Re: Fake pound coins I've just bought a load of fake pound coins for £1.50 a piece... bargain if you ask me __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

29-07-10, 11:31 AM	#15
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Fake pound coins Perhaps they were if you are working in the field of identifying fakes. It is a bit like the web site (I am not going to tell you were it is) that holds computer viruses. If you are looking at testing/identifying problems etc. Sometimes you need to throw a live one against the defences. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

29-07-10, 02:31 PM	#16
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,804	Re: Fake pound coins It was on "Fake Britain" on BBC the other night too. Quite interesting. I remember getting one many years ago, it was quite poor, slightly the wrong diameter, and it was soft. When you hit real ones together they "clink", this one "thunked". You can fake 10p coins by filing the corners off a 50p. Whatever happened to the thrupenny bit? __________________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"

30-07-10, 10:06 AM	#17
BigBaddad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fake pound coins I remember all the warnings about how easy it would be to produce fake coins when they were fading out pound notes. Er I mean I remember my Dad telling me

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