In uk.railway Roland Perry twisted the electrons to say:
In message , at 16:34:44 on Sun, 22 Jan
2012, Alistair Gunn remarked:
Though 1 in 36 of every #1 coins is fake according to some counts ...
The people who claim this never seem to have any guidance on how you can
tell, so I'm a bit sceptical.

The stat appaers to come from the Royal Mint, based upon how many fakes
have been sent to them to be destroyed. Personally most of the fakes
I've seen have been so bad that they only pass inspection if you don't,
in fact, inspect them!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10774366
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These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ...