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Are all modern GBR 1-Pound coins considered to be pieforts?

Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
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I ask because I just received this coin which is suppose to be Piefort KM#P6 1986 Pound 0.9250 Silver KM#946. It's the same size (width) as a normal 1 pound coin.

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    No, piedforts are twice as thick as the normal £1 piece. The Royal Mint made both standard silver proofs and piedforts most years.
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Thanks Wybrit.
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    The £1 piedforts are very thick, you'll not be in any doubt when you see one.
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  • drjulesdrjules Posts: 1,683
    These pics (from the Royal Mint website) may help

    Piedfort:
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    Regular:
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    Also I believe the piedfort is issued in a red box and the regular in blue, not sure if that was the case back in 1986 though

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    "Also I believe the piedfort is issued in a red box and the regular in blue, not sure if that was the case back in 1986 though"

    Well the one I just returned, which wasn't a piedfort, was in a blue box.
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