A group of coins nicknamed the "Magic Motto" series on account of their high quality mottos which are nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
No proof they're from the same factory, but with their similarities, it's a safe bet that they are.
ARMS 26 (1993) above, has MANY motto distance variants (+ -> D) (selection shown below) & Arms 27 (1998) has 2.
OAK 1 (1992) above has 6 variants, ranging from 4.4mm to 7.8mm.
Slight variants exist on the Pleidiol inscriptions too.
with Dragon12 (2000) having two variants itself.
As the end of the Round Pound fast approached, many people were checking their coins closer than ever before, and
this has lead to a lot of 1998 Royal Arms coins to come to light. Unfortunately the vast majority of these coins
plucked from circulation are FAKE.
Here are SIX examples in the database collection
Notice the weakness around the REG on the reverse of the first coin in the above image (ARMS 53) . Also note the weaknesses in the edge
inscription which are pretty much consistent across all the other examples. (ARMS 27)
Some people think these are "impaired BUNC" that were released by the mint. I doubt it.
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