Jersey 10 pence 1977

Could you tell me, please, coin 10 pence 1977 Jersey is forgery or not.

Cita: "Igor Grin"​Could you tell me, please, coin 10 pence 1977 Jersey is forgery or not.
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​Looks real enough to me; given how it's not a precious metal or particularly rare coin I'm not sure why someone would bother trying to make a forgery of this particular type.

However...

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4196.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9673.html

There is no 1977 date listed there; nor is there a 1977 date listed for this type without 'New' between 'Ten' and 'Pence', only 1981; not even on Krause; so your coin is an enigma.

However, in the Krause catalogue this year of issue not specified.

If it is a forgery, then it has very good details.
1977 is indeed a strange date for this coin!

Cita: "PetrusAscanus"​If it is a forgery, then it has very good details.
​1977 is indeed a strange date for this coin!

​I don't have it either.... Bizarre! But nobody would falsify this coin of a very, very low value, except if they managed to make millions of them, but why put 1977 as a date?
Ole

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II
Maybe for this?

A similar Jersey coin was found a few years back, except it was a 50 pence coin. The Royal Mint collection includes four 1977-dated Jersey 50p coins, all of which omit the word NEW from the reverse inscription (i.e., FIFTY PENCE instead of FIFTY NEW PENCE). The tickets associated with each of these coins record the following information.

(1) 50 pence 1977, 1.11.1977, Trial without NEW
(2) 50 pence 1977, 1.11.1977, Trial without NEW
(3) 50 pence 1977, 1.12.1977, coin die trial
(4) 50 pence 1977, CPR files 5.7.2002, wo 165, 140 tons


So, it seems likely to me, that your coin is a similar trial piece. To offer a definitive opinion, however, it should be examined at the Royal Mint.

Harold

Good evening, Harold.
Thank you very much for your information.
Best regards, Igor.

Further to Harold's message above and following an earlier email exchange between us, here is a picture of the 1977 fifty pence type that showed up:



Similar to your ten pence piece, it has the divided date to the reverse and would appear to be an early trial or pattern for the coinage redesign that went into circulation in 1981.

Thanks for the information.
However, this does not give reason to claim that the 1977 10 pence coin presented above is genuine. Since this coin was found in a single copy not in the place of its coining (UK) and not in the place of its circulation (Jersey), but in the territory of another state, that is, the opinion that the coin is fake. Despite the fact that the weight of the coin (11.31 g), and the diameter (28.5 mm) I doubt the place in the field of coins, which shows the numbers 77. Question: can counterfeiters, using a 1981 coin, make a new engraving of numbers.

This is suggested by the actual availability of coins 50 pence 1977 in several copies in the Museum at the Royal mint, and the mention about the coin 10 pence 1977 is missing.

Please follow Harold's advice and submit to the Royal Mint for verification. That will give you a definitive answer and end all the speculation.