Counterfeit 1982-D Quarter

These fakes seem worthless here but in second and third world countries where a dollar still buys something of value, they will eventually cost someone a meal.

Pffffttttt, thats the least of the things devaluing our money. Or government is the number one thing.

Anyway, reporting it would be a waste of time. They do not investigate single incidences of small things like this. I have reported small denomination counterfeits before and the cops confiscate it and thats the end. Better off just keeping it as a conversation piece.

@smokeriderdon... yeah, I agree. I cringed a little when I clicked "post" on that. I think maybe the vodka was typing there.

The edge looks the same colour as the obverse and reverse, there is also some finning on the rim. I likely wont report it since as smokeriderdon says all they will do is seize it and i'd never see it again. I once read an article someplace about lots of these things circulating in new jersey so I imagine the secret service knows about them already anyway, especially since I've found three of them over the course of as many years. Its very possible this had been sitting in someones change collection for 10 years until they decided to dump it at the td bank.

Too little profit to make counterfeit quarters, I would guess they are magician coins and went into circulation.

Interesting.....I never would have thought about counterfeit quarters and dimes but I guess no one would give them a second thought so they would be easy to spend.

The original post is 5 years old.

I misplaced the dime, but I believe it was dated year 2000. It may have been made in south america, where US coins circulate in ecuador and el salvador and Counterfeit coins are more common.