Well This Could Be Part Of The Problem, With The 20-4-20$, 100-4-100$..etc.

@CC-Ottawa - yes - "then it will become even more difficult to simply cash them in "
As I have personally experienced. Happy others have better outcome with their banks.

Totally agree with you respecting counterfeits

The dishonest must be delighted at the supply of packaging found on ebay.

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Who else would want empty boxes?

I threw all packaging in the garbage when I cashed mine in for that very reason.
The buyer might be someone that did not receive a box when they acquired the coin. I know the first few times I took mine to the bank (without packaging), the teller said she'd call another customer to see if they wanted to coins. The other customer said they'd take them, so the bank didn't end up returning them to the RCM.

yea, if the fakes coins find there way into real packaging, that would really make matters worse..

I think that there is a promotion coming up and they don't want the face value coins being used towards that. After Christmas they will all of a sudden reappear and everything will be blamed on the computer "Glitch".

I'm really curious about the source of these fakes. The seller appears to be in Toronto though I suspect most of us associate counterfeits like this as coming out of China.

The ebay seller has also sold "souvenir" art bullion gold and silver coins and notes (obvious fakes), and has some silver for sale currently. There has been no feedback on sales in more than a year.

Has anyone discovered fake x for x coins elsewhere? Is this a one off or more likely, just the tip of the iceberg.

I think the simple designs and finished plus high FV and relatively big mintages make these NCLT much more attractive to counterfeiters than other NCLT coins.

Just realized I still have all or most of the cards/packaging for the 20-25-50 and 100 coins - if anybody wants/needs any of these let me know - you can have them for the cost of shipping

Pulling the $200 Icy Arctic coin after only one week of release could mean we are looking at a rarity. We don't know how many were shipped out but if only a fraction of the 20,000 were shipped out this coin could be become very valuable.

There is severe shortage of the Icy Arctic at dealers so I suggest people look at buying this coin before stock runs out. There is the possibility that the RCM will not bring the coin back or possibly re-minting the coin with different features to distinguish it from counterfeits.

I don't know of any RCM coins being recalled but stamps from time to time have been recalled due to errors. And those stamps have become valuable.