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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/27/2022 10:48 am Found these over some time. Pretty bizarre but I guess anything worthwhile are counterfeited. Can't quite spend it so I guess it doesn't hurt to keep them. 1996 1997 #1 #2 1998 Do you have any floating around? My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff

coaster Pillar of the Community Australia 1366 Posts	Posted 01/27/2022 6:23 pm Hi gxseries, it really surprises me that fakes were produced with such a range of dates ... the problem must be more widespread than I realised! Up until now the only fake $2 coin that I was aware of was the 2003 https://www.mycoinalog.com/australi...feit-coin-2/ Report this Post to the Staff
Princetane Pillar of the Community 4628 Posts	Posted 01/27/2022 7:48 pm Wow, people faking those? I mean why, what can you even get with $2 in Australia now, even a cup of coffee is $5+. Does not seem worth the effort, especially as many shops frown on people paying with change in high amounts. Report this Post to the Staff
coaster Pillar of the Community Australia 1366 Posts	Posted 01/27/2022 10:57 pm Quote: Wow, people faking those? I mean why, what can you even get with $2 in Australia now ... ... probably more than what you can get in NZ for $1! Apparently the coin pictured below was given in change back in 2009 and handed in to Napier police. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-pos...ke-fake-coin As stated in the article, "It does seem like a lot of trouble to go to. If I was going to do it I'd at least go for the $2 coin. Your reward would be doubled for the same amount of work." Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/28/2022 09:22 am This site shows counterfeit 1992 and 1995 2 dollars https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=11529 Anything can be counterfeit. This is an example - Chinese 1 yuan. At the time when I got it, it had a face value of just 12 US cents. 2 dollars would be more profitable! My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
David Graham Pillar of the Community Australia 1617 Posts	Posted 02/25/2022 8:39 pm I've got one of the Oz fake $2 in my collection but can't remember what date. I got it among a bag of $2 coins from the bank. Actually, it was pretty cool as I had never heard of one either. I think they hit circulation in the late 1990s. $2 did buy a lot more back then and I think it was a wise move. On close inspection one can see it's a fake but it would easily pass as genuine at pubs, festivals etc. You would easily get a sausage and soft drink at the green shed for 2 of them even today. And as people have observed, no-one would bother faking $2 so no-one would bother checking either. Quite smart really. Report this Post to the Staff
Bas S Warwick Pillar of the Community New Zealand 526 Posts	Posted 08/28/2022 01:12 am In 2017 the UK Royal Mint estimated there were $40 million of fake pound coins in circulation. The old coin has been withdrawn from circulation now and the new one is impossible to forge (so they say) https://arstechnica.com/information...94are%20fake. Report this Post to the Staff
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