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Counterfeit Toonies Are Going To Be A Significant Problem

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 Posted 03/23/2025  5:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add triggersmob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Also trig if you look at the 6 on the 2006 it should look like the 6 in the 1996 , the upright part of the 6 should not be straight, if should have a curve.

Thanks for the additional info Mike.
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 Posted 04/07/2025  7:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Proof Nut to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@nickelsguy thanks for your passionate presentation at the National Postage Stamp and Coin Show this past Saturday.

Very enlightening despite being very versed on the whole saga, having followed it from the beginning.

I will abandon my search for the Z Dollard and Canada/Canada Toonies but keep my eye open for the Camel Toes and the newest threat that may be looming.

Your service to the Numismatic Community which includes both collectors and dealer has been invaluable and cannot be understated.

The majority of the public are far less informed or interested in their pocket change or circulating currency but collectors do pay a little more attention and when they are smart will ask questions.

This is what forms friendships and connections that build and strengthens the community. The fake coins are a scourge and certainly have a negative impact on the economy and financial system. How is s this any different than the Nazis dumping counterfeit 1 pound U.K. notes aside from the fact that opportunists will buy this crap and try to pass it in order to make a healthy profit.

The club I primarily belong to hosts many promotional events and the subject of counterfeit coins inevitably comes up on numerous occasions when talking about commemorative coins or just pocket change in general and thanks to your collaboration with BWJM there is a quick resource we can refer them to.

Sadly this extends to Mint products produced for collectors that are replicated and sold at a significantly lower price often with little or no precious metal and end up in someone's collection as a worthless piece of junk when the inheritors thought they had something valuable or of interest to others.

Can these be confiscated by the dealer and sent somewhere for destruction or are they just handed back as 'not my concern or responsibility'.
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 Posted 04/07/2025  8:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There are a few dealers that are part of the problem that said.....they have no authority to confiscate. They also do not wish the fallout (rightly so) which could happen. Dealers are often asked to destroy fakes when they identify them for customers which I believe almost all do. We shall see what happens with the 2018 saga........

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