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Thought some folks might be interested in this. I pulled this 1982d counterfeit Washington quarter off the magnets of a TD bank coin machine this past week. I've found two similar ones in north jersey before, though one was severely degraded and the other one I lost. It appears to be struck rather than cast, has no reeding, and is made of steel. These are rather poor fakes, and its interesting that some of them appear to still be in circulation considering their ultra low quality. I found a counterfeit dime of the same design in the same area last year, though the quarters seem to be much more common than the dimes.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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but it's a fake key date...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow..what a bad knockoff. Looks like a toy.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Must be a test piece for Chinese counterfeiters. Guess one of their apprentices had to take the test and this was the best he could do. Don't think they hired him after they saw this one.
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Pillar of the Community
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The coin with where and when acquired should be sent to the FBI for investigation. Counterfeiters of any U. S. coin or currency need to be stopped. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Pillar of the Community
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The same guys that did this series also did fake Westward Journey nickels. :-)
Alas, I have none of these in my own collection.
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Pillar of the Community
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That just hurts my eyes to look at.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Many people think counterfeiting small valued coins is a waste of time. However, consider making millions of them. Then being able to pass them in stores, restaurants, amusemenet parks and on and on. So many think a small denomination is not worth it but you have to consider the quantity being made. I always remember that story about that guy that made $1 bills for 20 years. They were so bad he mispelled Washington.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Whoa....pathetic!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bad fake, but clearly it was successfully spent, so it did the intended job.
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Pillar of the Community
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I've seen fakes, but this one is downright pathetic
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Pillar of the Community
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The biggest problem with this counterfeit is that it has no reeding, so it clearly stands out if one looks at the edge. Its also magnetic, so it would be taken out of circulation very rapidly by virtually all coin counting machines unless it was produced in a third world country that has high circulation rates that uses the US dollar like Ecuador where change circulates for long periods of time before getting returned to banks.
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Great fun ... thanks for sharing the photo and story.
David
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
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yep I recently found the said nickel looks exactly like that plus the nickel also sticks to a magnet I was like whats the purpose
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Pillar of the Community
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the good part of this is that the fake is done so poorly.
I agree you should contact law enforcement and maybe they can catch the guy.
Our money is the backbone of the nation. Fakes of modern money should be prosacuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Besides us on CCF and the Secret Service, who's going to even look twice at a quarter-sized silvery coin to see if it's real during a transaction? Almost certainly not the cashier getting paid minimum wage. Probably the rationale that the counterfeiters used, and apparently it worked. There's another thread going around here on a fake that's a far worse counterfeit than this one: https://goccf.com/t/126707Amazing. And I agree, report and help stop this crap that devalues our coins & currency! |
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Posted 08/12/2012 11:47 pm
