Saw This Funny Picture

Some time back, I discussed this with my wife, who is a teacher. She said if you use real coins to teach children how to count with pennies, nickels, dimes, etc., the children will steal them. If you use plastic coins, the children assume no one will accept them as real money.

Real Cents say "School Money" on them, and have stars instead of a date?

By federal law the copy of a coin has to has a specific font, font size and the word COPY on it as seen here.



Those from that bag do not. How often do people look for or even know where to find "IN GOD WE TRUST" on al the coins now especially with the quarter designs in circulation going to be 115 after the ATB are finished? Not sure if that is the correct font on this one, but still the stars and such dont really mean anything if it isn't following the rules. Otherwise why would even a plastic coin need the word copy on it?

Guess that is what you get from Taiwan and nobody checking them as they come out of Colorado? There is another thread around where the specifics on how to legally make a copy of a coin are detailed, but my finding skills are not finding it today.

You could never do that, how else would they make a profit on the things. The cheapest I ever saw them was 50 for $1. I recall those from years back also having a wider rim on them so the couldn't fit in a roll like these look like they do since people found them in rolls.

SO neither are legal copies then? Both of the play money are technically forgeries or counterfeit or something like that?