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 Canadian Coin News - This is the final part of Canadian Coin News' three-part series on Canadian counterfeit coins. As counterfeit coins continue to plague the hobby, some claim the powers that be - including the Royal Canadian Mint, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Ministry of Finance - aren't doing enough to fight back. With no one taking charge and hundreds of counterfeit Canadian coins turning up on online markets every day, collectors - and their valuable, culturally significant investments - are all but forgotten. The last line of defense for collectors of Canadian non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) - or collector coins - is Trenton, Ont.'s Mike Marshall, a well-known counterfeit coin researcher and educator. After a decade of advancing technology and increasing overseas counterfeit production, he said the problem now threatens the investments of all Canadian coin collectors. Read the Entire Article
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Nice mug shot Mikey (CCF's own, nickelsguy)!! We should put that one in the "Picture the Poster" thread...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Bedrock of the Community
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We would be in real big trouble if it wasn't for Mike..  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Attaboy, Mikey. Where's the ball cap?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Remember that our law enforcement agencies are still undermining his hard work....and they won't come on-board..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I feel bad for the guy who gets fooled with the "Maple Leaf" in Mike's left hand. No milkspots anywhere!
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United States
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It's getting ridiculous, isn't it?
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We would be in real big trouble if it wasn't for Mike.. I think if you're listening to Mike you realize that we ARE in big trouble. *** Edited by Staff to add quote tags. Please use them in the future. Posts are very difficult to read without them.*** |
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Pillar of the Community
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Steve: Was that meant to be a snide comment? Because that's the way that I read it and Mike is a friend of mine.
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Canada
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Great job Mike. Keep up the fight.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think if you're listening to Mike you realize that we ARE in big trouble I couldn't agree more, if it wasn't for MM lots of us would not have a real clue what to look for. It gives me a good feeling every time he whacks another 'gopher'. |
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The man needs a metal!! and hopefully one not made in china...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks for the kind words. Every day they appear. Every day I try to whack-em. MM
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As appreciative as I am of Mr. Marshall's work and much advice from others, I admit to being discouraged when I see the vast numbers of counterfeits and 'replica' coins available.
Coin collecting in this environment is more of a forensic examination than a numismatic treasure hunt.
This said, I'm not completely put off. Counterfeits are not a new concept. It's not like I'm an interweb shopper.
To stumble into a hoard, or even a few coins not seen for an age, is why I do it.
And I bought a metal detector.
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Hats off to Mike doing a great job, really like the section in the latest Charlton catalogue hope to see more in the future. What are the markers to look for on the Silver Maples?
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Bedrock of the Community
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What we all need to know is how to detect them.
I have a small but growing library on how to detect fake coins, and a reasonably extensive 'black' collection.
Access to the various data bases of fake coins is well worth going into. Access to XRF equipment and a good set of scales also useful, but nothing can beat experience. Nevertheless we all must all start somewhere, and the sooner the better.
This article is short on this subject, unfortunately. Has he any videos on his practical exercises on the detection of fake coins? That would be useful to us all.
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