Danger Of Counterfeits From Kijiji - Nobody Wins Here

I won't lie.

I lol'd a little.

I too hope that this does not turn into a laugh festival, but that appears to be the reason it was started in the first place was to once again poke fun at myself. I was tipped off to this thread by Jimmy with personal email message to me which read "There is an interesting article in the CCF under the "Canadian Coins, Tokens & Bank Notes" thread you should read. You just made somebody's day. I was somewhat offended by the post since it was only being done to get a laugh. It was myself who led this seller to Mike after he contacted me with an 1875H and an 1889 Canadian quarter to sell. I was suspicious about the coins and suggested that he contact Mike himself to have them checked out. It turned out that my feeling was right about these coins. Mike has suggested that it should have been I who contacted the police, but without any information on the sellers full name and address and the fact that I was only suspicious of the coins, I could not do that. It seems that even after Mike has looked at the coins and deemed them as fakes that the seller still has procession of them and is going to seek a second opinion ( or not) and may still try to sell them. In the past year, I have had 3 opportunities to contact authorities. First was when I turned the fake Superman set into the RCMP to be destroyed. They did take them but told me that they did not see any reason why they should. Second: in August of 2016 I was offered a 1976 Olympic set. The seller was in a great hurry to get rid of it cheap. I was at work and could not meet this person until the next day, so I offered them more money if they held it, The seller agreed and then an hour later informed me that they had sold it for the original price. They also told me not to worry because they may be getting more. I thought at this time that they may have been stolen. I contacted the local police with the information and they were not interested in looking into it. Third was recently when an ad appeared on the Facebook page Worldwide coin buy and sell. A person in the USA was offering counterfeit banknotes for many countries which they claimed were so good that they were undetectable. I again went to the RCMP to see if they were able to contact the FBI about this and was told that they had little concern about it even though Canadian banknotes were in the ad. I have since contacted the local police in the US city where the ad poster lived. Facebook themselves pulled the ad down in 48 hours after it was posted. My experience with the police is that the care very little about this problem. If anything happens as a result of finding the source of these 2 fake quarters in Trenton , it is because I took the time to lead the seller in the right direction, but I have yet to be given any credit for doing this. The only thing that has happened is that it has poked fun at myself.

Am I understanding this correctly, in that an ONA executive member, whose initials are 'CC' is the original seller of these fakes and he is fully aware of these coins as being fake?

NO this is not the case as I understand it.

@gaz
As Mike is aware of this counterfeit just destroy it Mate.

My concern is for the 1875H and 1889 quarter from this seller which Mike has also deemed fake. From what I gather, he does not believe in Mikes opinion and says he will seek another, which means that he is still in possession of them. I will destroy the 1858 since it is not in my best interest to keep it.

I would like to test it with my XRF in my lab. I am curious to see if it is bronze or copper... and I also want to see it destroyed. Might a suggest a simple solution to kill two birds here?

Cut the coin in half, and send me one half to test with the XRF.... Send me a PM if that is something you can do for me, and I'll pay for the postage.

I'm a bit confused here about fakes,maybe you experts can set me straight. In the past few months I've gathered some obvious fake US $1.00 coins to use as "hole fillers" in a Capital plastics type set. I in no way can afford the 3 early 1800's dollars' prices. They are very obvious cast copies although older as to not be stamped "COPY". Two were sold as cast copies, one was labeled "counterfeit" on 2x2 bought at auction. Is it OK for me to possess these coins? I assumed it was, one came from a reputable dealer who I'd have thought would have said something if it were a problem.
Fantasy coins perhaps?

Crazy... no it's not right that you have Counterfeits... what if you suddently pass and your estate is auctioned off and these are sold as legit coins..... it happens...

For all scenarios it ends bad to the next buyer of the coins.... hence why Counterfeits and copies are not good for this hobby..