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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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She is illegal. No grey zone on this one.
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Moderator
 United States
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Not really counterfeit, since its not trying to copy an actual coin. I am unsure about the laws about defacing coins in Canada  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1118 Posts |
It is trying to copy a '67 dollar. From what I understand you can deface coins and currency as long as it is not to deceive. I could "Spock" a fiver and that is fine. However I could not try to put a zero behind the five and pass it off as a fifty. I typed "Canada Funny Coin" into ebay and found this in Israel. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Canada-Hobo...AOSwsBtaRVgaIt says it is made in China. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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they would've been wise to take the denomination off, less heat if it's just trademark (of which the mint doesn't seem to care).
at least they're honest about it not being silver.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This is the exact same situation as the 1898 manitoba gold coins.... they were made in the 60's by a local coin dealer.. all would've been fine except he put 1/2 D and 1D (a denomination) to the coins.. at that point it becomes counterfeit. These coins on ebay are counterfeit and ebay shouldn't allow them to be sold and the RCMP could potentially confiscate them and prosecute the sellers or those making them. |
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Shoulda done the goose and left the Queen alone, that does seem to git ye dander up now don't it...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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One would assume the RCM owns the copyrights to the reverse, and thus are counterfeits |
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I sent an email regarding this to Mike Marshall... unfortunately, it looks like it is made in China... (what else is new)...
"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
 United States
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There seems to by quite a few of the cast fake hobo coins on ebay. Here's a "1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo nickel" that could be mistaken for an actual coin: 222774170853In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yep, I think that having the "dollar" on there makes it counterfeit. I wonder what they look like in hand .. color, luster, surface smoothness?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2301 Posts |
These are illegal. It is against CANADIAN Law to manufacture a coin that even resembles Canadian currency.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Listing Violations > Prohibited (banned) items > Items with a face value (currency, coupons, etc.) > Fraudulently or improperly described currency Item Numbers(s): 222773605661Message: This item is illegal in Canada and against ebay selling policy for Canadian Coins. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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There is also one being sold out of Newfoundland. Item No. 142689998332Mike: Are you going to report these? |
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