US Coins with C Mint Mark (For China)

Quite a few of our coins are minted in China already, especially Trade dollars and Seated Liberty dollars.

Oh wait, you meant REAL ones lol... nah, don't see that happening, for security reasons, and also pride reasons to be honest.

Fun fact, we actually did have a "C" mint on US coins, for gold coins minted in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

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Ah the old North Korean counterfeit theory, haven't heard that one for a while. Few people seriously suspect this, and there's never been any hard evidence to back up the suspicions. (I've heard theories it was the CIA that produced them, and crazy as that theory is, I'd still say it's more likely than North Korea lol...) Kind of doubtful North Korea has the capability to passably counterfeit US notes, when they don't even have the capability to print their own currency (a company in China does it for them).

P.S. The "super notes" are real, but it's still a mystery who actually produced them. North Korea is a favorite suspect but there's no more proof it was them than any other suspect people have come up with. The only reason some suspected North Korea is because it's reasonable they'd have a motive to undermine US currency and to supplement their low funds... but motive isn't evidence, and plenty of others would have just as much motive as North Korea.

 

I think we should make them in China, but out of some cheaper material than what they are made out of now. That would go perfectly with our deteriorating economy. Eventually we'll end up with a whole bunch of plastic money made in China.

 

Yes there is no doubt super notes are real. The reason why they look and feel so real is because they are believed to be printed on the same intaglio presses that we use. The costs of such a setup would be more then a private person could afford. This is hardly a conspiracy theory.

 

There is already precedent for this:
Canada is one of the largest (if not the largest) producers of foreign (to Canada) coins in the world.
The US Mint produced some Canadian coins in the past (dimes IIRC).
The US Mint produced coins for a variety of governments during and after World War 2.
AFAIK however there have never been American coins minted by foreign mints other than forgeries.
During the first few decades of our country certain foreign coins were legal tender, including Spanish dollars. In fact the US Dollar was based on the average weight of several circulated Spanish dollars.

All that said though, there is no way China will ever be contracted to mint US coins. I could see the Royal Canadian Mint however doing so in a pinch. They would likely not use a mint mark however, kind of like whenever the US made circulating coins at West Point and San Francisco in the last 25 years.

 

China already counterfeits enough US currency.

 

Looks like Dikembe Mutombo!

 

I never used the word "conspiracy"; it's quite suspicious you felt a need to deny one (maybe YOU'RE in on it lol...). And no there is no doubt that the super notes are real; they've just never proven they're from North Korea, or anywhere else from that matter (well obviously they're from somewhere, but there's never been any solid proof as to exactly where).

Also it is not believed they were produced on the same intaglio presses we use, just the same type. And there is private equipment that could produce the same type of effect, and it's not as expensive as you think. It's certainly not beyond the possibility for a private person, or people, to afford, especially if they can make a profit selling or spending the counterfeit money to fund continuing operations. There doesn't need to be a government involved. Intaglio presses are within the reach of anyone who can afford basic printing equipment; the technology is over 100 years old. It's replicating the security features that would be far more difficult than replicating an intaglio press, but skilled counterfeiters have done it to a degree passable except on VERY close examination.

People love North Korea as a suspect in this, but more because it makes a great story than because there's any actual proof linking the super-notes to North Korea. I think it's silly to give the North Korean government that much credit (as I've said before, the easiest way to disprove a government conspiracy is to show the government in question is too incompetent to pull it off).

P.S. If a government is involved btw, that is a conspiracy, by definition, as it means more than one person is involved (any criminal enterprise that involves the cooperation of two or more people is technically speaking a conspiracy). Private criminals doing this would be a conspiracy too, as long as there was more than one of them. Just wouldn't be a government conspiracy.

You are right that many people believe North Korea has something to do with it, but not on the basis of any actual evidence supporting the belief. Many people believe Obama was born in Kenya too, even after he publicly displayed his birth certificate online for the entire world to see. Belief does not equal proof.

 

Not Blasphemy. Just agree that they must provide ONLY the cents and nickels below face value and we will bankrupt them!

 

I agree the supernotes are real, but I would suspect Iran first. We physically sold them the same presses we use when the Shah was in power. If North Korea is involved in the supernotes, I would suspect they might have bought the presses from Iran.

Follow the presses, they are what is needed to truly make "super notes".

 

Why should China be the one who gets to mint our coins? Why not go to one of our low wage off shore places? We could mint them in the Marianas Islands using Chinese labor. That's the way we are making a lot of stuff nowadays.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021252114

 

Possibly a better choice would be Iran. As mentioned the supernotes are apparently printed on a high end intaglio press similar to the ones we use. And it just so happens that we gave Iran one of those presses shortly before the Shah fell from power. In fact before it became fashionable to blame North Korea for the Supernotes, Iran was the source most often cited.

 

Hey! I said that. Just because you usually Do beat me to the punch doesn't mean I shouldn't get one once in a while.