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<p>[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 982199, member: 23874"]This topic reminds me of another similar, recent counterfeiting case: Louis "The Coin" Colavecchio's casino chip counterfeiting operation. Or rather, the sheer sophistication Colavecchio employed with his die-sinking efforts. Some say his use of an EDM machine, and use of tableware as his source for his planchets, was very clever, indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>See:</i></p><p><a href="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/newsletter7.html#tokens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/newsletter7.html#tokens" rel="nofollow">Robert Matthews Counterfeit Coin Newsletter, No. 7, December 2006</a></p><p><a href="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/newsletter11.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/newsletter11.html" rel="nofollow">Robert Matthews Counterfeit Coin Newsletter, No. 11, January 2009</a></p><p><a href="http://www.projo.com/news/courts/content/auction_advance_09-19-08_SOBKVT7_v32.152336e.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.projo.com/news/courts/content/auction_advance_09-19-08_SOBKVT7_v32.152336e.html" rel="nofollow">Counterfeit Coin-Making Machinery Up For Bid Tomorrow at Police Auction, Amanda Milkovits, projo.com, September 19, 2008</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 982199, member: 23874"]This topic reminds me of another similar, recent counterfeiting case: Louis "The Coin" Colavecchio's casino chip counterfeiting operation. Or rather, the sheer sophistication Colavecchio employed with his die-sinking efforts. Some say his use of an EDM machine, and use of tableware as his source for his planchets, was very clever, indeed. [I]See:[/I] [URL="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/newsletter7.html#tokens"]Robert Matthews Counterfeit Coin Newsletter, No. 7, December 2006[/URL] [URL="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/newsletter11.html"]Robert Matthews Counterfeit Coin Newsletter, No. 11, January 2009[/URL] [URL="http://www.projo.com/news/courts/content/auction_advance_09-19-08_SOBKVT7_v32.152336e.html"]Counterfeit Coin-Making Machinery Up For Bid Tomorrow at Police Auction, Amanda Milkovits, projo.com, September 19, 2008[/URL][/QUOTE]
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