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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiftypee, post: 401223, member: 4700&quot;]I haven&#039;t come across any fake Canadian loonies or toonies yet, but I notice that people try to pass off other kinds of foreign coins that look similar to the loonie or toonie.</p><p><br /></p><p>My friend in particular has had problem with this as he doesn&#039;t pay close to his return change after a purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>My experience is as follows....</p><p><br /></p><p>I have gotten through the till brass tokens that were tried to pass off as loonies.&nbsp; Different design for sure, but if you are not paying attention at the till it could happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thailand 10 baht coins being mixed in with toonies for a purchase.&nbsp; I have seen more of this happenning.&nbsp; Old Italian 500 lira coins have also tried to be passed off as toonies.</p><p><br /></p><p>All it takes is for the cashier to not be as observant and things like this happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am always finding odd foreign coins in the till.</p><p><br /></p><p>Re: Paper Money.&nbsp; I find it strange in Canada that all our bills are the same size.&nbsp; I am sure it would help the printing costs and such if the sizes were staggered from small to large.&nbsp; It would also be an additional help to the visually impaired in our society.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways just some thoughts!</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers!</p><p>:smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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