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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;editor_ens, post: 548580, member: 16174&quot;]I would even consider the chinese fakes as being ruined by a copy stamp. Because as soon as that stamp is on the coin, it is no longer a counterfeit but rather a reproduction/token. It is the illicit nature of these items that appeals to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Canadian loonie I got out of pocket change a few years back. A guy from Calgary, Alberta produced around 100 000 of them. By counterfeiting a loonie, he assumed that it would not draw much attention from the police, until he got greedy. He bought some real loonies from the bank and placed 1 authentic coin on each end of his fake rolls so if they were opened by the bank, they would not suspect anything. And after depositing a few rolls a day, be began depositing more and more. After a little bit the bank became suspitious to where he was getting all these loonies and called the police. I was told that the police recovered around 90 000 of them leaving around 10 000 in circulation. And the counterfeiter went to jail for a few years&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :hammer:.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Below it is a 1948 penny I also plucked from circulation. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/mattzcoinz/DSCN2733.jpg?t=1237571441" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/mattzcoinz/DSCN2744.jpg?t=1237571511" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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