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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;t-y, post: 1619866, member: 41839&quot;]The coin is in fact a criminal forgery made in the &quot;Montreal Mint&quot;, a scheme busted by the RCMP but not before more than 200,000 of these coins were distributed.</p><p><br /></p><p>These forgeries weight from 6.60 to 8.00g The rings are made from different alloys of iron or nickel while the cores are brass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Originally the intent was to fool cashiers, not vending machines.</p><p><br /></p><p>The edge of the coin and the lack of certain details and markers on the obverse are characteristic of these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be interesting to do an XRF analysis of this coin, and compare the results with the others already analyzed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember that possession or trade of these coins is a criminal offense in Canada. I would suggest you to surrender it to the RCMP.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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