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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 1797266, member: 16729&quot;]I&#039;d like to see more examples of this kind of &quot;counterfitting&quot;: Real coins altered for use in criminal behavior.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]291315[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the left is a Japanese 500 Yen coin. On the right is a Korean 500 Won coin with holes drilled into its obverse. Same diameter and thickness, but the Korean coin is 1/10th the value of the Japanese coin. By removing some material from the Korean coin (like the example here), criminals in Japan could approximate the weight of the lighter Japanese coin, and produce a profit by inserting it into Japanese vending machines and then hit the &quot;reset&quot; (coin return) button. Out from the vending machine&#039;s coin hopper comes 500 Yen. I guess Japanese vending machines don&#039;t return the actual coin you deposited when you hit &quot;coin return&quot;. This happened in the 1990s, and by August 2000, the Japan Mint changed the design and metals composition of the 500 Yen coin to counteract this activity.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Let&#039;s see some other slugs![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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