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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1346949, member: 12789&quot;]Counterfeiting coins has been illegal since coins were first created in antiquity, no issuing authority with any sense tolerates counterfeiting. The US government is certainly no exception.&nbsp; Granted, there were far more prosecutions for such in the past - back then if you made a base metal half dollar ca. 1920 you could make a profit by counterfeiting.&nbsp; What has transpired though with our coins having no practical value now they are NOT counterfeited for circulation purposes in the USA because it is not economical.&nbsp; The only counterfeiting of USA coins now is for collectable era coins that are valued for their rarity - and made outside of USA jurisdiction in China.&nbsp; Have enough of those and you can bet you will be hearing from the FBI or Secret Service.</p><p><br /></p><p>However it is known that the Sacagawea dollar coins are indeed being counterfeited in Colombia, presumably by the drug cartels there, and then they are sold at a discount into Ecuador, where USA dollar coins do circulate - practically the only place in the world where they do.&nbsp; And you can indeed believe the Secret Service is pursuing the forgers because they are also cranking out larger denomination US bills.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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