Ever Receive a Counterfeit in Change? I think I did.

braddick

Check this out and tell me it's not a counterfeit!
I'm pretty sure it is. "Coin" courtesy of the U.S. Post Office.

Gonfunko

I got a counterfeit 1965 quarter in change at the school book fair. They still owe me 25 cents. The copper part of the edge was indented, and it was off by a couple of grams in weight. (I weighed it on the triple beam balance in science). It was also really rough and pitted.

XpipedreamR

Looks good to me!

Pistareen

I've gotten 2 counterfeits in change over the years: a fake 1971 half dollar (with the wrong die rotation) received at a blackjack table in Vegas a few years ago, and a badly counterfeit $10 at a mall 10 years ago, which was turned over to the Secret Service.

guysmy

It's hideous!

goose3

weren't there a bunch of those being counterfeited when they first came out Pat......like in Bolivia or somewhere????

cdan12

why would they go to all the trouble to counterfeit a SAC

braddick

I think the dollar in Bolivia is worth a bit, thus counterfeiting these is advantageous.

How it ended up in the U.S. is puzzling though.

Gonfunko

<< <i>I think the dollar in Bolivia is worth a bit, thus counterfeiting these is advantageous.
How it ended up in the U.S. is puzzling though. >>


Someone had it in their pocket from Bolivia to the US? They use Sac's all the tiem in Ecuador - could have come from there too.

wjd283

That thing surely does'nt look right.The way they look after a couple of months in circulation,tho,it could just be heavily circulated.

nwcs

>it could just be heavily circulated

It would be the only one.

coinpage

<< <i>...The way they look after a couple of months in circulation,tho,it could just be heavily circulated. >>



Here's a circulated one for comparison:

ElectricEye

aluminum '73 quarter received from a laundromat change machine

DDR

While overseas in Central America about 10 years ago I saw a number of counterfeit U.S. $20 bills in circulation.

It was a bit startling when I received the first one, I knew something was wrong but could not say exactly what it was. Eventually I could tell instantaneously when a bill was counterfeit. Either the paper did not feel quite right or the printing was not as sharp as it should be.

cohodk

When I was in college working at the front desk I had some kids try to pass me a fake $1 bill the made on a copier.

Spinynorman

Looks like it could be

I wanted one and was given a contact in Ecuador who was finding them in circulation. $10-$30 for a novelty, though...

Cool find!

Ryana

<< <i>why would they go to all the trouble to counterfeit a SAC >>



Because it is our most "valuable" coin relative to its weight in metal. It is also the largest denomination coin intended for circulation. Although our dollar coins don't circulate too much here, they do in some countries and a dollar goes a long way there.

GAT

I read a story awhile back about a country in Central America that uses SACs as a circulating currency, I believe it's Peru. Story said counterfeiting SACs was a cottage industry and our Secret Service was there busting the crooks.

One of you guys can research it on Google and Lexis.

Spinynorman

Did you check the edge to see if it's missing the copper core, braddick?

kieferscoins

Weigh it Braddick.

Cameron Kiefer

Spinynorman

From the page I linked to...

The counterfeit coin's diameter, thickness, and weight were within tolerance of genuine Sacagawea Dollars, but were not made of the three-layer sandwich material that genuine pieces are made of.

csw

I once read about a guy who took a $20 bill, cut the '20's off the four corners, pasted them on to a one dollar bill, and tried to pass the one off as a twenty. The federal judge in Dallas called him "the most inept counterfeiter [he had] ever seen."
-c-

Conder101

<< <i>I once read about a guy who took a $20 bill, cut the '20's off the four corners, pasted them on to a one dollar bill, and tried to pass the one off as a twenty. The federal judge in Dallas called him "the most inept counterfeiter [he had] ever seen." >>


Believe it or not I have actually seen that done several times with tens and you would be surprized at how effective it can be.

Gemini

<< <i>

<< <i>I once read about a guy who took a $20 bill, cut the '20's off the four corners, pasted them on to a one dollar bill, and tried to pass the one off as a twenty. The federal judge in Dallas called him "the most inept counterfeiter [he had] ever seen." >>


Believe it or not I have actually seen that done several times with tens and you would be surprized at how effective it can be. >>

When I had my gas station we got quite a few of these glued on higher denomination corner bills which were very deceptive. The new Scotch tape is really hard to detect . These altered bills always seemed to turn up around the holidays. Even after I would show the bill to most people many took some time before they spotted the alteration especially my younger gas pumpers. Many did not even check the portrait initially.

SilverDollarMan

<< <i>I once read about a guy who took a $20 bill, cut the '20's off the four corners, pasted them on to a one dollar bill, and tried to pass the one off as a twenty. The federal judge in Dallas called him "the most inept counterfeiter [he had] ever seen."
-c- >>



Why waste a $20 to make a Twenty?