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Macomb police find counterfeit coins

UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Must be a small town without much to do....
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  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    why would they be counterfeit if they came from a collectors proof set???
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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The point is, they are NOT counterfeit.
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,595 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds to me like somebody spent the coins from a 2007 Presidential dollar proof set. The ignorance of the public in numismatic matters has no bounds.
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    is there any coin out from the mint with madison on it yet?

    it seems that was the bank's only clue.

    edited to add: lol. they did make a mistake. funny.
  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    Looks like someone spent a collector's proof set and the local police didn't know what they were, so naturally they assumed counterfeiters were at work. Good thing they weren’t found at the local donut shop – that would have really ticked off the constabulary.

    PS: Any place that calls McDonalds a "restaurant" has got to be suspect.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,889 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is Sooooooooo funny!

    thanks,
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  • jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421 ✭
    That is ebarrassing. I am a criminal lawyer and I pray to god I have a similar case walk through the door some day. I could just imagine the fun I could have with a case like that. Its kinda a joke that the story made the news. Must have been a light week at the PD and at the Newspaper.
  • SmallSizedGuySmallSizedGuy Posts: 503 ✭✭✭
    I wonder how many CU forum members will notify them that they are not counterfeit. I've posted my reply to their article.
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  • ProofModernsProofModerns Posts: 267
    Why would anyone waste their time counterfeiting common circulation $1 coins for the purpose of spending? Even a job at McDonald's would yield a higher return on the time spent.
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! It just goes to show that the general public isn't very knowledgeable about U. S. coinage, even of recent vintage.

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  • numismanumisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭

    I think that the detective, the newspaper editor and the guy working at McDonald's are all the same person.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That was painful to read.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    ah the pride of the public school system!

    too funny!
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Must be a small town without much to do....
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  • PentimentoPentimento Posts: 1,367
    That's good police work.
  • grabbagrabba Posts: 1,251
    You have to wonder deep down, how do all of these idiots manage to live in this one town?
  • ModernCrapNutModernCrapNut Posts: 2,086 ✭
    Glad to hear Barney Fife is on duty protecting this town from evil counterfeiters.


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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is very sad... for all parties involved. I never expect the public to be as knowledgeable as we collectors, however, before the police and newspaper pronounce guilt, I would think they would do a bit of research. Sounds like the 'gang who shot each other'... weird. Cheers, RickO
  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,943 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow stupidity on all levels.
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  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We have seen the "world's dumbest criminals" on TV. I think we need a series called "The world's dumbest cops".
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  • RareBronzeCollectorRareBronzeCollector Posts: 1,270
    If Ignorance is Bliss.... Macomb MUST be Heaven.....


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  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image nice little break to my boring afternoon
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I have a few proofs that didn't grade from the sets I sent in. Perhaps I need to spend the Madison ones for some free publicity. --Jerry
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a few proofs that didn't grade from the sets I sent in. Perhaps I need to spend the Madison ones for some free publicity. --Jerry >>

    With any luck, maybe you can be arrested and sue the pants off them for wrongful arrest. image
  • fastrudyfastrudy Posts: 2,096 ✭
    You have to wonder deep down, how do all of these idiots manage to live in this one town?

    There are no lifeguards in the gene pool!
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  • CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
    Hey in my state ya only need a 70% to be a cop, so they can be wrong almost 1/3 of the time and still get to carry a gun. image
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    So what happened to the person who "passed" the proofs?
  • yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    The article does solicit your comments.

    Care to comment anyone???

    Garrow
  • yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    On second read, everything that could have been said, has been said. image

    Garrow
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,514 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting to note that the journalist who reported it was oblivious to the facts, too image
  • fastrudyfastrudy Posts: 2,096 ✭
    TwoSides: We must not let facts get in the way of journalism. It's the American way!image

    Maybe the journalist got his degree from the University of Oblivia?
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  • ArtistArtist Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭
    I was once trying to get out of a parking garage, and got delayed because the girl in front of me would not take a Sacagawea as change - she had no idea what the coin was, and was convinced that the cashier was trying to cheat her - she eventually threw the coins back into the kiosk and demanded to be paid in real paper dollars.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,514 ✭✭✭✭✭
    lol fastrudy ...

    Pseudo news because the facts are too hard to dig up !
  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    Good story! LOL

    Sounds like they're all related.
    Ed
  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    I'm from a small town. Very sad! image
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Artist, that story is too much.
  • CgbCgb Posts: 710 ✭
    This is pretty comical...

    Then again it would not be so funny if you were arrested for passing these 'counterfeit coins'.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That's why I asked about the customer who paid with them. Can you imagine trying to explain in a town like that?
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can picture a 300 lb sheriff named Bubba with yellow sunglasses saying, "Boy! You in a heap a trouble".
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If they ever raided a major coin show, I wonder how many counterfeits they would find. image

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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If they ever raided a major coin show, I wonder how many counterfeits they would find. image >>



    None. In this case the banker is the one who thought the madison was fake because he "knew" it wasn't issued yet. At a show they wouldn't have these "expert" witnesses to help them.
  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,946 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I can picture a 300 lb sheriff named Bubba with yellow sunglasses saying, "Boy! You in a heap a trouble". >>




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  • FlashFlash Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭
    As if this story couldn't get any MORE ridiculous... Story Update
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  • UTTM07UTTM07 Posts: 313 ✭✭
    Wouldn't it be fantastic if they did turn out to be counterfeit? This is a classic, for sure.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,632 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>As if this story couldn't get any MORE ridiculous... Story Update >>




    "three connected hash marks"?????????????????????????????????????????????

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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is becoming Jay Leno material...
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Glad to hear Barney Fife is on duty protecting this town from evil counterfeiters. >>



    I wondered the same thing - and also whether he found his bullet.

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,943 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am sure the secret service will spend a lot of time on the investigation. Yeah right....
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  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    You know, there's a comment in the update to the story that I had been thinking about. Because the Fed hasn't actually issued the latter dollars, they might not actually be legal tender. That's about all that he could be accused of. Then again, I'm not sure what they are talking about with the missing identifiers and that the edge lettering is too close together.

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