Metal coin manufacturing companies in China are pumping out thousands of fake Canadian $2 coins and selling them to buyers here in North America through online web e-commerce platforms like ...

A Canada Border Services officer seized these counterfeit $2 coins from China at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport in January, 2023. Jean-Francois Généreux was charge for importing more ...

Those fake toonies bore dates of 2004 and ... ring of Canadian coins that the Mint is aware of. But the coins’ putative origin in China didn’t surprise collectors, who are accustomed to ...

“It’s so hard [to tell],” he said. He has in his possession, but will not sell, a fake PCGS-encapsulated Republic of China $1 coin with military and political leader Li Yuan-hung’s likenes ...

There are several ways Canadian consumers can spot fake toonies circulating across the country, coin experts say. The coins’ appearance, their weight, as well as die strike errors and even die ...

Fake coins can now be found in several Chinese cities. Many convenience stores, snack bars, and newspaper stands are buying them and giving them as change to customers, who then spend them in ...

"There's a high counterfeit market coming out of China," Farnsworth said. "There's a big black market on everything. Right now coins, cards and comic books." Farnsworth also says actions like ...

The latest in Winston Zack's series of books on circulating contemporary counterfeit coins focuses on the higher ...

as well as die strike errors and even die misalignments can give them away as counterfeit $2 coins. The counterfeits are suspected of being made in China, the RCMP has said. The cost of raw materials ...