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Brutal new toonie fake spotted by expert
Earlier this year, collectors in Ontario found a previously unknown fake $2 coin since dubbed the ‘Nunavut’ counterfeit.
One of the worst counterfeit coins he’s ever seen – that’s how award-winning researcher Mike Marshall describes a new 1999-dated $2 “Nunavut” fake that surfaced in Ontario earlier this year. Despite its crude appearance, Marshall believes the counterfeit was intentionally created to deceive unsuspecting Canadians at the cash register. Continue reading →
Prairie banknotes return home
A $5 note from the Weyburn Security Bank, dated Jan. 3, 1911, features a train entering a city and is graded VF-35PPQ by Legacy. Only 28 examples are known to exist.
Three rare Saskatchewan banknotes – each issued on the very day the Weyburn Security Bank opened in 1911 – have made their way back home in a remarkable story of local heritage, private collecting, and institutional pride. The $5, $10, and $20 notes, once lost to history, are now reunited with their original parent company... Continue reading →