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A toonie for seven cents: The business of counterfeits
Canada Border Services Agency officers discovered tens of thousands of “Double Dollar” counterfeit $2 coins in Québec in 2023 after a known counterfeiter attempted to import them from China.
A recent investigation into counterfeit toonies has revealed a troubling influx of fakes into Canada’s coinage system. In this second instalment of Jesse Robitaille’s series, numismatist Mike Marshall sheds light on a shipment of 10,000 counterfeit $2 coins intercepted by border officers in Québec – a discovery that may just be the tip of the... Continue reading →