Beware of Counterfeit $2 Coins: What You Need to Know about Fake Canadian Currency in Quebec and Ontario

2023-11-29 19:44:06

Be careful what you put in your wallet since counterfeit $2 coins are circulating in Quebec and Ontario

At least that’s what Mike Marshall, an expert on Canadian counterfeit coins, thinks, who was interviewed by Global News regarding this currency currently circulating in these provinces.

Last January, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) found 12,000 counterfeit $2 coins in a FedEx warehouse located at the Montreal-Mirabel international airport.

A few weeks later, 14,000 additional coins were seized during a search of the house of a Sorelois, Jean-François Généreux, suspected of having sent these coins to the country from China.

It is not only in Quebec that such a seizure was made. In Ontario, police in Sault Ste. Last March, Marie got her hands on around fifteen pieces of what appears to be the same counterfeit, according to Mr. Marshall’s analyses.

Indeed, according to information reported by Global News, these counterfeits – bearing the date 2012 – were produced in China. When looked at carefully, it is possible to see the differences with real Canadian coins.

“But he made it similar enough that secondary buyers might try to pass it off as real,” the expert said.

Here are the differences that we can notice on these fake $2:

– Queen Elizabeth II’s nose is too long and pointy.

– There is a maple leaf above the Queen’s head, which was not the case on the actual 2012 coins.

– On the tail side, we find the “$” symbol between the two maple leaves while on the real coins, there is the number “2”.

– On the right near the polar bear’s head it says “CANADA” instead of “DOLLARS”.

– The year “2012” appears on an arc instead of a straight line.

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