Found in change from Dunkin Donuts

[Bob207]

A friend of mine at work got this in his change this morning. He asked me if I knew what it was. But I have no idea. Im guessing it's a fake....but if it is, why would it say copy on it?

 

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[testing123]

Maybe play money?

 

[UnderMiner]

It's a Chinese-made counterfeit quarter. There are token manufacturers in China who stamp out any design their customer asks for. So probably someone here in the US ordered this design so he/she could use them as slugs in vending machines or pass them off as real quarters in change. I found a counterfeit nickle of similar quality recently in change as well.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Its a keeper in my world... cool

 

[UnderMiner]

Here's my coin, probably made by the same counterfeiter.

 

[Bob207]

Never seen one till today. I'm gonna offer him a quarter for it tomorrow so he at least gets his money back

 

[testing123]

I wouldn't call it a counterfeit because there's no denomination on it. Someone may have gotten motivated for the 2009 Territories series?

 

[Bob207]

the nickel says IRUST....they could at least spell it right....geeez....lol

 

[Higgy]

Why would someone even bother trying to fake such a low denomination? They certainly wont get rich, and they certainly cant use it to undermine the US economy. Seems like more work than reward to me.

 

[roadapple]

It says that because thats what happens when water hits this coin it turns to RUST . Lol

the nickel says IRUST....they could at least spell it right....geeez....lol

 

[Bob207]

After thinking about it all night I came to this conclusion......it got passed off as real money. When I return the coin in the morning Im going to strongly urge he reports it. If I dug it out of the ground, thats one thing but knowing how it got to me is a bit unsettling. Maybe its a karma thing but if someone has a box full of these things, someones getting ripped off. Once reported Im sure it's confiscated but I seen it, held it and got pics of it. I have no hard feelings washing my hands from it.

 

[silversnacher]

Ive seen a couple similar to it... Not sure what they are for though lol

 

[boogeyman]

Why would someone even bother trying to fake such a low denomination? They certainly wont get rich, and they certainly cant use it to undermine the US economy. Seems like more work than reward to me.

If you really think about it, it's a good idea. If you counterfeited singles or fives you'd have better odds passing a bunch than you would passing twenties or fifties. How many times have you seen a clerk hold a single or a five up to the light? Would take longer to make a bunch of profit, but less chance of getting busted.

 

[Tnmountains]

That is really cool and something to keep. I have a fake lead quarter. We sought to have a thread with fake/strange coins. Thanks for the view!

 

[boogeyman]

Got a few silver plated pesos. Guy was trying to sell them to me for around scrap value. As soon as I dropped the magnet & they snapped up off the table, his eyes got huge. Told him he could give them to me or we could wait for the off duty cop/security. I'll try to post up a picture tomorrow.

Anyone else got any interesting fakes? Bee fun to see.