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Global News learned about a new variety of fake toonie while researching the case of the Quebec man who is facing criminal charges for an alleged attempt to import more than 26,000 dodgy toonies ...
RCMP and the Royal Canadian Mint on Wednesday were playing down a report on a Toronto TV station that had some wondering if a rash of counterfeit toonies was circulating in the city. The station ...
Ontario Provincial Police are warning people to check their pocket change for fake toonies adorned by a strange-looking figurehead and inscribed with a bizarre typo. According to the OPP ...
The RCMP’s recent discovery of thousands of counterfeit toonies has raised concerns about the integrity of Canada’s banking system, through which they circulated with apparent ease.
Global News has obtained new details about the mysterious Toronto-area man who was quietly convicted in Canada’s biggest-ever fake toonies case. A newly released RCMP investigation report about ...
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 ...
How well do you know what a real Canadian toonie looks like? That's the question the Ontario Provincial Police West Region asked when they posted a photo of a counterfeit toonie next to a real one ...
Canadians have been warned about a rash of counterfeit currency circulating across the country, including recent reports of fake $100 bills in Winnipeg and large denomination banknotes recently ...
Claim: You can tell counterfeit $2 coins (toonies) circulating in Canada from real ones by the size of the Queen's portrait. There are fake toonies out there. (its in the news) Get rid of yours ...
About 10,000 fake toonies in circulation The RCMP have warned that about 10 thousand counterfeit toonies have been found circulating in Canada and there could be more.
Can you spot the fake? “A member of the public called Brant OPP to advise them of counterfeit toonies and now it’s your turn to spot the fake,” Brant Const. Jon Bueckert said Monday on X ...