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LOOSE CHANGE: APRIL 7, 2019Here are some additional items I came across in the media this week that may be of interest. -Editor
The Piacentile/Sheiner Fake 1964 Cent Error
Over on the CoinTalk discussion board Saturday, someone posted an interesting fake error coin I hadn't seen or heard of before. The 1964 Lincoln Cent appears to be double struck on the obverse side. According to the post, the pair marketing them claimed they had been found in sealed mint bags, and they even "staged a public demonstration at a NY hotel where they opened 'sealed' Mint bags and 'found' a few more identical errors!" -Editor
 
"After being tipped off to the U.S. Secret Service, the two wound up charged with various federal crimes and each got sentenced to 3 months in prison and 2 years probation. Featured here is one of those infamous cents they were charged with altering, which I acquired just yesterday. Though many detest altered and counterfeit coins, it can't be ignored that it did become a part of numismatic history. Although not as widely known as the Henning Nickel (which was counterfeit and wasn't made to scam collectors), the Piacentile/Sheiner cent is similar in that there was a key diagnostic blunder."
A Newman Numismatic Portal search found hits on a number of Coin World, Coins Magazine, Numismatic Scrapbook and Numismatist articles about the affair in the 1965-1970 timeframe. -Editor
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Man Paid for Pizza with Counterfeit Dough
It's not "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar" quality, but this headline deserves special mention: "Man paid for pizza with counterfeit dough." -Editor
Warwick police are looking for a man they say paid for a pizza with a phony $100 bill. According to a post on the department's Facebook page, the man walked into Pizza King on Post Road Tuesday, ordered a pizza and paid using the counterfeit money. Police said the man never returned to pick up his pizza. Nothing makes me sadder than an orphaned pizza... -Editor
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