LOOSE CHANGE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

   
Counterfeit vs genuine

Suspected counterfeit 2021-CC Morgan dollars were offered on eBay in August at the same price the U.S. Mint offered genuine examples on May 24.

The eBay offer was subsequently removed, but not before a collector downloaded images of the fake in its crude packaging and posted notice on the Collector’s Universe U.S. Coin Forum discussion group to warn hobbyists.

The Mint isn’t scheduled to begin shipping the genuine CC privy-marked 2021 Morgan dollars to customers who ordered them until sometime in October, based on production schedules.

To read the complete article, see:
(https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/fake-2021-cc-dollars-found-before-release-of-genuine-coins)

After supposedly using counterfeit money to buy ice cream when he was young, a Taiwanese man has since repented and returned the money to the "Ah Ma" that runs the shop, Taiwanese media ETtoday reported.

In a handwritten apology letter, the man wrote that since he used a counterfeit NTD1,000 (S$48) note to buy ice cream from the Ah Ma in his younger years, he felt guilty and apologetic all the time.

The man proceeded to return NTD2,000 (S$97) to the Ah Ma and hoped that he could gain her "forgiveness".

The incident was posted on Facebook by a man believed to be the Ah Ma's grandson, and has since gone viral with over 27,000 "likes" and 900 comments.

To read the complete article, see:
Man in Taiwan returns to apologise for buying ice cream with counterfeit money when he was young (https://mothership.sg/2021/09/taiwanese-ice-cream-counterfeit-note/)

Victims of Germany’s severe summer flooding hope to get back more than €50 million in damaged currency.

Flash floods in western regions claimed at least 183 lives and reduced thousands of homes to rubble in July.

Bundesbank officials are now working on a huge money laundering operation to clean and count notes that became soiled with mud, sewerage and oil.

The German central bank’s executive member Johannes Beermann said: ‘Processing the notes has to be done as quickly as possible before they solidify and become as hard as concrete.’

Submitted notes are washed, dried and examined to ensure they are genuine.

To read the complete article, see:
German bank literally launders €51,000,000 after notes damaged in flood (https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/01/german-bank-literally-launders-51000000-after-notes-damaged-in-flood-15189269/)

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