Counterfeit Canadian coins could cause a currency crisis.

In a world rapidly shifting toward a cashless society, where bitcoin ransoms and credit card theft have become common crimes, some criminals still pursue the traditional art of counterfeiting physical currency.
Traditionally, counterfeiters target denominations large enough to make the labor of spoofing, printing and disseminating cash a worthwhile endeavor: larger denomination bills that are often spent to make small purchases for the sake of the change that a store provides along with whatever it is that's been bought with the fake cheddar. — Read the rest
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