Counterfeit Coin Training For Law Enforcement

Above, counterfeit coins I bought last year. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Since I and a couple of friends managed to buy counterfeit "silver" coins last year, this is a topic of interest to me.

A seminar for law enforcement on counterfeit coins will be held at the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money in Pittsburgh next month.

Greysheet reported:

(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) -- To address the mass proliferation of counterfeits plaguing the U.S. marketplace, the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org) in partnership with the U.S. Treasury Department and in cooperation with the American Numismatic Association will sponsor an accredited seminar for local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.

Entitled, “Counterfeit Coins, Precious Metals, Numismatic and Financial Crime Investigations,” the eight-hour seminar will be conducted on Thursday, August 10, during the ANA 2023 Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money® in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Instructors for the seminar will be former Texas Police Chief Doug Davis, Director of the ACEF Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force, and Chris Hersey, Senior Special Agent in the Treasury Department’s Office of the Inspector General.

“The curriculum during the 8:30 am to 4:30 pm seminar will provide law enforcement attendees from across the country with the fundamental investigative techniques, resources, knowledge and understanding to respond effectively to the complex challenges encountered during the investigation of crimes related to counterfeit coinage and precious metals as well as other numismatic and related financial crimes,” explained Davis. 

Based on our dealings with law enforcement over the counterfeit coins my friends and I bought last year, this seminar is needed as the police we dealt with really didn't know what to do when we reported the crime. I urge police agencies around the country to attend this seminar.

I reported the matter to ACEF and dealt with Doug Davis on it. The coins originated from China.

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