Posted on 11/05/2003 7:49:42 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough
(Colchester-AP, Nov. 4, 2003 Updated 5:58 PM) _ The Secret Service wants to know how bogus cash turned up in a Colchester school's vending machine.
A fake quarter at Bacon Academy High School was discovered when bank officials tallied the regular deposit of coins from the school's three vending machines last week. The quarter appeared to be one of the special state-issue coins and displayed the symbol of Maine, but was missing ridges on the edge.
The discovery comes less than two weeks after school officials notified police of an altered one-dollar bill was also pulled from a fake vending machine.
State police notified the Secret Service, which has jurisdiction in counterfeiting investigations.
Counterfeit coins are rare, according to Sean Gallagher, resident agent in charge at the Secret Service's New Haven office.
Counterfeiting U.S. currency is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 15 years, or both.
The discovery comes less than two weeks after school officials notified police of an altered one-dollar bill was also pulled from a fake vending machine.altered one-dollar bill? What? Was the corner folded over? Oh No!!!!
Fake vending machines? What AP loser wrote this?
COLCHESTER -- A quarter deposited into a vending machine at Bacon Academy High School has sparked investigation by state police and notification to the U.S. Secret Service.The suspected counterfeit quarter was discovered when bank officials tallied the regular deposit of coins from the school's three vending machines last week.
The only anomaly in the appearance of the quarter, which displayed the Maine symbol, was ridges missing from the edge.
"It was so good," said State Trooper Thomas Moysey. "I could hand it to you and you would never know (the difference)."
The discovery comes less than two weeks after school officials notified police of an "altered" $1 bill, also pulled from a school vending machine. That incident was reported to police on Oct. 22.
The $1 bill, said school principal Jeffrey Mathieu, "felt like a dollar bill," but upon closer inspection was "not even close." It was close enough to fool a vending machine, however, he said.
Counterfeit coins are rare, according to Sean Gallagher, resident agent in charge at the Secret Service's New Haven office. The Secret Service has exclusive jurisdiction in counterfeiting investigations.
"In my 19 years here I've never seen a counterfeit coin," Gallagher said. "The denomination most frequently counterfeited is a $20."
The government recently started circulating harder to copy $20s. The new $20s are the first of a new generation of bills that will be available over the next several years to keep up with new technology, Gallagher said.
State police likely will work in cooperation with the Secret Service to determine the source of the quarter.
Manufacturing or possession of counterfeit United States currency, or altering genuine currency, is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 15 years, or both. Anyone who manufactures a counterfeit U.S. coin in any denomination above five cents is subject to the same penalties as all other counterfeiters. by Greg Smith of the Norwich Bulletin
I've encountered those. Yer pays yer money and yer gets no choice.
Don't tip the vender.
Boy! If I had a nickle for every time I got ripped off by a vending machine...
The $1 bill, said school principal Jeffrey Mathieu, "felt like a dollar bill," but upon closer inspection was "not even close." It was close enough to fool a vending machine, however, he said.
How do you "alter" a one dollar bill? Either it's a one dollar bill or it's not. Did someone draw Groucho glasses on Old George?
It's sad that our govt., unable to protect the borders, has so much time on it's hands that it can launch an investigation into who drew a mustache on Washington.
--Boris
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Pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, dollar bills .... The bank account is in the brain and will be drawn from at a future time.
Any teenage boy that first discovers messin' with cars soon learns of the expense involved and trivializes it because so much has been learned.
It's so cool ... y'know?
Don't know about that, but there's an old Black & White movie about a guy who drove the SS nuts making one dollar bills. (I believe the title was Mr. 880)
I asked my wife once what she wanted for her birthday. She said, "A $100 bill!"
I said "Okay, you can have the Phone bill!"
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