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MAN IMPRISONED FOR SELLING FAKE MORGAN DOLLARSIn the I-am-NOT-making-up-that-name department comes this heartening story about the conviction of a man caught selling counterfeit Morgan dollars in Maine. -Editor
Prosecutors say a Maine man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for selling counterfeit versions of century-old U.S. dollar coins. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty says 32-year-old Mwashuma Sithole, of Waterville, started ordering counterfeit Morgan dollar coins in May 2014. Morgan dollars were minted from 1878 to 1904 and again in 1921. Delahanty says Sithole ordered coins that were offered as counterfeits and made in China. The prosecutor says Sithole sold and pawned about $12,000 worth of counterfeit Morgan dollars in Maine. Authorities seized about 1,200 counterfeit Morgan coins belonging to Sithole after executing a search warrant. Sithole pleaded guilty to the charges. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. It's rare to hear of a prosecution for this; in fact, I think this is the first I've ever heard of someone successfully caught and prosecuted for this. Is anyone aware of
other cases? -Editor
To read the complete article, see: For information on other fake U.S. silver dollars, see: Learn how to
identify fake and counterfeit US Silver Dollars. (http://coinauctionshelp.com/Counterfeit_Silver_Dollars_Fake_ Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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