I bought a fake coin on eBay. On purpose. ONly paid just over $10USD for it. It's a 1911-B Great Britain Trade Dollar. Or at least it pretends to be. Came from China. Price was WAY too low for a coin in

Abstract Currency circulation represents a significant vector for microbial transmission, with banknotes harboring diverse pathogens capable of causing human disease. This paper examines the implementation

source I am sure many of you have seen the tik tok videos on X today with Chinese factories directly marketing "their" goods to consumers. The OEM Original Equipment Manufacturers where the branded

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Selling and buying on Vinted It's been a while since I had a rant to share here but today is the day. I found out about Vinted, a second hand platform to sell and buy items internationally around November

I wrote a post on Levi's jeans two months ago because all of the pairs of jeans I had bought within the last year had torn, pockets came apart or failed in another spectacular way. I had posted a picture

source Genuine ticket on the left and counterfeit on the right. There are some discrepancies, but only very slightly. The ticket having no hologram was the biggest problem and they need to forget about

My Local Coin Shop Dealer knows I like his junk,Mercury/Liberty Dimes. He had some really, nice, junk, Mercs, he wanted me to check out, separated from the rest. He said they came from a coin changer vendor,

You know one of my favourite sayings? 'Fake it til you make it', and I think that isn't too bad a principle to consider when it comes to accumulating wealth on our blockchain. I have to confess, compared

DNA sampling of 27 commercially available meat products had horse DNA in them. One product had a third of horse meat in it.

This article is an attempt to explain in reasonably simply language the key concepts of Share counterfeiting, also known as Naked Shorting, as well as giving an overview of the theory behind DRS (Direct

There are a lot of counterfeit products being sold on Amazon. Like many of us, I'm used to being sceptical of 'Apple' accessories such as charge cables or earpods. However, this is my first encounter with

Do you know what the Secret Service's job is? The Secret Service is best known as the agency responsible for protecting the President. The Secret Service has two primary responsibilities: criminal

It looks like a new line of Chinese LEGO knockoffs have hit the shelves at the local Dollar Tree. After the Mega Construx disappointment, I am pleased to say this set is mostly decent. The pieces are all

What's up everyone. Just showing some money right now. Pretty baller right there The only problem with this, is it's 100% fake. Fake cash fake gold... The wood board is real though. I saw these on a popular

Rambudikon & Justin Marcotte Present Who doesn't like a good tribute show? It is the next best thing than seeing the original bands live in concert and so much cheaper. On the bill for Friday, February

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This is it! Time to wrap up this look at some shoddy construction toys made of low-grade chinesium. Ten entire sets! I've mentioned before the quality variance from set to set and how poorly these can

Want to see which last-minute dirt-cheap gifts from the local purveyors of made-in-China junk might be at all enjoyable? Here are some architectural sets I had to try out. You do get more bricks for your