50cents… Is there a counterfeit?
First BNM stopped producing the RM1000 note and the RM500 note. Then the RM1 coin. Why? Coz’ of counterfeits of course.
What’s next? The 50cents coin?
This is what actually happened last weekend to my bro and sis…
They went for dinner with their friends at one of the restaurants in "New World Park". They paid for their dinners, grab their change then queue up to pay for the car park fee. They took out the change and began slotting. To their amazement, there’s one particular 50cents coin that is not accepted by the machine. Nah~! they thought something might have gone wrong with that machine. So, they went for a movie at "GSC-Gurney Plaza". They tried that 50cents coin at the parking machine. And for the same reason, it’s not accepted. "What? This particular one again?" So… what? they’re curious of course. Went straight back home and started pouring out my 50cents collection from the piggy bank ToT (in the middle of the night). Started weighing each one of it and compare the outlook, compare the designs by the year.
Guess what? there really are differences in the outlook and 
the weights. Definitely the counterfeit coin in lighter. Oh… the picture taken on the left, the right coin is the counterfeit.
This is what I’ve noticed on the difference so far…
- Lighter by weight.
- Designs on the "WAU BULAN" are not as detailed.
- Font for "BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA" is BOLD?
- Petals for "Bunga Raya" is wide apart and not as detailed.
- The 5 in the "50" is more roundish.
- Frames on the side is crooked.
- The "SEN" font looks more like a "5EN".
Are there more out there? …
