A few days ago, my friend told me that she found a fake “50 sen” coin. She even tried to tell me in detail how it compares to a real “50 sen” coin. Well, nothing tells better then pictures in cases like this.
The left shows the real coin while the right shows the fake coin.
Well, the noticeable difference are
- 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”.
There are also other people posting about the fake “50 sen” coins in their blog such as spontaneous insignificancy, Patrick and DT. However, in a press statement by Bank Negara Malaysia dated 22nd June 2006, they said that those statements are fake.
So, if they are real, why can’t they be used on the vending machines? Similarly, why is the RM5 note out so long and yet still unable to be accepted by the machines?
Adding to the complication of things, the “1 sen” coin will soon cease to have any trade value. Any products still priced with any value which will cause the use of “1 sen” will be rounded according to this rounding table.
As if surviving in Malaysia isn’t complicating enough, we now have to bare with complicated money issues even if you’re a simple “aunty” or “uncle” trading in a common wet market.
#1 by moo_t at March 19th, 2008
My dear…. the cost of minting 50 cents coins are MUCH expensive than 50 cents. This is not the same as $1 coins that can make a profit.
#2 by SuMoMo at March 19th, 2008
O.o… moo_t, so meaning that “Bank Negara M’sia” con us??? or u actually mint the RM1 before ar??? so you got “lubang” for minting the coins ar??? WAH~!!!! ho-liao
#3 by n305er at March 19th, 2008
Hi moo_t, Thanks for your feedback.
I’m not sure if it’s really a fake or if BNM is hiding something or not admitting something.
The quality is certainly very obvious that it’s different. If coins of these quality is acceptable, then it’ll be encouraging people to accept bad quality coins of any value as well.
Also don’t forget that the cost of Minting a REAL 50 sen costs more then the 50 sen itself… Minting a fake one might cost less.
#4 by Reena at March 20th, 2008
There was RM100, RM50, RM10, RM2, RM1 coin RM1 had a record of fake. Never heard of 50c fake coin before… This was my first experience.. Maybe, we should start collecting fake notes collection book..