(Temecula, California) November 22, 2022 — The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation recently conducted an eight-hour class, “Counterfeit Coin and Precious Metals Investigations” to 35 Kansas and Missouri local, state and federal law enforcement investigators. Participants in the ACEF seminar were shown Read More …
Author: Tamara Collett
Statement about ANA Dealer Day
by Richard Weaver Professional Numismatists Guild PresidentMarch 15, 2021 News media contact: Richard Weaver, 610-356-3555 As you may be aware, the current leadership at the American Numismatic Association declined to renew our contract for PNG Day this year for the first Read More …
Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation Warns Feds About Online “Coin” Seller
(Temecula, California) December 23, 2020 — Promptly acting on a tip from a concerned collector, the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation’s (www.ACEFonline.org) Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force (ACTF) has notified law enforcement agencies and online shopping platform Amazon.com about a seller who is in Read More …
Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation Helps Rid Marketplace of $1+ Million of Fakes in 2020
(Temecula, California) December 10, 2020 – Funded only by donations, the nonprofit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org) worked with law enforcement agencies in 2020 to protect collectors, dealers and the general public by helping remove from the marketplace over $1 million Read More …
NGC Experts Join Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation Team to Fight Fakes
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation is now ACEF’s official authentication service (Temecula, California) December 7, 2020 – Authentication experts from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (www.NGCcoin.com) are now assisting the nonprofit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org) in the ongoing fight against rare coin and bullion-related Read More …
Attempt Made to Sell Fake $300,000 Gold Coin Seller is suspect in another counterfeits case
News Media Contact: Doug Davis, 817-723-7231 (Temecula, California) July 14, 2020 — Acting on a tip from the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org), federal and local California law enforcement agents now are investigating the attempted sale of $400,000 of counterfeit coins Read More …
Counterfeiting Battles Continued in May
Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation is working with fraud victims and federal law enforcement agencies News media contact: Doug Davis, Phone: 817-723-7231 Email: Doug@ACEFonline.org (Fallbrook, California) May 26, 2020 – A fraudulent advertisement for bullion coins on Facebook, fake encapsulation holders and Read More …
Counterfeits Gone Viral: Online Sales of Fake Gold and Silver Cost Public Millions
(Temecula, California) April 30, 2020 — The current enormous demand and limited supply of silver and gold bullion coins and other precious metals items during the COVID-19 pandemic have created a breeding ground for the distribution of counterfeits that is Read More …
Skog gets 30 months for selling counterfeit coins
Minnesota coin dealer Barry Ron Skog, 68, was sentenced July 9th to 30 months in federal prison for carrying out a counterfeit coin fraud scheme in multiple states. In addition, Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Read More …
