Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found, man on wanted list

TOKYO, Japan - Kumamoto prefectural police on Feb. 3 show a suspected counterfeit coin (below), which was discovered at an automated teller machine at the Kumamoto Central Post Office in the city of Kumamoto on Jan. 22. A man in his 40s allegedly used 14 fake coins Jan. 22. The 500-yen coin above is genuine. Over 5,500 suspected counterfeit coins have been found in Fukuoka prefecture, Tokyo as well as Kumamoto.

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