U.S. Secret Service Investigates Coins Used in McDonald’s
Two days ago the Peoria Journal Star reported a police investigation alleging the use of counterfeit Presidential $1 Coins at a local McDonald’s restaurant in Macomb, Illinois.
The coins were colored and had the faces of U.S. Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
Each were apparently shiny and because they included what looked like the James Madison Presidential Dollar, it was surmised the coins may have come from a collector’s proof set.
Proof sets are special coins the U.S. Mint specifically makes for coin collectors. Although the Madison Presidential Dollar has not yet been released for public circulation, it is available through the 2007 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set.
