Ontario Provincial Police are warning people to check their pocket change for fake toonies adorned by a strange-looking figurehead and inscribed with a bizarre typo.
According to the OPP, someone went to a Regent Street store in Hawkesbury, Ont., on Jan. 11 and used fake two-dollar coins.
Police were alerted once the coins were determined as fake.
“At a glance, they absolutely look like a toonie,” said Const. Kenneth Gray on Wednesday. “You just have to look at them carefully.”
Police shared a picture of the sham currency, which shows a walrus on one side and an inaccurate portrait of Queen Elizabeth on the other.
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