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Old 31 October 2017, 04:08 AM   #1
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Royal Canadian Mint-stamped gold wafer appears to be fake

wow just wow if true.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa...mint-1.4368801
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Old 31 October 2017, 04:47 AM   #2
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that's scary...
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Old 31 October 2017, 05:04 AM   #3
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From the article: "Last November, 35-year-old Leston Lawrence was found guilty of smuggling $190,000 worth of gold pucks, each the size of a small muffin, in his rectum over several months."

Curious. Did he empty the load daily or let it accumulate?
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Old 31 October 2017, 05:11 AM   #4
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that's scary...
Seriously! They definitely need to get to the bottom of this.
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Old 31 October 2017, 06:40 AM   #5
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From the article: "Last November, 35-year-old Leston Lawrence was found guilty of smuggling $190,000 worth of gold pucks, each the size of a small muffin, in his rectum over several months."

Curious. Did he empty the load daily or let it accumulate?
I was just going to post that.

Each the size of a small muffin!
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Old 31 October 2017, 07:45 AM   #6
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From the article: "Last November, 35-year-old Leston Lawrence was found guilty of smuggling $190,000 worth of gold pucks, each the size of a small muffin, in his rectum over several months."

Curious. Did he empty the load daily or let it accumulate?
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Old 31 October 2017, 08:03 AM   #7
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From the article: "Last November, 35-year-old Leston Lawrence was found guilty of smuggling $190,000 worth of gold pucks, each the size of a small muffin, in his rectum over several months."

Curious. Did he empty the load daily or let it accumulate?
I am also curious.

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Old 31 October 2017, 09:12 AM   #8
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LOL In all seriousness though, that's scary as hell...
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Old 31 October 2017, 09:32 AM   #9
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Wow, that’s some bad news.
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Old 31 October 2017, 11:37 AM   #10
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It's not from the mint. Just a fake stamp on one confirmed ounce.

For perspective, there's millions in fake bank notes people save and don't even know it.
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Old 31 October 2017, 12:54 PM   #11
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From the article: "Last November, 35-year-old Leston Lawrence was found guilty of smuggling $190,000 worth of gold pucks, each the size of a small muffin, in his rectum over several months."

Curious. Did he empty the load daily or let it accumulate?
Ironically his job entailed purifying the gold.
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