Do people make fakes of low-value coins?

Everyone already knows that there are millions of counterfeit silver crownsize coins (French 5 Francs, Indochina Piastres, Morgan/Peace/Seated/Bust/Trade Dollars, British Crowns, German 5 Marks, etc) but I was wondering how common fakes of coins that are lower value, or more obscure (less famous) are.

For example, Republic of China bronze/copper issues I find at ridiculously cheap prices; it's probably just that they're very common, and the dies were bad quality, but some of the fonts look cartoonishly fake even on real specimens for those reasons. Has anyone ever come across a (non-contemporary) counterfeit of a not-valuable coin?

Conversely, how likely is it that an obscure coin (like the Tannu Tuva, or Svalbard issues) is counterfeited?

Today I went to a flea market and saw a replica of a Wilhelm II German 10 Marks, in a tin-like alloy with a tiny thickness.

Will the 1 pound fit the low-value range? I mean its not meant for collectors but to buy goods every day.

Cita: "JustforFun"​Will the 1 pound fit the low-value range? I mean its not meant for collectors but to buy goods every day.
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​Ah, I meant low-value collectors' coins (such as copper/bronze pennies, 50 centime/1 Franc sized silver coins, etc.)

"Low-value", "not valuable", "cheap" etc. are relative terms. For some collectors "not valuable" can mean "worth below 1 euro", for others it is "worth below 1000 euro". So better be more specific. But I find the question interesting. What is the lowest-value coin that was ever counterfeited specifically for collectors?
Here is an example of non-silver coin that was counterfeited (according to Numista): German 3 Kopecks (Military Coinage).

Cita: "numinis"​"Low-value", "not valuable", "cheap" etc. are relative terms. For some collectors "not valuable" can mean "worth below 1 euro", for others it is "worth below 1000 euro". So better be more specific. But I find the question interesting. What is the lowest-value coin that was ever counterfeited specifically for collectors?
​Here is an example of non-silver coin that was counterfeited (according to Numista): German 3 Kopecks (Military Coinage).
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​Yes, there a lot of fakes for these coins, I've seen ones too.

Also the coins from Danzig are often counterfeited, even this one:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7083.html

A lot of Polish commemorative 2 zlotych coins are counterfeited (first of all those from the 90s).

Saw a counterfeit 5 Hong Kong Dollars (circulating but relatively rarer decagonal version) with false year.

This is why I buy circulated old coins, if I ever buy anything on ebay. The only weird coin I have bought on ebay was a silver 1/4 kopek, VF (or xf)

Photographs from a Lithuanian forum (5 centai, Lithuania, 1936, bronze). The participants expressed their opinion that this coin was fake. It was sold on ebay.de in 2013.

It's also possible that some of these are contemporary counterfeits, no?

In one of my local coin shops there's a tray containing 100's of large bronze coins, artfully described as "Tibetan Temple Tokens, $1 each". They are actually variants of 1 Siao coins from Siam. I was given a handful some time ago so I had the chance to take a close look before getting rid of them. There were two types -

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11037.html
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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15281.html

Despite being well made, and correct weight / diameter, they were all dated 1884/1885 and so clearly fake (no coins were struck in those years). They were all in the AU/UNC range and nicely toned. Someone went to a lot of trouble to mass produce some high quality fakes but couldn't spend 5 minutes looking up the date range..... doesn't make sense eh?

I think the store owner has it right, they are some kind of religious token and not made to fool collectors hence the deliberately false date. Rather like a more recent and better crafted version of the Presbyterian communion tokens from the 1700's. Or perhaps more accurately the Indian temple tokens made to resemble coins, using wildly mismatched die pairs often from two different coins. You can find plenty of these on ebay, even occasionally on Numista, being tendered by the unscrupulous or the ignorant as "extremely XXX rare variety".

How several bucketfuls of these ended up in a Florida coin shop as thanks-for-your-business giveaways is a mystery. I don't question it because asking a dealer about his sources is one of the quickest ways to become png.

So I reckon the answer is yes, but not always for the reasons we expect.

I ran across a dealer in the Chicago ANA show a couple years back selling fake "silver" French Indochina 20 centimes. Anyone familiar with this coin would not need a magnifier to see these were cast fakes. He had a complete date run. Commented on the coins to the dealer staff - not sure they "got it." I think they had just bought the group "as silver."

Couple years back, I bought an El Salvador 25 centavos 1914. The ebay picture seemed to show the most awesome die wear I had ever seen... but cast fake. Returned for refund. But maybe the fake was more rare than the coin... Wish I would have at least kept a picture.

I don't really fear buying a low value fake coin as most I buy is before 1950. For older fakes, usually the weight is off. And if not the weight, the color of the alloy or the strike quality are pretty good indicators. And if its high value long sought item, buy certified.

I have heard that modern coins commonly used in vending machines/toll booths are sometimes faked - Euros, US quarters, UK pounds etc.

Well the US Sacagawea dollar been counterfeited in South America. In large amounts. And so has S.B.A dollars coinshttp://numista.com/forum/topic36977.html
iam still looking for one

For everyone interested in the topic, here is an older relevant thread: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic55818.html