1925 Penny Help Please

Thank you Tim yes I am happy. And very gratefull for everything you have done for me Thank you again.

Very true Tim , I have learnt a lot and not just about coins , the whole saga about Australian pennies and copies is a whole new thing and I'm just bewildered to why people would do such a thing.

You get old and just wish the world was a better place , I have loved life and still do but every now and then you get a wake up call, My coin venture sure has given me a big slap in the face. Makes you feel like an old fool at times.

I thought a penny would be just that never give the copy thing a thought at all until I bought that bad one and then seen the fakes on gumtree that rang alarm bells immediately and I was still waiting for it to be delivered, and I had a bad feeling about it after seeing them fake ones. I just new something smelt off.

Thank you Tim , yes others have replied to and I thank them to but you have been very gentleman about it all and I thank you again sir. Regards sweetap.

OH sweet-ap is my old car a 1965 AP6 V8 Valiant a rare car 1440 only ever made and 320 were station wagons. And was the first Australian V8 motor car ever to be produced in Australia. Don't worry I like Holdens and Fords to they just didn't make the first V8 and I love me Mopars. I had a 327 Bathurst Monaro when I could drive but that was a while ago now but my Val is still here 73000 original miles on the clock and I have it registered on club registration but it has only driven to the inspection site once a year for the past 7 years, I have it in my will to give to my son. He gets all 4 cars as the girls do not want them. Yes I have 3 girls and 1 boy and 1 gorgeous grand girl.

Hello :), I find that odd too. If I had purchased a coin, then sold & refunded the money. I would want my coin back, if however to play devils advocate I knew the coin was fake upon sale and I got it for a nominal amount in the first place-I suppose I wouldn't want it back because it would be more hassle than it's worth.

Have you messaged the seller about a sending it back? If they are not replying, you may well be correct about them building up positive feedback on rare coins. Thus luring people in. However when selling an item, the seller has to pay ebay and paypal selling fees. This would leave this guy out of pocket, unless he has been getting away with some substantial sales of counterfeit coins to make it worth his while. I'd message the seller and try and sort out sending it back, if not I would be inclined to think you're correct about what is going on and this would need to be reported to better protect others from buying similar items.

Don't feel bad about the seller paying any fees, the seller should of made sure they were selling the correct item. It can be a lesson learnt for the seller. And you took all the correct steps in covering yourself, which is the main thing.

I'd just try and contact the seller about the return, but if it is not wanted. That would arouse suspicion personally, and I would seek advice on reporting this to ebay. Just to see if this is an isolated incident, or a recurring theme. The actions of the seller have definitely not helped them.

Hi awallin thank you for replying. yeh I no I probably shouldn't feel bad but he did return my money and he seem to really want to fix everything up, I just cant stop thinking there's some other motive he has. You been really good helping out awallin I'm very privileged.

Shane your right I will take it in to the shed next week and bash it to death if he don't claim it back. I do not want someone to get caught out like me. I have noticed a few more of these fakes on ebay.

Do they fake florins as well, I hope not cause I have quite a few.

Yeah unfortunately there are counterfeits of many coinage :(, here in the UK we have about 2.5-5% fake £1 coins circulating 0-0. Yet alone, nice collector coins. If you would like piece of mind with anything, just add the pics on here if you want someone to check them over. However there is this site that shows some of the differences between 1926-31 http://www.triton.vg/Manders.html This will help train the eye for some scarily minor detail differences.

I nearly bid for a fake ancient yesterday, the guys on here told me that were it said copy the guy had scratched it off to look like damage :/ . If you have any doubts, let it be known on here :).

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1925-AUS...em4ad2952ecd
what do you think? fake?

Sorry for late reply, regarding the counterfeiting unfortunately they're overly prevalent on most selling sites. Best protection is to buy from reputable sellers, compare the coins, if the price seems to good-it probably is. Unfortunately only the other day on here, someone showed a link of some quite valuable Morgan dollars for sale. The picture was a genuine coin, but the seller is a chinese scammer-who doesn't even send the coins :(. It's a real shame that even some pictures can't be trusted, and how rife these counterfeits are. Many collections may even possess them aswell :(, one guy was selling a counterfeit the other day and the tag was at $1800.00 0-0 current bid.

Definitely a case of buyer beware, if you ever need any eyes to double check a coin out. Ask on here, ;).