Fake Morgan From China On Ebay.

Right. I'm calling 911 to report it. Or maybe I should call the Treasury Department. ebay is an exchange and caveat emptor. The seller in this case, by saying that it's copper and made in China, is telling everyone that it's a fake. Granted, the advertising is semi-fraudulent, but I don't think it constitutes a federal case. Especially over something that costs less than a flashlight.

The people with the jars and old bank rolls bother me a lot more. They have a clear intent to defraud even though they're using real coins.

I think you're missing the point. Once such are let loose in the secondary market, will similar disclosure be necessarily made? Or will somebody else down the road, probably a noob to the hobby, get ripped off for a considerably higher price? This worldwide distribution of this kind of junk is very much to be exposed and fought tooth and nail, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one here who feels this way.




Title says it all, you're perfectly free to pass it by and not open it. But I'll remark once more that perhaps the powers that be in this forum ought to seriously consider establishing a "Counterfeits and Forgeries" category as a clearinghouse for this sort of information.

Yes we all agree its a problem Dave. Some of us are tired of having our heads pounded into the sand about it. Start a Counterfeits category and take the discussion over there.

The tone in Foreign Coins is a lot different. Early counterfeits are avidly collected.

Lucky has a good point, I think it's time for a counterfeit sub-category.

I know where I'll be 98% of the time LOL..

I'm glad people post links to fake and altered coins on this forum. I never knew ebay was flooded with so many.

Coin Community is here for the new collectors. They need to know how rampant the counterfeiting problem is - it would not be aggravating you if it weren't so common that fakes are found every single day in the marketplace. Our mission is to teach new collectors about these things, and you want us to hide it in a subforum? Nope. Never.

If y'all are annoyed about this, then do something about it. Write the FTC. Contact your Congresscritter. Act. That's the whole point of this - the brighter light we can shine on the problem, the more likely we'll eventually make enough noise to be heard.

I'm kind of laughing how people are complaining about this issue.

Just wait until you buy a coin and later end up realizing it's a counterfeit due to your silly mistakes of not analyzing the coin thoroughly enough. Then, the next thing you know you are out a decent bit of money.

I read every one of these fake coin posts they have taught me what to look for