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A picture of this fake 2023 American Gold Eagle alongside the US Mint's image.  |
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Thanks Hondo!
I usually first check out the branch detail but your side by side shows two easier checks. On the fake, the rays on the right don't extend past the date and on the left the rays don't make it into the stars.
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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No space between "OF" and "AMERICA". Oops!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Current bid is US $3,105.00. Have those people never seen one of these before?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Nice work guys. Keep these thieves on the run.
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Someone got anxious and did the Buy It Now for $3400. I am not sure who ends up losing. Seller has to ship insured which costs at least $60. If buyer realizes it is fake, he invokes ebay guarantee, gets prepaid return shipping from ebay? and returns it. Once tracking shows it has been delivered, ebay refunds purchase price. So buyer will eventually get refunded but is tied up for awhile because there are a lot of moving parts. Seller has to cough up shipping, possibly both ways. Edited by glenmorenee
04/24/2025 10:53 pm
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That is depressing.  |
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Someone got anxious and did the Buy It Now for $3400.  depressing, but also interesting. The ebay help page says this about auctions with Buy It Now options Quote:
You can add a Buy It Now price to an auction listing, and it will be shown until the first bid is placed. The Buy It Now price has to be at least 30% higher than the auction starting price so shouldn't the Buy It Now option have went away once the first bid was placed  Edited by BadDog
04/25/2025 12:07 pm
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I reported the item to ebay the day before. Sometimes they get to it and sometimes they don't. A gigantic waste of time for everybody involved. |
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dealer dose not take returns. I'm far from an expert but very mushy and weak details and I'm sure there is more.$4.51 cents shipping on a gold coin worth over $3000. pass for sure.
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Another one with bidding at $2950. Too many things wrong with this coin to count. |
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It appears that reporting obvious fakes to ebay is a waste of time. I've done this in the past and occasionally I'll see the auction removed but not lately. After the two that I just listed, I got an acknowledgement from ebay and then a generic response saying their AI has reviewed the listing and that it is in compliance. So as long as the listing doesn't violate any of the rules of listing then it is OK. Doesn't appear that a photo of a fake coin violates their rules because someone would have to try and authenticate thru photos. It may be that in the future, ebay will offer 3rd party authentication, probably thru NGC or PCGS. They already do this for sports and Pokemon cards. For instance, I sell a Pokemon card. Buyer buys or bids and wins and also checks the box to authenticate. I ship to authenticator, in this case, the PSA company. They confirm or deny and then forward the card to the buyer or returns it to me. My payment is withheld until buyer says OK. PSA does this for free but then gets to offer grading for a fee and or storage for a fee. |
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