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Counterfeit 2011 Silver Maple Leaf Coin

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 Posted 10/19/2016  11:50 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add wilsonwu89 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
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 Posted 10/20/2016  10:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobby131313 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can I get some help? How do we know this is bad? Sorry but these aren't something I see a lot of.
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 Posted 10/20/2016  10:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Bobby, that coin is clearly a counterfeit.

Looking at the difference in the bottom of the stem is a quick way of telling.
Also the veins in the Maple Leaf is not even close.
Also the Obverse is a typical counterfeit face.



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 Posted 10/20/2016  10:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobby131313 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you, reported.
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 Posted 10/20/2016  11:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Another from the same seller
351847400123
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/232106985783
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351847400123

Reported.

Someone must have warned him on the first one.
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Clean for now.
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Thanks for sharing things like this.... helps people like me clue in to some of things that differentiate counterfeits from authentic coins.
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