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Morgan 1921 Replica... But Why!

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 Posted 07/30/2010  12:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
from the color I really doubt the silver content being the same. the color just doesn't look right to me
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 Posted 07/30/2010  1:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Waredu to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I'll bet his "90 percent silver" replicas contain little or no Ag.


Nah, it's just fake, or replica, silver.
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 Posted 07/30/2010  1:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add delaner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ah, my link was deleted and I can't change it. OT, but equally strange: found a low-grade REPLICA 1934-D Wheat penny (yes, a real one is worth under a dollar), for sale from a Chinese seller on ebay. Bizarre.
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 Posted 07/30/2010  4:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zeewool to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What I find most interesting about this thread are the comments, not the auction.

The reason that this seller is still on ebay is because he both turns a profit for himself as well as for ebay.

His feedback is outstanding, 99.6 percent of 9000 sales. ebay gives him their top rated seller award. Check into that if you don't know what it means.

There are a growing number of collectors worldwide who specialize in counterfeits, and will pay hefty premiums over the value of a genuine coin, hence the common date and mint mark. Counterfeit collectors want counterfeits, and are not interested in the rarity factor of the genuine coin that it mimics.
Besides, counterfeiting rare coins would attract ignorant collectors who don't know how to read, bidding on, and later causing problems when the coin arrives and it isn't genuine.

Worldwide postage from China is dirt cheap, and I do mean 'dirt cheap'. If you (in the USA) were to return the coin to him, it would cost you an arm and a leg.

This seller does not attempt to deceive anyone into thinking that the coins could be genuine. Check out how many times this is spelled out in the auction. Check out his store name.

His coins weigh the same as a genuine coin, but he makes no claim as to any silver content at all.

A $2.00 coin, maybe 5 cents to make it, 25 cents combined ebay and paypal fees, less than 10 cents in postage. This guy has just made $1.60, and he knows that a US buyer is not going to spend $15.00 returning it.

This guy is an entrepreneur, breaking no laws in China. The replica stamp thing is a US law, and can be added by the US owner if desired. Most counterfeit collectors would not want the replica stamp on the coin however, for both aesthetic and value purposes.

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 Posted 07/30/2010  4:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add delaner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I dunno if I'd go so far as to call him an entrepreneur, but definitely a guy making an honest living. Nonetheless, it is fascinating to me, as well. =)
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