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Pillar of the Community
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I suspect the coin in the photo is genuine, but the fact that he had 14 of them to sell suggests that this isn't the coin he would be shipping.
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Valued Member
United States
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I appreciate the "bird dogging" of these fraudulent sellers ... I got burned recently and luckily learned a valuable lesson for less that $50
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Bedrock of the Community
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but the fact that he had 14 of them to sell suggests that this isn't the coin he would be shipping. Hmmm, that would raise an eyebrow, or 2  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Well duh.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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1. The possibility of fake slabs. One of three main reasons why none of my coins are slabbed. I can't pick really deceiving fake slabs; I am simply not good enough at it.
2. The slab has to be broken to do authentication investigations:
high magnification microscopy, accurate weight, high voltage electron beam analysis for trace elements that should or should not be there, etc. Very important with coins that are potentially valued in the $thousands.
3. You can't write any information that pertains to the coin on the slab, such as amount and date purchased.
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Forum Dad
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin slab is not shown. The seller must have revised the listing.
It will get removed. I have noticed on ebay that the bad Chinese counterfeit coin photos get taken down on a regular basis. It appears the seller sold 12 coins using stolen photos before the listing was removed. Is the use of genuine coin photos a growing trend by the Chinese counterfeiters? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:"I have noticed on ebay that the bad Chinese counterfeit coin photos get taken down on a regular basis. It appears the seller sold 12 coins using stolen photos before the listing was removed. Is the use of genuine coin photos a growing trend by the Chinese counterfeiters?" Yes, I just posted this in the forum: http://goccf.com/t/474434 |
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New Member
United States
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Wonder if the grading services would consider or could implement a low-cost slab authentication service for the older ones that don't have holograms or modern safeguards. With submission of photos and videos but only as a moment in time seevice.
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 to the Community, Uncommonlyrare! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was in Prague in the Czech Republic for the holidays and occasionally looked at the coin forum. On a particular day, I looked at this post and then clicked on the link to see the original ebay listing. By then it had been taken down and I got the familiar "We looked everywhere..." screen, but this time with a twist--it was written in Czech! I thought you'd all enjoy seeing it.  Edited by jpsned
01/13/2025 12:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like how this guy (all probably the same person) shows the coin's dimensions in order to "prove" that his obviously fake coins are real. Edited by jpsned
01/13/2025 12:08 pm
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I thought you'd all enjoy seeing it. Very interesting!  |
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