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Fake Potosi 2 Reales "Heart"

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 Posted 03/02/2014  3:42 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add diatonix to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Came across this obvious fake (but not obvious enough to at least 1 bidder who is willing to throw away $285):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/26141086062...RK:MEBIDX:IT
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 Posted 03/03/2014  4:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pertinax to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
How do you know it is fake ?

Have you reported it to ebay ?
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 Posted 03/04/2014  07:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add diatonix to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Authentic heart-shaped cobs are very rare in the first place and may cost as much as $ 5K. In most cases they change hands at well reknowned auctions (such as Sedwicks' and others), certainly not on ebay with a $280 starting bid. Other red flags are: low weight (should be close to 7 gr.), no information as to its provenance and generally phoney appearance. Certainly, by now, there is enough ground for suspicion to check relevant databases, starting as always with Sedwicks' "fake cobs to avoid"- and bingo! there it is, listed as #FC53670
http://www.sedwickcoins.com/fake_cobs.htm
I reported it 2 days ago, but no action seems to have been taken yet. (I had alerted the seller in very polite terms before I did so, but he chose not to respond.)
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 Posted 03/05/2014  06:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add diatonix to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Unsuspecting bidder nr. 2 has taken the bait - and still no reaction from ebay...
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