Ever Wonder Where All Those Fakes Are Coming From?

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jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 12/15/2012 5:56 pm Ever wonder where all of those fakes flooding the market are coming from? I found these listings on Alibaba. Just type in "coin" into the search bar and 270 pages (!) of sellers show up. Most are selling custom souvenir medallions (like military challenge coins), but a good number have listings for "Custom replica medieval coins" and one was even brazen enough to have "Fake gold coin" as their header. Here are just a few links for everyone to peruse... http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/673751098/Fake_Gold_Coin.html http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/690345501/collective_simulation_design_metal_antique_islamic.html http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/453032546/New_design_fashion_metal_custom_antique.html http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/631115443/High_quality_custom_gold_coin.html Hope this gives everyone some amusement for a fine saturday night! Happy collecting, John Madlon Report this Post to the Staff

bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 12/15/2012 6:40 pm One of them even calls themselves the 'Quzhou Fake Ancient Coins Factory' http://www.alibaba.com/member/xiaocong.html Not only do they fake the valuable they fake the cheap! Edited by bobbyhelmet 12/15/2012 6:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 10:38 am The rampant creation of fakes is precisely why we wrote the book on counterfeit Portraits. We need many more books (probably one for each series) to document all of the fake types. In some series there are many more counterfeits than real coins available. Report this Post to the Staff
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