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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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It's a fake. The centre portion is a medallion issued by Sainsburys supermarket in 1999 - 2000 showing famous people. I think they were given free if you spent a certain amount at the till - they were sealed in a paper envelope and you didn't know which one you'd got until you opened it. They sold an album that you could keep the medallions in. Someone has inserted one of these medallions into a genuine outer rim from a 1998 £2 coin! Here is one of the medallions alongside a genuine original £2 coin. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble filing down the medallion to make it fit!  I've never contacted ebay to report this sort of thing - if any more experienced CCF members want to do so, please go ahead! Sorry the photo isn't great, but I was in a hurry and it should give you an idea! Edited by NumisRob
10/01/2013 4:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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Oh wow , thats very interesting ! Thanks for the explanation .... So given what you have said, the person who went to all that trouble make that is going to reap a tidy sum if the interest it has generated so far is anything to go by ..... This is amazing another fake sold as a collectible    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Possibly someone else messed around with the coin and then spent it, and the vendor genuinely did get it in change...
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Do you really believe the seller got that in his change. I get phone calls every day asking about coins what are they worth Truth is people check out ebay if they get anything be it a coin or book , record , medal etc. A fool with money are easily parted Been in the business for so long seen and heard so much crap yours michael |
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United States
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Germany
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Millenium issue in 1998, did this guy not see that this is a little bit early for that?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Not really a 'fake', more a contrived 'fantasy', and as such, is probably legal on ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Except, it's being totally misrepresented in the listing. The "coin" may be legal on ebay, but lying isn't. |
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United Kingdom
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Only 4 bidders to date, but still more than I would have expected, especially as one has a feedback of over 3000 and seems to dabble in coins?
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Posted 10/01/2013 4:49 pm
