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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Um, it's fake?
For me the only red flag is that it looks far too uncirculated and lustrous for a F-15. I would've expected a coin so pretty to get a XF grade or higher.
(The fakest Morgan I've ever seen, coincidentally, was a wrong-sized 1937 in some dealer's inventory at the Taganka market. I would've bought it but he wanted $15 for it, which was about an order of magnitude more than I wanted to pay.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For me the only red flag is that it looks far too uncirculated and lustrous for a F-15  That's the best looking 15 I've ever seem  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The number matches PCGS's database, but the coin and slab fonts don't. Definitely a Chinese counterfeit slab and coin.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Wow snatch it up because it's such a good deal! That's like selling a car from 1950 that was "accidentally" labeled as being 1990.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Let's save someone from getting ripped off - report!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Definitely a chinese fake. Besides the obvious already noted, the date position is wrong. Reported.
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Canada
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Valued Member
United States
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I also reported it, don't want to see people get ripped off.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I just reported it again . That's a lot of money to lose.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Another thing to note about the fake Morgans from this particular counterfeiter is the absence of cartwheel luster on the coins. We saw this on the group of CC Morgans that a new member purchased last year. https://goccf.com/t/161173&whichpag...=counterfeit |
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United Kingdom
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@dave700x That was a really interesting thread, quite the read I must say. Scary to imagine what percentage of coins are counterfeit, in collections and circulating.
In the UK we have an epidemic of fake £1.00 coins circulating about 2.5-5.0% approx of all £1.00 coins, which is a massive amount of money falsely inflating our market. I just wonder how banks and my government make sense of more money in circulation than what has been minted-makes you wonder....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The number matches PCGS's database, but the coin and slab fonts don't. Definitely a Chinese counterfeit slab and coin. . . . . .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How does one report this to the member who is compiling the Black Cabinet website?
-MV
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here's one final bit of proof for eBay--the real slabbed coin, sold by this dealer   Edited by DVCollector
03/15/2014 1:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Poof....all gone !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Posted 03/15/2014 02:00 am
