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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Edited by wilsonwu89
04/03/2014 3:07 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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You'll have to excuse my ignorance but I'm fairly new at this - how can you tell that these are fakes?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
705 Posts |
You can just tell. The Queen's face looks weird. The coin's finish is weird, almost reverse proofish. When I saw it, I immediately knew it was fake. Is it odd that I sort of want to buy one to put in my collection just so I have a counterfeit to display against my real ones?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The only way to know for sure if you are in any way doubtful, is to personally weigh them, and test for comparative ring tone, before you make a bid. THAT is almost certain NOT to happen!
Bit harder to report him, unless you are almost 100% certain that the seller is a scammer.
In the worst case if you are wrong, you could end up with legal troubles, if he wants to get REALLY nasty. Sometimes the most deceitful scammers with excellent fakes are also the most aggressive to defend themselves, reasoning that attack against you is better than defense.
It is usually much easier to simply find another seller, or buy direct from a bullion dealer with a long established reputation.
Edited by sel_69l
04/03/2014 07:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As a rule of thumb, I would never buy coins which have been touched without gloves. It's not very smart of the seller to have pics of holding the coins with your bare hands - this will leave fingerprints which you'll never get rid off again. And you are right, these are definitely fakes - you can tell by comparing to a genuine 2011 SML: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Silver...em258c01d982 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
Canada
348 Posts |
His negative feedback he received was because of a fake coin
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Valued Member
Canada
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He has great feedback. I am surprise he would throw it all away for a few extra sales. The maples look pretty good. Aside from the reverse proof finish it's hard to tell. Could it be his camera? Or if they are fake he probably doesn't know. He's got 6 listed and has 3 sold in his history. To throw away a 3815 rating for $200 doesn't add up. I think you should message him to let him know he might be selling potential fakes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You can tell these are fakes:
- the maple leaf veins are too pronounced
- the gap between 9999 and fine and pur on either side is too small
Just compare to the standard SML from the listing I mentioned above.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
I just dropped him a kind message. Let's see...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Those are 100% fake. No question about it.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
814 Posts |
yup those are fake...you can tell in the maple leaf
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
814 Posts |
I want to buy one just to have and compare.....would go nice with my fake panda
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If I had to decide right now, I'd say they're fake.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The leaf on these fake SML reminds me of those copper maple rounds... Here is the copper round, got from the internet:  And here is the fake SML:  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Scary... pretty nice finish... would have thought the reverse proof was some kind of error...  Another way to tell for sure would be to explore some of the other items the seller has posted and compare them to the real deal... |
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Posted 04/03/2014 04:58 am
