Does Posting This Coin Constitute An Ethics Violation?

Bob, selling a fake 8R falls a long distance from ANA guidelines. How would ANA even have a clue without your book?

I rarely use ebay for coin purchases other than junk 90%. And unless I'm dealing with Sedwick or Larry Briggs I don't buy $50 coins on the internet at all. For junk like this 8R there is no substitute for having the coin in-hand at a real coin shop.

I use ebay a lot simply because it's a good international flea market. People don't forge Rookwood pottery, Vanderslice spoons and McCabe buckles like they forge Spanish colonial coins. There are still bargains and unique items to be had where authenticity isn't a concern.

It's the naive sellers we're looking for, who don't know s. from shinola. If ebay chases them away for selling junk they haven't got a clue about, all the fun is gone. All that'll left are the sharks who are experts at bending whatever rules there are to tease naive buyers.

Several months ago I bought an Elizabeth Barrett modernist Rookwood vase on ebay. The seller knew she had something, but she didn't know that this unique pot was photo'd Peck's guide. Absolutely no crazing, great modernism in Rookwood's last phase. The pot is one in a hundred IMO, and I passed on at least a hundred others. I need sellers like that.

There are actually multiple molds for this type. It has been around so long that the mold masters have worn.

If this item is NOT composed of maio silver, the seller is deliberately misrepresenting the item he has for sale.