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United States
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Can you guys give me your thoughts on these? I have the opportunity to purchase them, but realize that even slabs are counterfeited by the Chinese now a days. I have not seen them in hand, but would do so before I purchased them. The photos were sent to me, so I'm just posting what I've received. Thank you for any feedback.     |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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authenticity can not be determined from those pics but right away the color of the 1901 is suspicious and reminds me of the fake toning on some fakes.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
I would report him to the authorities as he is breaking federal law.
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Valued Member
 United States
278 Posts |
Thank you. I knew someone would be able to pull this up pretty quick!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
826 Posts |
You're talking thousands of dollars. I would definitely have them checked out by a pro.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
The font on the labels doesn't look quite right to me either. The evidence TypeCoin posted is the smoking gun.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
Those slabs are most definitely fake.
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
278 Posts |
SilverStackerKid, do you know who/where/how I should report this? In all of my purchases, I've never run across this before. Any suggestions are much appreciated. I just don't want someone else getting scammed... and I know that's what is going to happen. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Police. Secret Service. FBI. If this is off of ebay. Maybe ask your local coin dealer? If this is ebay, then report the listing. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I could tell the slabs were fake right away. Wrong font. Also the printing on the labels is poor, almost looks like a dot matrix printer.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As stated before I didn't even have to scroll down to the comments before I said fake this is from the original batch of fake PCGS holders the font style gives it away.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
595 Posts |
Fake!
In addition to the other comments, it appears that the bar codes are the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The seller likely has more fakes. Need to put the seller in jail and get the fakes destroyed.
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Valued Member
United States
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Yep, that's why I posted this thread, because I knew they didn't look real right away. I literally received the photos and turned around and posted them on here 30 seconds later. I needed the help from some of you guys to confirm my suspicions.
At this point I don't think there's any valued added to continue stating that they are fake. I would like to know how I report this information and to whom? If anyone has any experience reporting fake coins/slabs then please let me know how to proceed. Thanks.
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Posted 06/19/2015 8:22 pm
