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Pillar of the Community
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I noticed from another post claiming that a Morgan was fake, the eagle seemed to be "smiling" to me, now he is "angry" can you post a picture of how it suppose to look like?
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Pillar of the Community
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I would have been fooled. This one is much better than the ones from china.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The date is a dead giveaway. Here is what an authentic Morgan looks like.  here is the fake  Note how the "3" is cartoonish. |
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You'd still have to be on your game to catch it.
Looking at the rest of this seller's inventory, I'm not seeing other stuff that's worrisome - I think it may well be that he's unaware that he's offering a forgery in this case. The test would be to contact him and see if it's withdrawn.
Colligo ergo sum
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Rest in Peace
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It's sad to say but I simply don't buy coins from anyone living outside the USA, with the exception of Canada. I also don't sell to anyone outside the USA and Canada. While that might restrict both the opportunity for good buys and more sales, it just didn't work for me. I quit selling to "the world" when I was having problems with about 1 in 20 sales. A huge margin, since my USA sales were no problems at all. Same with buying. I received too many coins that looked great from the (doctored) photos, only to receive a silver crown made of lead. Granted, this was before ebay went so in favor of the buyer that the buyer really has very if any gamble. Still, I've given up on working the world. |
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I think this one's an honest mistake, I sent a message, lets see what happens.
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You'd still have to be on your game to catch it I agree. This one is good enough to fool a lot of inexperienced collectors. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good work with those date pics, Dave700.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yeah this one can fool most collectors. The huckster did a good job on making it look old and circulated.
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Pillar of the Community
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The fakes get better and better...
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Pillar of the Community
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This is the reason I heeded advice from another member here and am only buying slabbed dollar coins. I'll still take a chance on lower denominations but for the dollar it's too risky to buy raw. I just got a cleaned peace the other day |:(
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This is not to say that the coin still might be silver, though.
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Posted 08/01/2015 09:14 am
