"Cc Morgans"

I guess it is not illegal to sell this stuff, but ebay should have a WARNING printed on the item. Buyer beware and all that but this begins to kill my enthusiasm for buying online. My wife collects art pottery and there is so much fake Chinese junk on the market she won't even buy certain items online anymore. She says the only difference that stands out usually is the weight between the real thing and the fakes. I wonder is this is true of the fake coins?

With the changes made to the Hobby Protection Act last year, if they aren't marked COPY in the way the law proscribes then yes they are illegal to sell.



The way I read the act they should still be marked.

the law requites imitation numismatic items to be marks and they define imitation numismatic items as
" The term "imitation numismatic item" means an item which purports to be, but in fact is not, an original numismatic item or which IS a reproduction, copy, or counterfeit of an original numismatic item."
Eve though no genuine 1887 CC Morgan dollar exists I would say that thing "purports to be, but in fact is not, an original numismatic item" As such it needs to be marked.