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I picked up a counterfit Barber dime at a local yard sale. It is a die stamped copper coin with a silver plating. The plating has worn away, from time, from a portion of it. It is a contemporary counterfit. The owner was selling some mercs, buffs and LWC from his Grandmothers jewelry box. You can tell that the plating was worn away from years of wear. I sell on ebay all the time, but I think this violates their rules on counterfits. Is there a place I can legally sell this? And is there much interest in these. Thanks Edited by jmkendall
05/19/2017 12:46 am
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What is collectable are contemporary counterfeits, those intended to circulate alongside or shortly after the original coin. Modern Chinese counterfeits are not collectable. There are people selling contemporary counterfeits, clearly indicated as such on ebay, however they are against the terms of service and liable to be taken down w/o notice. Otherwise, they sell via private sale. I've bought a couple at coin shows for example. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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I should have said, this is a contemporary counterfit. The owner thought it was real, and was selling it with some mercs, buffs, and some old LWCs that came out of his Grandma's jewelry box. It is pretty obvious that it took decades for the silver plating to wear off.
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Yes, it does violate the rules.
Yes, they are frequently sold - as contemporary counterfeits - with some creative wording and some risk.
Otherwise, you can advertise it here in the BST section. Somebody will probably love it.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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I had the same issue. I found an 1800's (can't remember the year) British Shilling that was clearly a contemporary counterfeit. The plating was all worn off, in fact I had thought it to be a half penny or farthing. I think I posted about it way back when. I was just thinking about how I could sell it, with ebay policy seemingly preventing only the honest sellers from selling their stuff, while Chinese counterfeit coins thrive and grow there. |
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So you're trying to sell a fake coin? Would it be illegal to sell it if you explicitly state what your selling is a counterfeit coin? Maybe someone would buy it from you knowing its a counterfeit if you charged a very cheap price. You're probably better off to just cut your losses now though.
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Ricardo - you may not familiar, but there are collectors who fancy counterfeits that were made in the time peiod when that coin circulated. It is called contemporary counterfeits. They tell just as much a story as genuine coins from the same era.
Unlike theb garbage that comes out of China today, which are made to fool COLLECTORS these were meant to pass as money and fool the common folk of their time.
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Ricardo - you may not familiar, but there are collectors who fancy counterfeits that were made in the time peiod when that coin circulated. It is called contemporary counterfeits. They tell just as much a story as genuine coins from the same era.
Unlike theb garbage that comes out of China today, which are made to fool COLLECTORS these were meant to pass as money and fool the common folk of their time. Ahh, that makes a lot more sense, I knew I was missing something. I'm new here and don't know all that much yet, so thanks for the information. |
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