A Counterfeit/Fake 1 Kg Panda Dated 2003

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5285 Posts	Posted 01/13/2018 8:31 pm I am posting this for the educational value. It is a beautiful item in a fancy plastic case. No one should have been taken in by this if they had it in hand and did a simple test. This item weighs 608 grams, not 1000 grams! Also, it is not silver! Someone wanted to sell this to my LCS. I forget the back story, but it was apparently a real "steal" for the original purchaser, who just gave the fakes to my LCS. So, another case where you need to apply some skepticism or at least a scale when purchasing something expensive from an unknown party, where the item cannot be returned. Remember that all the sellers of fakes need a buyer. If the sales drop maybe the supply of fakes will too. Report this Post to the Staff

mkman123 Pillar of the Community United States 3184 Posts	Posted 01/13/2018 9:10 pm looks very convincing from just looking at it. Besides weighing it, anything give it away? Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5872 Posts	Posted 01/13/2018 11:14 pm I collect pandas and wouldn't buy from sellers without knowing where it came from and have the right tools to authenticate it. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3834 Posts	Posted 01/14/2018 12:30 am This is actually a very easy one to tell. This has no denomination. On top of this, it says 1kg but it does not say it's silver. This is what is considered as 'acceptable replica'. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5285 Posts	Posted 01/14/2018 5:04 pm @gxseries, that makes it even more extraordinary that the original purchaser (not me, fortunately) was that careless. Report this Post to the Staff
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A Fake 1 Kg Panda Dated 2003