Would You Buy Any Of This Guys Stuff? Indonesia

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Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 7:44 pm Just wondering. http://cgi.ebay.com/1820-Coin-US-Co...AV_W0QQitemZ 250613200426QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item3a59b5f62a Edited by Halfwitty 04/17/2010 11:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 10:00 pm Thoughts? Yeah, the guy is illegitimately hyping his coins as US colonial issues when they are not. VOC is the Dutch East India Company which operated in Asia, not the US colonies and especially not in 1820 when the United States had already existed for 44 years Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 10:02 pm Are any of his coins legit Bio? Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 11:39 pm Don't buy coins on ebay from a seller in Indonesia. This guy's feedback is NOT good: http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?Us...;by&ref=home ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
Saruma Pillar of the Community United States 968 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 12:35 am It sounded really weird to me too. Batav (Bativia) is Jakarta, Indonesia. So it makes sense that this guy would have the coin. It makes no sense why the US would have anything to do with it. Heck, it was a Dutch colony not even a British one, so there isn't even a connection that way! Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 12:48 am He tells me that they are reai? authentic? http://cgi.ebay.com/1835-Coin-US-Co...CH_W0QQitemZ 260584081732QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3cac058944 Maybe I'm missing something but I already turned him in for fake coins.Hope I'm good. Edited by Halfwitty 04/18/2010 12:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 8:05 pm one difficulty that this seller's items causes for me is that he "specializes" in hammered bronze or copper. Genuine VOC coins had very simple designs and were often minted to a "rough & ready" standard - perfect for 21st century counterfeiting. Pitted surfaces are the norm. Chemical aging is inexpensive. I did buy some Batavian duits off another Javan dealer, who was reasonable for postage. I think I got three for $8, including postage. I won't know if they're duds until I meet an expert, but at least I didn't pay much. Saruma, not that it matters in terms of the point under discussion, but Java was British-occupied from about 1811 to 1824. Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
Saruma Pillar of the Community United States 968 Posts	Posted 04/19/2010 01:35 am Ah, right, I forgot the British held it briefly. It has some relevance since the coin supposedly dates from 1820, but I don't trust the guy enough to buy anything from him! Report this Post to the Staff
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