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Pillar of the Community
United States
1659 Posts |
Take a look at this... http://cgi.ebay.com/Replica-1942-D-...em2a06ba7ddaThis seller is has a bunch of fake common date Mercury dimes and other common coinage. Granted his are marked "replica", but you know as well as I do that there will be ones that are not. What's laughable is that he is selling a fake one for more than what you can buy the real thing for. This is alarming. Imagine a whole roll of these being sold as bullion silver... |
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Valued Member
United States
323 Posts |
they are messing up the market with this crap
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1534 Posts |
A person from China may not know the general low value of these in the United States, so in my opinion it is not fair to blast the seller.
The coins are clearly marked Replica, so the seller is doing nothing wrong. Anybody buying anything this seller offers in the belief that it is a valuable coin is obviously not a knowledgeable collector. There have been many threads in the past regarding these, and I unfortunately don't feel sympathetic to those who have been ripped off buying coins like this. They obviously have not studied coins and do not feel like doing research on what they're buying.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1523 Posts |
And they are really crappy fakes at that.He says he sells them for peoples' collections.Who would want one of those crappy things in an album?Geez.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1055 Posts |
Even with the word Replica throughout his listings I bet he still gets complatints from buyers that he sold them a fake.
If you are so un-knowledgeable about numismatics that you fall for this guys fakes you have no business buying coins in the first place.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2224 Posts |
At least those look fake!
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Valued Member
United States
376 Posts |
Here's a link to an article on a Chinese counterfeit coin dealer. Look at the pictures of the dies used. There are Morgans, Indian cents, large cents ect. These counterfeit rings are doing irreparable damage to our hobby. Not to mention the legality issue. http://coins.about.com/od/worldcoin...eiting-Ring/P.S. They also make fake PCGS and NGC holders! Edited by big777bill
05/02/2010 07:26 am
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Valued Member
United States
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Some of them look pretty good... I'll admit to being tempted to get one just to fill the hole in my Dansco until I can afford the real deal. it does make me more wary about spending money on the "real" deal in the first place, though.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
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A person from China may not know the general low value of these in the United States, so in my opinion it is not fair to blast the seller.
The coins are clearly marked Replica, so the seller is doing nothing wrong. Anybody buying anything this seller offers in the belief that it is a valuable coin is obviously not a knowledgeable collector. There have been many threads in the past regarding these, and I unfortunately don't feel sympathetic to those who have been ripped off buying coins like this. They obviously have not studied coins and do not feel like doing research on what they're buying. Don't let yourself being mislead. You can ask him to leave away the word replica and he will most probably be happy to provide as many unmarked fakes as you want. He has to mention it is a replica to prevent ebay from banning his auctions. You will find these copies being sold on ebay on a regularly basis without the mention "Replica" or "Copy". |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i can understand someone wanting to buy a repicla of an ultra rarity such as a 1913 liberty or something (like the electrotyping they used to do in the old days), but for more common coins the so called replica business is bad news and promotes wanton counterfiting.
-XoG
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
1156 Posts |
incredibly bad looking replica
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
But the postage and handling are FREE.
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
That makes me REAL mad! I absolutely LOVE Mercury dimes. It infuriates me that some fool would make fake ones.  - coincrazed |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
968 Posts |
On his feedback there are several comments saying the coin received was not marked as a replica, thereby making it a counterfeit.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I wonder how many of the people leaving that feedback realize that THEY are the ones breaking the law and not the Chinese manufacturer.
Most of these manufacturers show marked pieces but ship the coins unmarked.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1659 Posts |
I buy junk silver all the time. If I buy a roll of dimes for example, I'll usually just count the coins and make sure it is a full roll and all the edges look right (and obviously look for any overlooked key dates!). Then they get put away in my safe. I guess I'll have to start giving even common junk silver more scrutiny.
I used to think that only rare key dates were worth the time and trouble to counterfeit. Not so anymore...
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Posted 05/01/2010 09:38 am
