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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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11951 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
I'd stay away from any coin from Hong Kong.
Something about the letters on the reverse bother me on the second one - they're too skinny or something.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A while back, I was considering buying one. After looking around, I concluded my safest bet was buying one slabbed. Irregardless of seller location, there are just too many forgeries out there to buy raw, imo. Regarding the ebay coin, compare that one to one slabbed by NGC. On the ebay coin, I'm immediately leery due to the weaknesses in the legends, esp. the first "A" in "KALAKAUA". Oh yeah--something else: this coin on a "private listing". ebay:  NGC AU55  Edited by DVCollector
11/29/2010 10:12 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
DVDcollector
Very nice looking King David Kalakaua dollar.
I have been looking at dollars .. any and all tonight, so many fakes
it is scary
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1534 Posts |
Almost all coins from a seller with low feedback located in East Asia can be automatically assumed to be a fake, with the except of a rare few instances. Obviously precaution has to be taken with all sellers, since not all fakes come from outside of the U.S.
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Valued Member
United States
307 Posts |
I have been scammed by ebay sellers,who sold counterfeit or copy coins. one was the Hawaiian King dollar. The Isabella Quarter and the Lafayette dollar. Very lucky to get my money back. If it seems to good to be true it usually is. Buyer Beware. I learned a good lesson. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the first posted ebay guy has some other coins for sale, what I usually do is look at their other items and see if they look fake and if they are the opne I want are guilty by association and I consider it fake as well |
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Valued Member
United States
451 Posts |
I have been keeping an eye on these beauties too. I narrowly missed an auction for a Hawaii dollar from an ebay seller called Aspencoins. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
New seller
Expensive coins
Counterfeit capital of the world
3 looks mashed
Ks are inconsistent
Confusing shipping cost
Confusing return privilege
15 days to ship
Looks nothing like known genuine
WAY too many red flags
1846 dollar looks like a broadstruck, but if it is, it should be promoted as that, since those are rare on dollars.
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Valued Member
Malaysia
59 Posts |
darn....those guys just sell counterfeit currency 4 their own benefit...and this will just ruin our hobby...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
511 Posts |
Sellers of counterfeits allowed on ebay? I suppose you also think TV wrestling isn't legit. |
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