PCGS COUNTERFEIT holder and coin on eBay.
ArizonaRareCoins
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The PCGS holder has the correct barcodes and serial numbers. The coin, however, is pathetic:
https://ebay.com/itm/-/174265338144/?rt=nc
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Reported. Based on seller's other current and recent sales, they probably don't know what they have.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Reported as well.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Reported
Good catch.....but still up there.... Cheers, RickO
reported.
bob
Reported
Gone now.
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Good its gone! Good work seeing it and reporting it guys!
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I was going to post a link to coinworld for the article they wrote on this but their site appears to not be working at the moment. I see that PCGS wrote about this back in 2008 when there were only a few fakes out there.
Here's what the REAL coin and PCGS holder look like. This is the first time I've seen the counterfeiters get the barcodes on the PCGS holder correct:
Here is that article from 2018
https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/chinese-starter-kit-for-fake-pcgs-holders.html
YIKES !!!
There are counterfeit 1/10 maples w/ privy, also.
I spotted one and alerted the seller and had taken a screenshot of the wrong item.
The thickness on the privy was in grams, the COA number written on the back matched another one on ebay (that part blew my mind - 10680? 10609?), and although it appeared clearly and poorly 24k plated it was apparent from far away in a thumbnail that the maple was fake.
It said "Eagles" not "Maples" on the third line up from the bottom, also.
It looked like one of those fake chocolate coins. The color would have been right with the flash if it were a heavy details old cleaning that kinda retoned but was flashy. Dulled lifeless and unnecessarily shiny fields I guess is what I'm trying to say? They're also clearly not sharp strikes. The coins in these holders I've seen are all very sharp specimens, even in bad photos.
Anyway. Stay alert and vigilant.
OMG !!!
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I mean... unless there's some really obvious stuff I'm missing..
This one in particular doesn't say eagle from the third line up, my mistake. But it is also 10896.
I should be able to see that coin if I can read that text without my glasses.
We had a 1900 Silver Eagle walk in the store yesterday.
Not a typo O 1900. Clearly a very early prototype from a forward thinking mint employee........
Can you say Chinese Fake
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Finest Toned Ike I've Ever Seen, been looking since 1986
OT the real 1902S looks like a very nice 62, Photo anyway.
The printing on the fake is also much poorer, e.g., compare the '$' between the two.
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After the smoke clears, we need to begin cutting our dependence on China. Good catch Arizona Coins.
Didn't take long, all of about 30 seconds of searching, slam dunk counterfeit, report if you wish, I am. Knew is was no good before I opened the listing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1885-Carson-City-Morgan-Dollar/264713447196?hash=item3da226a71c:g:tNAAAOSwuytepyV0
And another
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1799-Draped-Bust-Silver-Dollar-1-Coin-Certified-NGC-VF-Detail-Rare/383526812651?hash=item594bfabbeb:g:0J0AAOSwZbJeqzfI
It is pretty bad out there when the listing title says NGC certified but the picture clearly shows it is not....
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It never ends been reporting for 10 years, don't know how many hundreds/thousands I've had nuked.
That would be ideal.........but hardly anyone cares except collectors "in the know" and the individuals who are out of money by being fooled by them.
Meanwhile, the fakes are getting better and better as time goes on.
Pete
We built them. We continue to buy from them.
There are thousands of them.
They are everywhere & more shipping containers arriving daily.
The bar codes / numbers match the verification & some inserts look perfect.
My I-Phone app will take me to the PCGS page like it is suppose to.
The latest trick is a twist on "hocus-focus", it takes you to a TrueView but the seller doesn't provide a good enough slab shot to verify that it's the same coin.
(gold shield logo not very good yet so they use the ones that have TV but no shield)
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/412632?spm=a2g0o.store_home.pcShopHead_424226.0
They still can't beat a TrueView yet with a sharp seller photo of the coin in the slab.
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