Wow, you can sell anything on ebay. Why do people want these? It is just a gold plated copy of the real thing. Auction it at your local coin club meeting and see how much you get.
They have been advertising this trash on one of my cable channels. If you like these pieces, they have a "1889-CC silver dollar" in "proof" that you can buy too. The word "copy" never appears in the advertising, and they also skirt around the fact that the "coin" is not made of sold silver, only plated. They are charging $10 plus postage for that gem.
The consigner must be happy. I think they are asking $19.95 plus postage on TV. The issue price "is going" to be $ 39.95 AND there is a limit of ony 5 per customer! Buy now before they all disappear!
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The makers definitely don't make it clear that you're getting a lot of base metals, but they don't have to have "COPY" on there because the reverses are not the same as on a real coin.
Looks like a nice fake piece of memorabilia. Ebay should have a standard of having the word "replica" added to such titles and basically the only way to watch this is for someone to call it in.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
The certificate of authenticity is that you have a "real" fake. It is gold clad so it doesn't even have the same amount of gold like the original. Sort of like owning a copy of the Mona Lisa. Nice, but I'll pass.
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<< <i>the only known remaining copy of which was recently auctioned off for over 7 million dollars! >>
HMM...this one actually lied in the auction. Marginally worse than the others trying to slide these slugs past the unsuspecting.
Russ, NCNE
Joe
In hand, they look and feel like cheap junk. The plating is more like paint, and I'd guess it would take only a tissue to wipe it off.
Russ, NCNE
P.T. Barnum would be proud.
<< <i>Each proof coin is individually struck >>
Yeah... 'cause we all know how they normally strike them in bunches stacked on top of one another...
Clark
The consigner must be happy. I think they are asking $19.95 plus postage on TV. The issue price "is going" to be $ 39.95 AND there is a limit of ony 5 per customer! Buy now before they all disappear!
Here is the copy morgan:
Morgan
Notice how there is no denomination on it? That is what makes it different from the real morgan. Here's a fake gaudens:
Gaudens
Again, notice how the denomination is not on there. Compare these with real ones and you can see the subtle differences.
And that's why they sell.
see? My Auctions "Got any 1800's gold?"
I actually bought from (from another seller on ebay) for $15.95
I like it because it's something I can leave out on my desk.
It has a few scuff marks - I can't get a decent grade even on a fake coin.
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Leo
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