Is this another HSN coin???

MadMarty

This isn't the real thing is it???
Buffalo Dollar???

coppercoins

Nope, the real buffalo dollar was a one-time thing...everything else is a knock-off. One good dead giveaway is that it's from "Historical Rarities", a company becoming well known for deceptive selling tactics. They also made the "1933 double eagle proof".

Notice that they never say "coin" in their ads. That's because there's no officiality to it, no face value, and no precious metal content worth speaking of. The real buffalo dollar has all of these features. It has a $1 face value, it was issued by the mint, and is silver.

MadMarty

Someone's not going to be a happy camper when they get that $62 piece of crap!!!

Russ

VERY carefully written listing.

Russ, NCNE

Bulldog

I mailed an email to them, telling them that their auction is deceptive. I think that more should as well. I sent mine under "ask the seller a question"

Bulldog

CoinWhiz

yeah definately not the real thing... you can see it says internation mint something on the display holder its in... thats definately not somethin the U.S. Mint would have put on their coin stuff.

MadMarty

I sent a message to the high bidder letting him know that it's not a Buffalo Dollar, but the TV $9.95 version...

Bulldog

Found this in another thread. I am going to send this to them as well!The US Mints answer.

Bulldog

Outhaul

I e-mailed the bidder and invited him to join the forum

Cheers,

Bob

Bulldog

I just received a reply from them, so here goes:

Thanks very much for writing. We were not aware at first that this
wasn't a US minted coin. I added to the description in hopes that it
would help but I see that it hasn't. We were not trying to be
deceptive. I used the description that came with the coin. Either way
I really appreciate you sending that site. We will take another look at
the decision to sell this coin.
Rhonda


Well what can I tell ya. I think they are full of POOP!

Bulldog

Petescorner

Sent the seller the following email:

Just a friendly note. You should remove the word "dollar" from your auction Title and description. Saying it is a "Dollar" implies that it is a U.S. Mint product, which it is not. If you'll notice, your token does not have the word "Dollar" on it (like an genuine one does.) I'm sure you wouldn't want to deceive your bidders and risk the negative feedback. Hope this helps!

lordmarcovan

What a piece of crap. Even HSN would not stoop so low.

I'm used to seeing the silver rounds, of course. Two reasons I always hated the Buffalo dollars are 1) the silver rounds preceded them by at least a decade, and confusion was sure to happen, and 2) I hate the "recycling" of old designs.

For that much money, you'd think they'd at least give you an ounce of silver.

Hmm. Edited to add that I just noticed that started at a buck, and the bidder who met the reserve only has himself to blame. Caveat emptor. Still, stuff like this is a boil on the butt of numismatics. What a shame.

MadMarty

The E-Mail to the high bidder got bounced with an address unkown error.

shirohniichan

Did anyone notice that it's ".999 fine silver clad base" and "1 oz. avoirdupois"? That means it's probably silver-plated base metal.

coppercoins

<< <i>Did anyone notice that it's ".999 fine silver clad base" and "1 oz. avoirdupois"? That means it's probably silver-plated base metal. >>



Reworded for accuracy and non-deceptiveness:

Ths token weighs one ounce and is clad plated with .999 fine silver - probably enough to fill half a thimble.