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I am scared!!!

historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
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Take a look at this guy's counterfiets, alot of them are ^%$%^$%^$ good! This is really scary.


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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Geez they look awesomeimage
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    It makes me wonder how many of my coins are counterfeit. I have a fair number that I know about but how many are lurking undiscovered in my collection??
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    Good fakes like this coin:

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    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    So, how can we tell it is fake?
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    I don't know! That's why I am scared. We only know it is a fake because the seller told us.
    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    I wonder what they're made of?? Weighing them might be the only way to tell?

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  • nepbrs44nepbrs44 Posts: 600 ✭✭
    Send them to NTC....... I bet they will grad and slab them for you.image
    Bill.

    Bust Half & FSB Merc Collector
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    They look like nickel, because they are too darkish for silver.
    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    He calls them counterfeit but renames them as replica coins within the body of the page.. This is very clever because by calling it a counterfeit he doesn't have to worry about that word "copy" but by calling them replica's he puts the buyer on notice up front and seems honest about it. He's got it coming and going and will sell some because they look good. Clever marketing in a world no longer very honest.image
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    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    I might buy a lot just for show & tell.. those have gotta be some of the best counterfeits I've ever seen! people need to know about them.

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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Do they make replicas of the "birds over junk" dollar as well? image
    Dimitri



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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Didn't someone post something like this a little while ago? This seller is selling, and calling it a copy/fake/whatever. It might be nice to bid on one just to have a sample of how the copies are looking!

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    One of my annual publications states that the quality of some of the counterfeits of British gold pieces is so high that even experts are deceived. It has become the job of metallurists and scientists to detect the difference from the genuine article. This is very alarming indeed.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • ccrdragonccrdragon Posts: 2,697 ✭
    Its a pretty scary thing when even the experts cannot tell. I looked at the fakes and I don't have a clue how you caould tell them from the real thing w/o going to precise measurements such as size, weight and composition! This is a very scary trend for the average (and even the expert) collector!! imageimage
    Cecil
    Total Copper Nutcase - African, British Ships, Channel Islands!!!
    'Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    There are some in the East Asian field who feel there is a real danger that it will soon be impossible to tell real from fake. What then of numismatics?
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Will values fall across a wide range of Chinese types?

    He's got bids on 25% of his items...
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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