Fake $5 indian on eBay?
GoldCoinLover
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I was looking on eBay and noticed a raw $5 indian that looked suspiciously fake; its colour seemed to be off. Plus the sellers feedback sucks..what do you think?
Here's the link.
Here's the link.
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<< <i>Plus the sellers feedback sucks.. >>
He has a 99.6% rating with over 21,000 positive feedbacks.
Russ, NCNE
Tell me, what coin have you seen, slabbed or not slabbed, that hasn't arisen suspicion?
I see nothing to think it's fake, just too much to pay.
Chris
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
You definitely need to look closer for things like:
bad necklace stippling
lumps around date
tooling at back of neck
tooling marks
other things
But, you are correct in being suspicious because though being off-color is not alone damning, it certainly begs that you look at the things mentioned above w/a loupe so...you can't tell from here and that is certainly as good a reason as you should need to not buy raw gold when you can't see the coin's detail! If you are buying raw gold with out being able to look at it closely it is only a matter of time.
Gold is one of the most difficult colors to capture, especially if the white balance isn't metered. Since auto-white balance (or just setting to a type of light) corrects most heavily for yellow, gold, which is a yellow, is heavily hit by the effect. Thus, it's hard to blame someone for having an off-color gold coin in a picture... then again, this is what gold should look like
Huh?
He satisfied his customers 99.6% of the time. That's pretty good in the real world.
But there is a risk the coin mayhave been cleaned though.
Cameras have to be set just right to get the gold color, but it does look like it's copper though.
Mike
I've got a few pics of Mike's fake gold coins he sent me. If I get a chance I'll post them.
jom