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There is a thread over on the Darkside about a gold coin he is selling. This one is great AU75!!

Becky

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  • ERER Posts: 7,345
    Looks more like AU73 to me.image
  • OneyOney Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭✭
    Unbelievable............imageimageimage
    Brian
  • ERER Posts: 7,345


    << <i>THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT.............RACE >>

  • Simple !

    Mechanical Error @ PCGS

    Just Re-holder it !
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  • Cert number is no good !

    Imagine that !
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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Gradeflation has really gotten out of hand!
  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382
    Here another one same seller.VD85
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
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  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Cert number is no good !

    Imagine that ! >>


    Not only that but it's on both sides of the slab! image

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  • ERER Posts: 7,345
    Coins have VDs?image
  • A little knowledge can be dangerous!

    Glenn
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355


    << <i>Coins have VDs?image >>



    Well, they are third world holders. Probably got holes in 'em.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

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  • Has anybody warned the bidders of these coins?
    I see scumnuker has bid on 1 of them.

    Glenn
  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Here another one same seller.VD85 >>



    Even better, it appears to be a $30 gold coin!

    (Dang type set keeps growing!) image
    Easily distracted Type Collector


  • << <i>Has anybody warned the bidders of these coins?
    I see scumnuker has bid on 1 of them.

    Glenn >>


    I can't believe people are actually bidding on an auction from a user with 0 feedback from China with some of the worst Engrish I've ever read. Not to mention the photoshopping is so blatantly obvious.
  • NumisMeNumisMe Posts: 841 ✭✭
    And there are several bidders on these auctions. image
  • NumisMeNumisMe Posts: 841 ✭✭
    Yes, I sent a message to lexxz23 and warned him that these were fakes.
  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382
    I sent a message to 'ol scumnuker.
  • I sent scumnuker congrats on his high bid. image
  • jdsinvajdsinva Posts: 1,508
    The reverse of the coin in the image is flipped the wrong way. I think a little birdie sang to eBay.

    Jeff
    Jeff

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    Semper ubi sub ubi
  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979
    "Hello, everybody! I am a new customer in Ebay,
    hoping everybody to much much advise with
    support, the dollar on my Ebay is all very
    aged, they come from the different national
    and race."


    That's some fine use of the Chingrish language! Thanks for the laugh.

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    -Bob
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  • SemperFISemperFI Posts: 802 ✭✭✭
    That is either a joke or one really bad con-artist.
  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    Holy Shyterewski!! image
    Wondo

  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570

    It's nice to see the American Entrepreneurial spirit has reached the Far East.
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    True, these fakes are very funny. But trust me, it won't be long at all until "they" get "it" right. Once listing non-existant coins and/or stolen images corrupts their feedback too much, and people finally start to get wise, they'll start manufacturing good quality fakes and encapsulating them in good quality fake slabs. It just takes a second to archive photos and registration numbers for real certified and valuable coins. You can find thousands of these images on eBay every day. What's to stop them from using those images and numbers as a ready-made list of easy-to-produce fakes?

    At $1 per hour, a skilled craftsman can put a couple months worth of effort into a fake valued as little as $750 or $1000 and still make a nice living. And a $5k or $10k coin? They already fake working, accurate, solid-gold and virtually undetectable Rolex watches to make a couple thousand dollars. Now imagine if that Rolex was only 2 sided, had no moving parts, and was actually sealed in a plastic container that keeps you from examining it closely. And slightly unusual coins that you might not see too often, like a Pan-Pac $1 or Dahlonega $5 in a fake slab with genuine numbers? How would you know?

    Maybe I'm just paranoid.
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  • Wow. How did China get all the great American rarities???
    The Accumulator - Dark Lloyd of the Sith

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  • bosoxbosox Posts: 1,546 ✭✭✭✭
    Come on! Looks real to me.
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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777
    I never knew that "bigly" was a real word..... image
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,490 ✭✭✭✭
    Now how in the world can you guys say these are fakes? After all, they are certified by the Peking Coin Grading Service!! image
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  • ERER Posts: 7,345


    << <i>Now how in the world can you guys say these are fakes? After all, they are certified by the Peking Coin Grading Service!! image >>


    quack quackimage
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    I just want to know why he used a "Happy Mother's Day" background, isn't he a little early?
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • Also, why is the coin listed in Asian books and manuscripts?


  • << <i>Also, why is the coin listed in Asian books and manuscripts? >>



    So the coin experts won't find these auctions & warn bidders about them.

    Glenn
  • The only auction that starts at $9.99 has $300 shipping ...
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    I rate this thread VF92! image
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355


    << <i>I just want to know why he used a "Happy Mother's Day" background, isn't he a little early? >>



    Chinese Mother's Day traditionally starts in early January, and runs until the end of the listing.

    I see scumnuker has an addition to his collection.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

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  • image And pay by check only .........
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