Anyone seen this seller warning of Fakes?

stiffy

Warning of fake coins

Will it help?

kiyote

A few other sellers do that-- someone was warning about fake slave badges and another about some kinda porcelin collectable.

lkenefic

I don't know if it will help...but it can't hurt.

construct

Wow! The seller sent him an 1885 Trade Dollar as hush money!

I certainly like the spirit of the action.

Myqqy

Has anybody ever purchased an authentic coin from china??

BlindedByEgo

<< <i>Has anybody ever purchased an authentic coin from china?? >>



Authentic... China...

rec78

Has anybody ever purchased an authentic coin from china??

or Malaysia, Singapore, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Syria, Indonesia??

Boothill40

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My father inlaw bought me an authentic fake trade dollar from china does that count.

ABC123

It seems many eBayer's are still looking for something for nothing---Caveat Emptor !

LanLord

I bought authentic chinese money in New Zealand (at the monex exchange)

I just had a yen for a couple wan!

Brianruns10

Although I am not in any way defending whomever sold him the fakes, I do have to say that the fellow who bought the trade dollar was obviously ignorant of even the basics of coin collecting. I mean, we're not talking about an added mintmark to a 1916-D dime or something that requires a level of experience with detecting fakes. It's an 1885 trade dollar!! In terms of renown, I would argue that it is right up there with the 1804 and the 1913. If he bought a trade dollar dated 1885 (from China, notorious for fakes), and was shocked to find it was a fake, frankly, I feel little sympathy for him. That should have been an easy auction to spot. He was asking to get burned.
Brian ROse

DDR

Believe it or not, I've purchased a handful of genuine Trade dollars from China. However, I have not purchased anything from there within the last 18 months.

johnsim03

I could be mistaken, but you cannot use eBay listings to make political (or other) statements like this -
it is against the TOS. So, all that will happen is this guy will eventually get NARU'd for it, if he keeps
it up.

Gotta admire him for it, despite the above. It is probably misguided, though.

I haven't looked on eBay US, but has anyone written a "Guide" on this subject? I would be surprised
if no one has done that, a consumer piece about buying obvious cast-fakes, I mean.

John

DDR

John,

There are a number of guides on eBay about buying fake coins, particularly Trade dollars, from China. I assume people are reading them because the fakes don't seem to be getting as many bids as they did previously.