FAKE 1858 Gold Dollar PULLED from Ebay!
ambro51
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I dont know if it was me raising holy hell with the seller, or reporting this to ebay...but anyway it has been pulled.
Man alive that got me so ticked off last night...and then some Geeinuss on the forum saying something like "well its OK cuz its not really a counterfeit cuz anacs didnt send it to the secret service etc etc so he should be allowed to sell it cuz he dont know for sure ANACS only said Altered Coin Questionable Authenticity NO SERVICE etc etc" YIKES what a mixed up line of reasoning that was.
Thankfully it is off ebay at least for another two and a half months!
Moral of the STORY>>>>> Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold.
Man alive that got me so ticked off last night...and then some Geeinuss on the forum saying something like "well its OK cuz its not really a counterfeit cuz anacs didnt send it to the secret service etc etc so he should be allowed to sell it cuz he dont know for sure ANACS only said Altered Coin Questionable Authenticity NO SERVICE etc etc" YIKES what a mixed up line of reasoning that was.
Thankfully it is off ebay at least for another two and a half months!
Moral of the STORY>>>>> Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold.
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<< <i> Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. >>
Ambro---It took you a while but I'm glad you learned this lesson.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Lets just forget all that OK?
<< <i>NOT THAT LONG Perry.
Lets just forget all that OK? >>
Agreed.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
More accurately, "Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC."
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<< <i>Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold.
More accurately, "Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC." >>
That day is over too, too much fake plastic out there.
I wasn't trying to be difficult. I just wanted to make sure ANACS wasn't being misrepresented.
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<< <i>Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold.
More accurately, "Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC." >>
That day is over too, too much fake plastic out there. >>
Maybe the better thing to do would be to trust the seller???
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Kind of tough when you're doing dollar gold though, eh?
That poor seller....plus what I sent him in the way of emails....Ive heard from a few VERY heavy hitters that have contacted him. He probably didnt realize Im on chatty email terms with the President of the ANA
He needs a cave to crawl into now.
Kudos to Fred Weinberg for the "heads up" along with a few others through the eBay message system.
It's good to hold the candle, and I'm pondering sending the coin in because it weighs exactly five grams.
But... based on the few who messaged me, ... that would likely be a waste of money, too.
Maybe it's another specimen for the ANA's school ?
It's not how much I lose that counts, it's how much I learn.
Humble pie is delicious.
Lane
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<< <i>I'm sure that would be a welcome addition to the ANA counterfeit collection.
Lane >>
If they want to buy it, they know who the seller is
Are coins typically donated to this collection? Could be pricey if it's real gold.
I got very angry with a comment made and deleted all my posts.....I suppose they 'got the message' that I wanted it gone.
That was fine. Some of the things I wrote were not very nice.
All better now though.
After calling in my "heavy artillery" on this guy Im pretty sure he will be booted from the ANA.
<< Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold.
More accurately, "Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC." >>
That day is over too, too much fake plastic out there. >>
Maybe the better thing to do would be to trust the seller???
How about this for a really wild idea? Maybe the best thing to do is to learn enough about coins that you can trust yourself?
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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<< Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold.
More accurately, "Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC." >>
That day is over too, too much fake plastic out there. >>
Maybe the better thing to do would be to trust the seller???
How about this for a really wild idea? Maybe the best thing to do is to learn enough about coins that you can trust yourself? >>
Trust yourself, but you can also use 3rd and 4th party opinions.
Trust TPG's
Trust expert opinions on this learned forum
Trust your knowledge which you must build by reading all the specialist books
Trust your memory by looking at all examples of the coins that you can
<< <i>Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold. Trust NO Raw Gold.
More accurately, "Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC. Trust PLASTIC." >>
do you think that PCGS, NGC, and ANACS do a good job in counterfeit detection??