Those wacky Chinese...
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As they perfect their engraving, striking, and aging processes, we're eventually going to be in deep doodoo. Certainly not the experts, but average local dealers and collectors will be taken.
I assume that the ones being sold on eBay for $3 each are the trial runs, prototypes, and/or ones that don't pass muster to be put in fake PCGS slabs.
And yes, these were listed on eBay with the pictures showing "REPLICA" stamped on the coins... it's been brought to eBay's attention countless times, but they just don't give a sh1t.
I assume that the ones being sold on eBay for $3 each are the trial runs, prototypes, and/or ones that don't pass muster to be put in fake PCGS slabs.
And yes, these were listed on eBay with the pictures showing "REPLICA" stamped on the coins... it's been brought to eBay's attention countless times, but they just don't give a sh1t.
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<< <i>And yes, these were listed on eBay with the pictures showing "REPLICA" stamped on the coins... it's been brought to eBay's attention countless times, but they just don't give a sh1t. >>
No suprise there, all ebay cares about is the money their making from the listing fees.
Those first two Braided Hair pieces you posted might have passed my first cursory examination without a loupe.
(Edit- eh, who am I fooling. They probably would have gotten past me, unless I really scrutinized them. I admit it.)
The poorly-executed date on the 1811 Classic Head sticks out like a sore thumb and wouldn't have fooled me even with my failing eyesight.
When I go back and look at the dates of the two Braided Hair coins, particularly the 1848, I can see they're not quite right, but who's to say what would have happened if those had come across the counter, I was in less than optimal lighting, and in a hurry? They're pretty damn good fakes, I gotta say. I am sure a specialist would spot them right off but I am not much of a specialist in any one series.
"Those wacky Chinese" have indeed come a long, long way from the Vietnam War-era "Spaghetti Hair" Bust dollar fakes.