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~~~rEaL *or* ``FAKE``? 1868 gold dollar on ebay

ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,952 ✭✭✭✭✭
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OK Heres a fun one!~ anyone venture a guess one way or the other?
PS Dont Worry No bidding interest posting for educational purposes only

I see spikes....anyone else?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-US-1868-1-00-One-Dollar-Gold-Coin-/170473814767?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item27b107faef

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  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    Buying from xiaotao712 would make me suspect. I have no idea.
    Paul
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This date has been heavily counterfeited. Don't buy raw from anyone other than a reputable dealer.

    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

  • RyGuyRyGuy Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭
    All of his coins have the same overall look to the rims/edging.

    Counterfeit.
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    Link
    Tom

  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    Definitely fake, but if the posted weight is correct, at least it has the right
    amount of gold in it.
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    weight is just posted... plus there is the whole tungsten thing.

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,897 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>weight is just posted... plus there is the whole tungsten thing. >>



    Most gold dollar fakes have the full weight and fineness of gold since the numismatic value is much higher than the melt value.

    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

  • kazkaz Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    looking at prior sales, seller's address changed from bangkok to Haifa. Wonder where he really at?
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder if his crappy pics are intentional to make it difficult to evaluate the authenticity of his coin.

    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

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