Those Chinese fakes are getting better and better...

cheezhed

1878 Morgan $1 on ebay

coinguy1

While obviously not a Morgan dollar, it's a copy of a pattern dollar from that year.

johnny9434

looks like it coinguy. id like to get a closer look at that

doh

reported

koynekwest

I have seen, in hand, a number Chinese replica Buffalo nickels that do not have the required "COPY" or "REPLICA" on the coin. Other than the somewhat odd color these could be very deceptive. They, too, are appearing all over ebay.

nankraut

looks like EBAY nuked it.

MsMorrisine

it's not been nuked. it ended soon after the initial post.

closing total $20.00

Bear

ASince they own our debt, why shouldn't they copy our money?

robkool

A pretty kool pattern copy tho...

Steve27

These have been appearing on ebay for quite some time now:

Rob790

I don't think it's any better than any other chinese fake coin product. Looks like a pretty poor copy to me like all the products from China. These are more of an annoyance and not a serious threat to the hobby.

cheezhed

Yes, yes, yes, we all know it's fake and they are all over ebay.

This listing caught my eye because it appears the seller thinks it's real and the location is the U.S.

botanist

Of course the really best counterfeits are the ones we haven't yet recognized and so don't know about yet. Are any of them out there already awaiting discovery, perhaps even inside TPG slabs? Or if not, how much more time do we have before advancing technology allows precision duplication of certain types of coins? Which are the best candidates for illicit reproduction, might they be Lincoln cents such as 1909 S VDB?