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Fake $10 gold listed...?

jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
I am pretty sure this is a fake coin, but it looks like it is in a real holder maybe? What do you think?
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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,784 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Strange lookup at NGC Website.



    Why did seller post an NGC MS63 that looks like it's been Photoshopped in a negative light for comparison?



    Feedback of one? No way!



    Very weird listing.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks fake or real with really horrible pics. In any event I would pass especially with a feedback of 1.

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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With that info, NGC knows of fake coins in fake holders using that serial number. I reported, but I am not sure what ebay will do especially if they have a non coin guy following rules, and don't look into the real issue.
  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I messaged him saying it was fake and he was being reported, to which he responded "How do u figure. ? I bought these at a reputAble coin store report ur self add hole". His auction says he inherited the coin, now he says he purchased it, lol.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    here is my message to him:



    New message to: kris.rich143

    Both of your gold coin auctions are fakes. It is illegal to sell counterfeit US coins. Federal law against this and I would not want to go to jail for such a few bucks. So, I'll report to NGC and Ebay and let them inform the Secret Service. Good luck and be well.

    bob



    We'll see what he says next.



    bobimage
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  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Defiantly a fake. !
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  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is it me or does the numbers on top the Barcode on the slab not look right?
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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    This is his picture on eBay.
    Looks like a reputable seller to me

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  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. Just wow, lol. I really wish people like him would get what they deserve.
  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really wish people like him would get what they deserve.


    Not to get all metaphysical on you, but I think in general they do.
    mirabela
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think that this is the same piece that has made the rounds before or its evil twin. The privious pictures were better, and I was able to get a half way decent close-up of it that shows that the piece is a counterfeit. The prongs on the counterfeit slab are too long.

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    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TopographicOceans
    This is his picture on eBay.
    Looks like a reputable seller to me

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    I think he would look good in bright orange jump suit holding a big hammer that he could use to make big ones into small ones.

    I'm going to buy coins from him ... Yea right. image

    It's interest to note that he has a 66.7% positive feedback rating. I don't mess with eBay very much, but that seems really low to me. Of course he's had only three feedback comments.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If ya gonna message a seller with comments he won't like, always make sure you do it from a buying account and not your selling account. No telling what extremes a pi$$ed seller will go to. Don't give him a shot at ruining your feedback or your defect rate.
  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It almost looks like one of those chocolet coins covered in gold foil!

    Does anybody know if the coin is actually gold?
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No doubt a fake....but based on that picture alone (not to mention feedback), I would

    not even consider dealing with such an individual. Cheers, RickO
  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ricko
    No doubt a fake....but based on that picture alone (not to mention feedback), I would
    not even consider dealing with such an individual. Cheers, RickO


    Umm...you should have seen some of the coin dealers I have dealt with during the course of 5 decades. And some of the best-groomed, best-dressed guys were very practiced at picking your pocket.

    That said, that coin is a blatant fake. The surfaces look strange, and I think there are blems here and there.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the previous post. Some of the guys who wear the coats and ties are the dealers who are ready to skin you if they can. Maybe I'm judging the book by its cover, but I tend to avoid those guys.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I messaged him with a buying account, not my selling. Good tip to others sellers though.

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