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Chinese copy half dime offered on eBay
MrHalfDime
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There is an obvious counterfeit (Chinese) copy 1795 half dime being offered on eBay, and needs to be nuked. It is being offered for $600, and fortunately there are no bids yet.
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Be glad it's not struck on a Nail
I believe it would be more of a benefit if people would not get the auction killed, I for one like to get a good look at the fakes so I know what they look like. tough to study something once it goes bye bye
You make a good point, but the longer it stays up the greater the likelihood that some poor, unsuspecting bidder will get stung.
The bogus coin was removed, as the good Captain stated, but the seller was not deterred, and simply put it up again; both listings were for the same coin.
Complaint filed.
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I believe it would be more of a benefit if people would not get the auction killed, I for one like to get a good look at the fakes so I know what they look like. tough to study something once it goes bye bye
It is possible to identify some fakes from something seen in a photograph, because a tell-tale diagnostic (such as the initials V.D.B. on a Lincoln Cent) is either present, or missing. Sometimes, the coin pictured may even match a coin known to be counterfeit, or a seam on a cast coin is visible. Avoid coins when only one side of the coin is shown, because there may be something hidden that you should see.
But what if there is nothing obvious, yet the coin illustrated "looks fake?" That means nothing by itself, because many sellers use poor photographic equipment or techniques, and some coins present a challenge, even to those with good photographic skills. And what if the coin illustrated "looks real?" That may also mean nothing by itself, because digital images can be easily altered. Worse still, a seller can illustrate a nice coin, but then ship a fake instead. Some sellers do not own any coins, they simply use stolen photos, and ship nothing. The possibilities are endless.
No matter what a photograph shows, judging whether a coin is real or not from photographs is mostly guesswork, especially since digital photographs can be altered. Therefore, it is often not possible to say that a coin is authentic or not, merely by looking at a photograph, and there is no substitute for physically examining a coin, because looking at a two-dimensional picture of a coin is vastly different from examining the coin in person.
NEVER buy a coin illustrated with poor quality or blurry images. If it's a quality coin, the seller will provide a quality image.
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