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Multiple fake PCGS slabs and fake coins.....
bob 
Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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The coin is crap, the slab would fool me.
Screams fraud, label too. Ugly.
that's the real slab from 2005....wtf is with this seller/crook?..he's got 540 solid ratings....for sure many would fall for this one....
What do I do to help?
Some people believe that slabbed coins are not faked.
I agree with Insider2 that slab itself looks spot on, I think in hand the label would give it away because they used an inkjet printer, the printing isn't as sharp as a real PCGS label, and the label is a tad low and narrow.
Terrible fake.
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Click on "report" about 1/2 down on the right side of the page and then click on Listing, then fraudulent, etc.
bob
That use to work, but doesn't anymore.
Ebay does nothing when you 'report' it.
"“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)
"I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
Not true, they shut them down all the time. It's not instantaneous, you need to wait for someone to evaluate.
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The fonts are different on the labels, although I don't know if PCGS has kept them consistent over time.
I knew it would happen.
It is the right certification number, interestingly enough. You'd think they could come up with a better coin for the perfect holder.
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Ali Babba fake? It sure looks like one to me.
I just informed timboshenko (540 ) to shut this down or call me before I report him to the authorities. Lets see if he calls I will keep you posted, I hope Ebay does not kick me off for doing this!
I sent this guy a question and this is how he responded.
eBay
New message from: timboshenko (540Purple Star)
This counterfeit cost me around $4300 in Long Beach about 12 years ago. Now I am trying to get enough to pay my wife’s latest hospital bills. So I guess you should probably do what is important to you. Turn in an old army veteran and make sure I have nothing to help my wife.
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real bogus for sure. at least it did not sell.
I will not post my response to him here.
This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available.
Well at least on that site.
Thanks he shut that one down before I got to it. I'll be ready for the next one.
I've read that even sellers with good feedback will slide some fakes in and have mostly real coins to up the profit margins. Add that to the fact 80% people have no clue they got a fake. I'm totally against fakes.
That might explain why he never called good work guys. I dont have the expert experience to tell a fake from a real one but if I every get ready to buy one I will bring it here first! You guys are Bad A$$!
Not true....Ebay doesn't shut these guys down,
This site DOES>>>>>>>>>>>(first, it's posted on this site, then the contact notifies Ebay, then Ebay shuts the auction down, BUT the "Report Item' directly on the bay auction page, does nothing.)
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=160
"“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)
"I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
Good one, Huh? An old army vet posts this coin around Veterans Day.
Very suspicious...........
Pete
That is a totally bogus sob story. The Chinese or whoever were not making those fake slabs 12 years ago, which would have been 2005.
If you are interested here a link to the PCGS "Online" Museum of Coin Holders. Most of the PCGS labels and holders from 1986 to present.
https://www.pcgs.com/holders
Wow how do you use your sick wife and "veteran" status to justify ripping someone off selling bogus goods?
Sounds like the only sick one here is the ebayer himself.
all around collector of many fine things
Not true. I've had auctions shut down by eBay for a CCA hinder being visible in the photo. Someone reported that and eBay followed up
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The barcode translates to 7190.08820/28837518
= 1889-cc Morgan Dollar AU details filed rims
That is a totally bogus sob story. The Chinese or whoever were not making those fake slabs 12 years ago, which would have been 2005.
When you think about it, who goes to Long Beach? Something tells me that he's not a newb, nor was he in 2005 either.
I knew it would happen.
No doubt about the coin..... I would not have seen the slab as fake... Cheers, RickO
His poor wife!
My Early Large Cents
The slab is scary good.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
How do you read the barcode @ArizonaRareCoins? What program do you use? That is an important thing to know.
Kind regards,
George
The great caveat ! By now, it's "Shopper Beware".
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
Here is a link to the PCGS barcode layout
https://www.pcgs.com/barcode
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Sadly, anytime an ebay seller emphasizes they are a veteran (either disabled or with a disabled/ill spouse) and/or 'are a Christian seller' it seems they are anything but.
The response makes it sound like he knew it was a fake and YOU are a bad guy for turning him in...so some other collector can own a fake???? What a despicable piece of trash.
Yeah, right. The only connection between that coin and Long Beach is its port of entry into the US.
At least the auction has been yoinked.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Holy crap the hubris on this guy.
Can you trust the barcode in reading an online photo? The line thickness/spacing could be altered by focus, angle etc., couldn't it? Not that I doubt the read for this coin. Maybe barcode matching is the next step up.
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What are the characteristics that point this out as such an obvious fake?
Compare the dates in the two images. And there are other tells a Morgan collector can see.
This is why I quit collecting these things.
The strike is very flat with much of the design detail missing. Certain Morgan Dollar dates come weakly struck, but never this bad. At the same time the fields are bright with luster indicating Mint State. Therefore the weakness cannot be from circulation. This is a "Mint Stare counterfeit" and a very badly made counterfeit that can be identified without knowing the characteristics of an 1893-CC dollar.
Happy Veteran’s Day a few days early. (fellow vets)
https://youtu.be/2qhjnNTNomM
His story is the reason we have war stories. I pray his wife is okay, though.
In the interim, here is an old song by War.
I think it describes Ebay.
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
Barcode comes out the same if you read it manually:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleaved_2_of_5