Another counterfeit on eBay

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• braddick Posts: 24,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 28, 2025 10:42PM

  At least the seller is honest within his auction description.

  I see the fakes are now being artifically 'aged' too.

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• MsMorrisine Posts: 35,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 28, 2025 10:44PM edited April 28, 2025 11:01PM

  i'm guessing they did not make cast coins back then

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• MsMorrisine Posts: 35,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 28, 2025 10:54PM

  reported fwiw, but with 7h to go it's going to be tough

  have you tried talking to the seller?

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• MsMorrisine Posts: 35,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 28, 2025 11:04PM

  @VanHalen said:
  Capped Bust Dime counterfeit

  seller says it is contemporary. is it a contemporary counterfeit or a bad modern one?

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• BillJones Posts: 34,683 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 29, 2025 5:49AM

  It's a modern bad counterfeit. The seller is the usual scam artist.

  Here are the photos cropped and adjusted so people can see what it looks like.

  
  

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• VanHalen Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 29, 2025 7:54AM

  Listed with genuine US dimes the seller does claim it is a contemporary counterfeit minted in the United States and plated with Sterling silver.

  It appears to be a modern cast counterfeit of base metal. It did only bring about $42 delivered so it didn't fool too many people.

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• BillJones Posts: 34,683 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 29, 2025 8:21AM edited April 29, 2025 8:22AM

  $42 is still too much for that thing. A 50 cent junk box find would be more in line. Don't feed the wicked.

  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 ... ?

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• braddick Posts: 24,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 29, 2025 9:46AM

  I agree and change my first perception of this seller.
  Calling this a "Contemporary counterfeit" is deceptive and I too agree the value is negligible.

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