Flood of Fake Indian Cents on eBay

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sc999
sc999 Posts: 52 ✭✭
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Heads up: new eBay seller appears to be flooding the market with fake key-date Indian Head and Wheat cents.

Seller is located in Pottsville, PA and, come to find, has a criminal record. Started listing heavily within the last couple weeks. I bought several Indian cents to verify and the coins I received are absolutely fake.

Report if you can.

Seller link:
https://ebay.com/usr/jsad92

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  • braddick
    braddick Posts: 25,185 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This single negative feedback should have warned others (sadly, it apparently did not):

    s***d (2014)- Feedback left by buyer.
    Past month
    Verified purchase
    WARNING: DO NOT BUY COINS FROM THIS SELLER. THEY ARE ALL FAKE. PURCHASED MULTIPLE INDIAN CENTS AND ALL ARE COUNTERFEIT. IF YOU BOUGHT FROM THIS SELLER, THE COIN YOU RECEIVED IS NOT GENUINE.

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What a shame to see stuff like that...

  • mr1931S
    mr1931S Posts: 7,309 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This single negative feedback should have warned others (sadly, it apparently did not.

    There is widespread inability to read with understanding at work in this country... And then there is ebay's spectacular AI counterfeit detection fail. Sad.

    NEVER buy an uncertified (by PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, possibly a few others) key date coin in ANY series from a seller on ebay...UNLESS...your past experience with seller indicates that you can buy raw key date coin with high confidence that it is genuine.

    "Two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe; and I'm not sure about the universe."
    -Albert Einstein-

    Mistakes are natural. But repeated mistakes without reflection are something else. That may be the “stupidity” he was referring to. In research, he admitted uncertainty openly. “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” This shows humility. Even a Nobel laureate accepted doubt. That humility makes the quote less cynical and more observational.

  • Bikergeek
    Bikergeek Posts: 704 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have an app in my website that allows me (OR anyone else - but currently just me!) to flag sellers of bad material like this. I just flagged jsad92 and referenced this post. https://groovycoins.com/cautionlist-view

    The people on that list will invoke a red FLAGGED box if you browse to ANY of their items on eBay as long as you also have my plugin loaded to your brower. The link above tells you how to get the plugins for Firefox, Edge, and Chrome. (Sorry, I don't do Apple).

    The flag looks like this:

    My hobby website Groovycoins.com, new and improved!

  • sc999
    sc999 Posts: 52 ✭✭
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    @braddick said:
    This single negative feedback should have warned others (sadly, it apparently did not):

    This feedback is the most recent. He's already sold over 35 coins like this since late April. Sad for all those buyers that got scammed before this.

  • sc999
    sc999 Posts: 52 ✭✭
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    @MFeld said:
    In the past hour, I reported multiple completed and current listings from this seller. So far, and to my great surprise, eBay had removed six items, including this one:

    Well done. It's a miracle eBay actually removed a fraudulent listing. It'd be awesome if those past buyers received reimbursement.

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,133 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @sc999 said:

    @MFeld said:
    In the past hour, I reported multiple completed and current listings from this seller. So far, and to my great surprise, eBay had removed six items, including this one:

    Well done. It's a miracle eBay actually removed a fraudulent listing. It'd be awesome if those past buyers received reimbursement.

    Thank you and thank you for this thread. Prior to today, I’d had extremely poor results in my reporting, over a period of several months. I’m curious as to why things were different today.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MFeld said:

    @sc999 said:

    @MFeld said:
    In the past hour, I reported multiple completed and current listings from this seller. So far, and to my great surprise, eBay had removed six items, including this one:

    Well done. It's a miracle eBay actually removed a fraudulent listing. It'd be awesome if those past buyers received reimbursement.

    Thank you and thank you for this thread. Prior to today, I’d had extremely poor results in my reporting, over a period of several months. I’m curious as to why things were different today.

    I've had similar experiences reporting on eBay recently; there appears to be no rhyme or reason to it.

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,753 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MFeld said:

    @sc999 said:

    @MFeld said:
    In the past hour, I reported multiple completed and current listings from this seller. So far, and to my great surprise, eBay had removed six items, including this one:

    Well done. It's a miracle eBay actually removed a fraudulent listing. It'd be awesome if those past buyers received reimbursement.

    Thank you and thank you for this thread. Prior to today, I’d had extremely poor results in my reporting, over a period of several months. I’m curious as to why things were different today.

    Maybe eBay is getting tired of reimbursing the victims of this scammer and it's hurting their bottom line.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:

    @MFeld said:

    @sc999 said:

    @MFeld said:
    In the past hour, I reported multiple completed and current listings from this seller. So far, and to my great surprise, eBay had removed six items, including this one:

    Well done. It's a miracle eBay actually removed a fraudulent listing. It'd be awesome if those past buyers received reimbursement.

    Thank you and thank you for this thread. Prior to today, I’d had extremely poor results in my reporting, over a period of several months. I’m curious as to why things were different today.

    Maybe eBay is getting tired of reimbursing the victims of this scammer and it's hurting their bottom line.

    Its gotta at least slow down some where, agreed 👍

  • Old_Collector
    Old_Collector Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MFeld said:

    @sc999 said:

    @MFeld said:
    In the past hour, I reported multiple completed and current listings from this seller. So far, and to my great surprise, eBay had removed six items, including this one:

    Well done. It's a miracle eBay actually removed a fraudulent listing. It'd be awesome if those past buyers received reimbursement.

    Thank you and thank you for this thread. Prior to today, I’d had extremely poor results in my reporting, over a period of several months. I’m curious as to why things were different today.

    Yeah, I keep getting the AI "the listing is fine" response. One was so simple, it was advertised as a PCGS graded coin, but the picture was of a body bagged coin that was clearly labeled DO NOT HOLDER and NOT GENUINE.

    I just shook my head and moved on. Every single one that I report is obviously counterfeit to a casual observer.

    Agreed, this is a useful thread, hopefully it will protect someone by coming up in a Google search by a newbie.

  • MrScience
    MrScience Posts: 787 ✭✭✭
    edited May 9, 2026 11:02AM
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    Nice work, all! The seller has been NARU'd....

  • sc999
    sc999 Posts: 52 ✭✭
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    Seller was suspended, but somehow reinstated and back with more fakes:

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