Anyone think this might be a fake??

farthing · July 27, 2008 9:21AM

Link for those who can't live without this fantastic piece

farthing · July 27, 2008 9:23AM

Another from the same seller!

DorkGirl · July 27, 2008 9:23AM

Looks all good to me.

coinkat · July 27, 2008 9:24AM

too funny

SaorAlba · July 27, 2008 9:29AM

Hey ! Those are all the very rare "hot lips" varieties

ormandh · July 27, 2008 9:55AM

The Mona Lisa round cracks me up. I could see a Monty Pythonesque skit with her singing a ditty with her lips. Her eyes looking at Da Vinci as he reaches over to touch her and a her right hand swiftly reaches over and slaps his!

-Dan

JZrarities · July 27, 2008 10:13AM

Every Hong Kong engraving artist...

...has to begin Somewhere.

avgcounterfiticus · July 27, 2008 10:22AM

Is that playdoh?

Blackhawk · July 27, 2008 10:47AM

That's great.

The king's nose on the first piece reminded me of the sacrifice scene on top of the pyramid in the movie Apocalypto. The priests had some sort of turquoise nose pieces.

ajaan · July 27, 2008 11:01AM

You mean Edward VII didn't reign in 1866? Are you sure?

wybrit · July 27, 2008 1:00PM

I just wish all fakes were as bad as that.

The Mona Lisa and the Egyptian eyeball on Eddie are flippin' hilarious.

wybrit · July 27, 2008 1:02PM

AUTHENTICITY UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED

Age : 1866 A.D.

Grade:Good EXTREMELY FINE++

The coin and photograph is same alike. guaranteed genuine. Thank you for your purchase.

At least the photograph is genuine, I think!

wybrit · July 27, 2008 1:09PM

Here's another.

This one had to cost more to make than the genuine article is actually worth!

wybrit · July 27, 2008 1:12PM

And here's that famous royal wedding in Uganda, celebrated in 1086:

Kurt4 · July 27, 2008 2:27PM

Those are soooo bad that I'm actually interested. Maybe a new marketing ploy out of China.

ProofArtworkonCircs · July 27, 2008 2:37PM

Buyer, Beware.

A genuine Mona Lisa does not have eyebrows!

1jester · July 27, 2008 3:17PM

Thanks for the laughs!

JoesMaName · July 27, 2008 3:47PM

Those are great!
Charles has never looked so good!

That's not a bad ploy... I'd almost want a full set just to be able to look at em and crack myself up every now and then.
Dies engraved by Mr Bill - Ohhhh Nooooooo!

lordmarcovan · July 27, 2008 11:15PM

It's obvious you're not familiar with the Edward VII "Walleyed" variety, or the "Mona Lisa Wearing Wax Lips and Groucho Marx Fake Glasses and Nose".

That's understandable, though. They're only listed in the more arcane price guides.

satootoko · July 28, 2008 4:53AM

<< <i>Anyone think this might be a fake? >>

Why do you ask?

JoesMaName · July 28, 2008 8:05AM

<< <i>Mona Lisa Wearing Wax Lips >>

farthing · July 28, 2008 9:01AM

And of course the seller has a classic "Maja Desnuda" for sale. The question is - which side is "hotter"?

I must admit to being very tempted to bid on at least one of these, for some bizarre reason.

lordmarcovan · July 28, 2008 9:35AM

Stop. You're killin' me.

Bailathacl · July 28, 2008 10:56AM

I covet these for my "Numismatica Absurdia" album. Let the bidding wars begin....

Aethelred · July 28, 2008 11:02AM

Real, or implants?

Aethelred · July 28, 2008 11:03AM

I have to wonder how long before the is a "Standard Catalog of Chinese Counterfeits."

ajaan · July 28, 2008 11:12AM

implants

Aethelred · July 28, 2008 11:37AM

farthing · July 28, 2008 11:51AM

I wonder if MrEureka already has this rare US pattern

JCMhouston · July 28, 2008 11:52AM

That's excellent Aethelred, you even learned Chinese dialect English. I have to go to Shanghai for a couple of weeks in September, so I'll see what is available then. Put in your orders early.

Rickc300 · July 28, 2008 11:55AM

The Standard Catalog Uf Modern Bummers And Gaff Screwups (SCUMBAGS) should be available soon. SCUMBAG reservations are being taken for documentation experts, real and ghost writers... Pay will not be much (nothing) but the online version already started by Farthing is already worth a few laughs and guffaws. Thanks to all who have started and are contributing to help keeping SCUMBAG the one stop source for telling crap from shinola...

Rick

ProofArtworkonCircs · July 28, 2008 1:05PM

Is there no end of perfidy here? Mona Lisa's eyebrows are now correct on that last posting of her here. Is the artist reading our comments?

CollectingFanatic · July 30, 2008 5:42PM

We've been seeing a lot of fakes in our shop lately coming from China is my guess. I've seen American Silver eagles, Morgan dollars, Bust dollars, Peace and Seated liberty dollars, Silver Pandas, U.S. Commemoratives etc... Most are easy to tell but on the one's that are suspect...I weigh them and see if it's close. Most of the fakes are way off!

ColinCMR · August 2, 2008 8:35AM

barbarous

Anyone think this might be a fake??

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