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Hm. I don't see any obvious red flags, and yet I'm skeered of this one...

lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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1901 Straits Settlements 50c

I happen to know these are a favorite of the Chinese counterfeiters. Nothing leaps out and screams "fake!" on this piece, as far as I can tell, but then again, it scares me. What do y'all think?

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    JamminJJamminJ Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭
    Private auction: Strike one.
    No returns: Strike two.
    Heavily Counterfeited: Strike three.
    $19 Shipping: Strike four.
    Raw: Strike five.
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    wybritwybrit Posts: 6,953 ✭✭✭
    Lots of red flags IMO. Stay. Away.
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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A JamminJ sighting? Cool. I wouldn't bid because of the $19 shipping alone.

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    AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    The photos are not good enough to be able to say for sure, but it has the look of a Chinese fake.
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    satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720
    Interesting dichotomy -

    << <i>AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE. >>

    and

    << <i>No Returns Accepted >>

    Roy


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    ccrdragonccrdragon Posts: 2,697
    the wear patterns don't look right to me - could be a weak strike or something, but there looks to be serious wear on the hair and cheek, yet the crown looks pristene, coupled with all the comments above, PASS
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    BillyrayBillyray Posts: 98
    I just sent them a message



    << <i>If it's authenticity is guaranteed, why is there a no return policy? >>



    I'll let yall know if i get a reply
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    wildjagwildjag Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A JamminJ sighting? Cool. I wouldn't bid because of the $19 shipping alone. >>



    I was just thinking this myself, glad to have him back and hope he posts more
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    BillyrayBillyray Posts: 98
    His reply



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    danglendanglen Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭
    Well, all I can say is that it devalued by fifty percent from the title to the image image
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    BillyrayBillyray Posts: 98
    him



    << <i> I GUARANTEEE AUTHENTICITY >>



    me



    << <i>yes, you guarantee it, That means you'll make thing's right if it's not authentic. How do you make things right with no returns? >>

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I totally overlooked the the $19 shipping fee, and the fact that it was a private auction with no returns.

    It kinda-sorta does look like some of the Chinese fakes, colorwise, but if so, it's better than most.

    Not that I was gonna buy it. I was too afraid to touch it with the proverbial ten-foot pole.

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