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Please help to report this eBay listing of a counterfeit coin.

coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
Also posted in the Ancient & World Coins Forum.
Look at the enlarged images of this 1895 Puerto Rico Peso.
The designers initials at the base of the bust on a genuine coin are B.M. This counterfeit shows initials S.M. The obverse fields also show very suspect granular surfaces, and very weak dentil detail. Obviously a forgery!


A quick comparison to this offering by Gemcocoins will show what another raw, real coin should look like

"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
http://www.american-legacy-coins.com

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  • TURBOTURBO Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    He says 100% GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC .....
  • SpoolySpooly Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭
    I don't think seller knows it's fake. ( I know nothing about Peso) Why would he post high resolution pictures? Have you e-mailed him? What did he say? He has 100% positive feedback.
    Si vis pacem, para bellum

    In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Reported.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't think seller knows it's fake. ( I know nothing about Peso) Why would he post high resolution pictures? Have you e-mailed him? What did he say? He has 100% positive feedback. >>



    I informed the seller that they left out one important detail from their description. Counterfeit.image

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
    http://www.american-legacy-coins.com

  • reported
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,572 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I listed a coin as 100% authentic once, TURBO. When I got a message from Fred Weinberg that it was a contemporary counterfeit, it was embarassing. Thankfully I pulled it before the posse got ahold of it image
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,141 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Judith does not work on weekends. You may not get any results today. Good luck
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."

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