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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-18-2009, 02:05 AM   #1 (permalink) avi400 Senior Member   Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 112 Hi, If I buy coin from SINGAPORE, It can be dangerous Because the coin maybe counterfeit ? I thouht to buy a coin from ebay seller who has 100% feedbacks , and many feedcacks. I ordinary not buy from east of Asia. Thank you in advance.   10-18-2009, 02:49 AM   #2 (permalink) chip chip   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 592 Blog Entries: 15 Quote: Originally Posted by avi400 Because the coin maybe counterfeit ? I thouht to buy a coin from ebay seller who has 100% feedbacks , and many feedcacks. I ordinary not buy from east of Asia. Thank you in advance. It might be, if you post a link to it here you may find an expert who can tell if it is a fakery or not, just because it is from asia would not make it a counterfeit, we have coins from singapore that we picked up while there on business, so people from singapore could also do the same. __________________ E Pluribus FUN!   10-18-2009, 03:02 AM   #3 (permalink) avi400 Senior Member   Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 112 See link of seller, and his items that he sold until now. Many items is UNC/BU. From where the many coins UNC/BU? here is the link: http://shop.ebay.com/singtrading/m.h...&_stpos=&gbr=1 and the link of feedbacks... http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...k&myworld=true many coins UNC. Thank you.   10-18-2009, 03:25 AM   #4 (permalink) chip chip   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 592 Blog Entries: 15 I looked at the link, lots and lots of world coins that I have not seen, the 1922 russian imperial 50 kopecks made me think a little, did not the bolsheviks take over Rus and execute the imperial family in 1918? still there was a civil war for years afterwards so it is possible that the white russians coined money. __________________ E Pluribus FUN!   10-18-2009, 03:43 PM   #5 (permalink) MissSasha Junior Member     Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 179 Quote: Originally Posted by chip I looked at the link, lots and lots of world coins that I have not seen, the 1922 russian imperial 50 kopecks made me think a little, did not the bolsheviks take over Rus and execute the imperial family in 1918? still there was a civil war for years afterwards so it is possible that the white russians coined money. It's not 1922 "Imperial Russia" 50k, it's clearly USSR 50 K. It states that ON the coin. Plus, there's a star on it, the symbol of the bolshevic animals. Very common coin btw. But yeah, I would not buy anything from him. His silver looks 100% fake. __________________ Girls dig coins too! Successful trades/sales: Abe, illini420. Giveaways: regadon.   10-18-2009, 03:50 PM   #6 (permalink) scottishmoney Yep   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Krasny Vostok Posts: 2,533 I will step in and state categorically that I have had nothing but good transactions from reputable sellers in China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, S. Korea, Thailand etc. Actually there is one seller on eBay, Noteshobby, from Thailand that has one of the best by far selections of world paper money around, he ships them very securely, has good prices and is great to deal with. He has a lot of seemingly obscure notes like those from Africa that are difficult to find. __________________   10-18-2009, 06:09 PM   #7 (permalink) chip chip   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 592 Blog Entries: 15 Quote: Originally Posted by MissSasha It's not 1922 "Imperial Russia" 50k, it's clearly USSR 50 K. It states that ON the coin. Plus, there's a star on it, the symbol of the bolshevic animals. Very common coin btw. But yeah, I would not buy anything from him. His silver looks 100% fake. Thanks. But tell me, did the white russians circulate any coinage in the areas they controlled during the civil war? __________________ E Pluribus FUN!   10-18-2009, 03:24 AM   #8 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 818 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 avi400, I looked at the links you posted and the first question is what coin do you intend on buying from him? I see his small priced coins and one thing to keep in mind is most counterfeiters or sellers of counterfeit coins sell for larger amounts of money. He looks safe enough to me but keep in mind I don't do that much business on ebay. My experience running across fake coins on ebay have mostly been US coins. Also, here in California it's 11.20 in the evening so you really need to wait for more responses tomorrow morning. good luck   10-18-2009, 03:46 AM   #9 (permalink) avi400 Senior Member   Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 112 Hi, This is the coin: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tab%3DWatching and same coin sold by the same seller UNC/BU in the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=190338614286 With 1 bid only. This is a rare coin, that was sold for at list 60 USD in this condition. Thank you.   10-18-2009, 04:05 AM   #10 (permalink) avi400 Senior Member   Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 112 No one bid this coin UNC/BU. http://cgi.ebay.com/NETHERLANDS-WILH...item2c5110c571 The buyyers are affraid to buy.   10-18-2009, 12:49 PM   #11 (permalink) DCH Member   Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 119 Both 1943s appear genuine. I haven't followed this coin for awhile, but $25 for a low end UNC sounds about right(Krause says $17.50). From the pictures, I'm not convinced either coin is an UNC. First coin looks cleaned/hairlined.   10-18-2009, 07:04 PM   #12 (permalink) mcarney1173 Senior Member     Join Date: May 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 286 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 I think this auction looks legitimate. High ratings, and the pics aren't blurry.   10-19-2009, 11:48 AM   #13 (permalink) DriftHappy Wears BigBoy Pants******     Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 19 I guess I am not seeing what MissSasha is seeing. The coins look authentic to me. I would not be scared to buy from that guy. Perhaps if he was located in the Philippines or China, I would be reluctant.   10-19-2009, 12:47 PM   #14 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,850 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by mcarney1173 I think this auction looks legitimate. High ratings, and the pics aren't blurry. China counterfeit are get hard to pick out! They just found 1903-S Morgan Dolar in a PCGS holder MS65 but the coins # was not in Pcgs system.they think that they cut 1903-P & matched rev with 78-82-S So ck your number 1st before you buy!!!! __________________ no one right 100% of the time ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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