Thread: Real or Fake

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I have been still looking at getting my first Gold coin..
As I look.. I will make sur I buy from My local dealer.. But I am still researching..
As I look at this coin.. The Picture is bad but the gold looks Plated to me..
Tone on a Gold coin?

Wow, that's a really bad pic and therefore a gamble of a buy. Your choice it may be a nice coin but my experience has been that if someone posts a bad pic then maybe something is wrong. Are all the sellers pics that bad? If all his pics are that bad then I don't know what to say. good luck

Thanks,, I am NOT buying from Ebay.. Just using for research.
I like to know the going prices.. I will be buying from my Local shop.. I trust him, I just like to know since if I find something from him.. and see that I can sell for a bit on ebay.. at a profit.. I may buy two.. Wife yells at me.. I sell one and make a profit then the wife stops yelling... Its a whole plan "thing",
So many plans..
I am thinking about selling some silver.. I got most of mine when it was low 9.00 range or so.. .. Send some $$ to Haiti..
She can't yell at me for that.... Or can she?

Originally Posted by NotSure

First (and for some, the only) rule of thumb:

Raw gold + ebay = DON'T

The image is too blurry to even make a decent guess. Email the seller to see if you could get a clear image. Blurry/small images usually don't equate to a good thing, and there could be a very good reason the seller uses cruddy images.

While the seller's feedback is good, I personally wouldn't buy raw gold from ebay...only graded by PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG (the ebay approved TPG's).

That's just MY opinion.

And many, many others as well. Did you notice though that there were now 15 bidders? Sure wish they would join this forum.

Originally Posted by Just Carl

And many, many others as well. Did you notice though that there were now 15 bidders? Sure wish they would join this forum.

I know.. With that crummy picture..
Doesn't it look Plated?

This site has saved me more then once..

Even if it is genuine, it's not what most would call "Choice XF". Avoid.