Beware of this dangerous counterfeit 1885 Newfoundland 50 cent coin

This coin comes from the same distributors as others I have been posting about for a while. However, the appearance of these is quite good compared to much of their other fare and thus makes it a dangerously deceiving counterfeit.

As many people would (and have) proclaimed me crazy and wrong in calling this a fake, I have taken up the TPG's method of matching die markers on two different examples.

Note what looks like dings from normal circulation - these are either added to the hub by the counterfeiters and struck onto the coin as part of the charade, or they are copied from the host coin used to make the transfer die.

Original eBay listings:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1885-Newfoundland-50-c-Coin-/151699607530?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2352004fea&nma=true&si=2OeCTzr8tFg%2B%2BJmANuaYaUO0NCc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252004930156?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Seller's pictures stolen from the listings (for longevity):

Coin 1




Coin 2





Comparisons:






There have been other Canadian and Newfie fakes of similar quality, but I have not had a chance to spy multiple examples to do such a comparison on others.

 

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Great job. So is eBay going to take action?

 

Perhaps if it's reported by a lot of people, or simply the "right" person. Otherwise, 99.9% chance they will do nothing.