Beware - Fake Peace Dollars Lot On Ebay

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by APX78, Sep 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM.

  1. APX78

    APX78 Well-Known Member

    I saw this lot of Fake Peace Dollars today: Peace.jpg
    You can see the auction here:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/365893295375

    The seller even shows the individual coins on a scale where the coins are under weight.

    I'm trying to draw attention to this to help others.:)
     
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  3. Long Beard

    Long Beard Well-Known Member

    Looking at them, I don't really see any indications of them being counterfeit. Then again, by no means an expert on the subject. Where I do see a concern is the weights of 24 grams when they should be 26.7, clearly out of tolerance even for wear.
     
  4. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    They all look absolutely fake. There is no silver patina at all.
    The designs are mushy and the toning/patina is exactly the same on all of
    them. These look like bad Chinese fakes.
     
  5. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    I can spot those from a 100 yards! No need to even see the reverse. These all have the "Chinese patina".
     
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  6. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Then this is an excellent educational opportunity for you.

    That "toning" pattern can exist on real coins, and counterfeits can fail to display it. But an awful lot of counterfeits are colored exactly that way.

    And, yes, 11% weight loss is basically impossible. Any real coin with that weight would either have been struck on a planchet so thin that the design wouldn't have been fully struck up, or would be worn so heavily that you couldn't even see a date. (I've seen >10% weight loss on minor coins, but never on a silver dollar.)
     
  7. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Over there they call it the Chinese Cha Ching because it traffics tons of these fakes from all over. :smuggrin:
     
  8. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    There now likely more fake peace and morgan dollars than there are real ones. Never underestimate the ignorance of the "general public". They won't know until they or their heirs take it to a pawn shop and find out they're worthless.

    In the meantime, they leave positive ebay feedback! hahahahahaha
     
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  9. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Lack of sharp definite details make these obvious fakes, laughable even! :smuggrin:
     
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