Gobrecht Dollars, real or fake?

So then EBay distinguishes a TPG certified coin then? If that is the case certainly there is deception going on..... That adds up to strike one in my mind.

 

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Thank you. I certainly learned something today.

 

Wow, so their feedback is bought and paid for .

 

I kinda did this when I started my second eBay account. I bought a bunch of $0.99 free shipping items from China. It's been a quick minute but I think you needed a feedback of like 10 before you could sell items that were Buy It Now.

 

Same seller?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1877-S-Tra...192640615746?oid=253740218352&redirect=mobile

 

Most of the coins appear genuine upon cursory glance. Whether or not this is just one huge scam, I guess we’ll see.

I placed a few bids myself

 

To clarify, this is the most recent high-grade Gobrecht Dollar available from China. It is fairly good.

 

Currently their most expensive item is a $5 gold piece from 1824. It's over $12,000 and has "collateral" written in quotes on the back of the holder. It's a raw coin.

 

yeah, at least for the ones I did they sent me little trinkets in the mail.

How they can do it for $0.99 shipped with fees is beyond me.

 

It's really quite simple. Look into it, but be forewarned that you may want to have a vomit bag handy.

 

Not an expert on this series, but it just looked bad to me.

 

Right or wrong, a lightweight eBay seller saying he is dealing with “estate coins” tends to make me run in the opposite direction, wallet clutched in both hands.

 

I wondered that myself and found this article that does a good job of explaining it:
https://thydzik.com/how-do-chinesehong-kong-sellers-make-money-on-ebay-with-99c-free-shipping-items/

 

Perhaps the unpleasant customer relationship he aid he had with the original dealer was due to authenticity of the coins.

 

If you guys were selling a genuine Gobrecht dollar, would you feel the need to throw in a second coin as a “bonus?”

 

Particularly a search term "bonus" designed to achieve views....

 

I dunno...........no blasted way I'd pull the trigger (on a coin such as this) unless it was in some kind of a TPG holder. You're just asking for trouble on this one...........

 

A chance for the “experts” who don’t need TPGs (they aren’t) to get ripped off.

 

To get by the eBay limit of $2500 for raw coins.