Trade dollars from Bangkok, counterfeit, or not??

I saw these, and they look too new to be real. Your opinion? Ebay item number: 270316674008

The same guy has these other trade dollars: 270316672888, 270316672910, 270316672872

 

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Fake.

 

fake. I've seen them 4-sale in Bangkok

The appearance is fake. I believe that Thailand is one of the countries where it is not illegal to make the coins of another nation. Does anyone know if this is true?

In Thailand, the fakes can be found for sale along with counterfeit DVDs and Rolex watches. The DVDs and Rolex clones are more popular with the tourists. However, if you are like me & asking for coins, then you will be offered many fakes.

Very best regards,
collect89

 

No brainer fake. A glance at the rims/dentils is all it takes for me.

 

Yes definitely fake.

 

fat rims, bad dentils, and a heavy coating of Far East Frost. Yuk.

 

excellent i love them if they sold for a $ i would carry one as a pocket piece. cant do it withja genuine trade dollar

 

Lets stay with 100% here. : ) I too without hesitation say they are fake.

 

Not to be a smart aleck, but raw coins from Asia are almost certainly a scam, especially when being sold by a -0- feedback seller.

 

Fake

 

link anyone?

 

It would be instructive for those who are not in the know to be a bit more informative in your answers. Okay, you say they're fake, buy what do you see that will tell others what to look for?

 

For starters the rims and denticles (aka dentils) are wrong. There should be one rim and the denticles should run up to the rim.

Trade Dollars are heavily counterfeited so any raw Trade Dollar should be looked at very carefully - ESPECIALLY Trade Dollars on eBay being sold by a seller from SE Asia.

 

Fake , like Hobo said , the dentrils and rimm are wrong , here you even have a coin with multible rims .
rzage

 

I forgot to mention the hole in the reverse rim about 9:00, either from casting or a problem with transfer medium.

 

How does the CC MM look to you ?
rzage

 

MM looks ok to me, I have found 6 0r 7 mintmark positions for the 77-cc, this looks like one of them. Most of the TD fakes seem to be made from dies/molds taken directly from genuine examples.

 

Thanks Doc .:hail:
rzage

 

Sure!

"0" Feedback seller.

Seller located in Asia

$1 No Reserve

Raw Coin

Commonly counterfeited coin

Relatively valuable coin

Lousy description

Seller has 4 IDENTICAL copies listed. I've got about 100 copies of the 28-S quarter, the vast majority are VG/F and I don't think I could find 4 out of that pile that look virtually identical. Let alone a coin with a mintage of about 500,000 or so, made 130 years ago from a series that was heavily melted down. On top of that we have 4 copies in Asia without chop marks.

I don't even need to see pictures to tell you that these were minted by the Tooth Fairy, from Silver mined by the Easter Bunny and the seller is really Santa Claus.

I don't want to sound harsh, but buying a raw coin like this on eBay, under these circumstances, is riskier than emptying out your 401K, taking it to Vegas and throwing it all on red or black.

 

But in Vegas you have a chance of winning .
rzage