ICG has seen two counterfeit 2020-W Proof V75 Silver Eagles. Details to be published next week in Numismatic News, Coin World, and at the ICG Internet site. Please spread the word on other forums you visit.
Today I received the current issue, June 22, 2021, of Numismatic News. No counterfeit article inside. I also received August's copy of Coins today, nothing in it either. I will check ICG's internet site, thanks for the heads up.
We are giving the numismatic publications some lead time before we post info on our site. It will be the first posting of a regular feature on our website.
I had the same thought...but based on the link posted above it appears that they are full counterfeits...not just added privy marks. @Insider, can you confirm that these were complete counterfeit coins as opposed to genuine ASEs with added privy marks?
There are a lot of Chinese counterfeit coins on the market. They are counterfeiting everything. That means even common coins are showing up as counterfeit.
Wow, I'd think for something that trades at this kind of premium, they wouldn't cheap out on the metal. Then again, it doesn't seem like today's counterfeiters think exactly the way humans do.
If a genuine ASE had a convincing privy mark added, could this become more difficult to tell a genuine from fake? I'm thinking of the new Morgan commemorative with the CC and O privy.
Don't do facebook, but can you even do that..."purchased on facebook"...? Is it becoming or developing a marketplace to somehow compete with eBay...?
That'll happen eventually but remember it's middle men that sell them for the big mark up, the counterfeiters themselves sell them very cheap and if the middle man isn't willing to pay for full silver then they won't get full silver
