Looking to buy a 2012 Canadian moose coin, is it fake?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by MachDJ7O, Aug 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM.

  1. MachDJ7O

    MachDJ7O New Member

    TOP: Advertised coin on a coin broker for $51.07
    Bottom: Advertised coin on eBay for $41.40. Why do you suppose the broker coin has more detail than the coin advertised on eBay? Should I be alarmed by this? Should I Instead buy from the broker with the better image? Is it possible that they are both real? Can you keep me from a bad mistake? Help me figure out which one to buy. [​IMG] moosecoinebay.png
     
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  3. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    I came on here ready to say it's fine but that picture doesn't inspire confidence. It looks like a lack of detail that is highly suspicious unless it's just a really bad picture.
     
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  4. MachDJ7O

    MachDJ7O New Member

    Also, there is a typo on the displayed listing... "ozt" which I thought maybe was "troy ounces" but the coin is not 1 troy ounce... it's one ounce. But then the other side is the same way. They show two additional different images of each, and they look almost three different grades in that the last is close to the broker, makes me wonder which coin I'd be getting, I guess.
    TOP: Coin broker Bottom: eBay listed coin
    [​IMG] moosecoinebay2.png
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
  5. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    OK, so I have this coin and I went and looked for my picture of it. When I got this picture I did a scan of the coin inside a 2x2, which I would not do if I were doing it today. But in any case, you can see that mine doesn't look too great either. What I have noticed with coins like this is some sellers will use what looks like the "official" mint photo, which always looks way better and more detailed than the coin does in hand. So it's possible that the first seller is using that official photo and the second seller obviously took a photo themselves. The details in my photo look pretty crappy so after seeing that I will say that it's quite possible the second seller is legit. Also, I wouldn't worry about typos. They happen and if you sell on eBay a lot you tend to rush through things. 2012 canada 5 dollars moose.jpg
     
  6. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    I just took this new picture of mine. It looks better, but coins like this that are very shiny are hard to photograph. 2012 canada 5 dollars moose.jpg
     
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