1796 dollar being auctioned on eBay. Real or Fake?

Here's another one that seller sold:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230307575728

They sold it to this buyer:

http://myworld.ebay.com/hcb9128

I thought someone might want to let them know where their coin came from:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Replica-1801-Dr...ryZ11976QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ribbit :whistle:

 

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I thank my lucky stars that I didn't win any of those "bargain" ebay early dollars that I had bid on. I found cointalk just in time!

 

Wow! eBay zapped the seller of the fake 1796 dollar

The seller is no longer selling any items on eBay (a few hours ago he had about five auctions for early coins).

Immediately after the auction of the fake 1796 dollar, I telephoned eBay and alerted them that it was a possible fake. They said they would turn it over to their new fraud division, and thanked me. I asked them if they would let me know what happened, and they said they couldn't due to privacy policies. They said I should check the seller's page from time to time. That was at about 4:00 p.m. PST. It's now about 8:30 PST, and he's no longer selling anything.

I don't know exactly what this means, and it's probably only a temporary victory until he opens a new account or they let him start selling again. But it's a start.

 

It is interesting that the fake coin he says may be fake has all blurry pics and the one he thinks may or may not be real and is of some valuable has very nice pics. Marketing ploy? Ice

 

The seller's stuff all sold, that's why they don't have anything in their store but as a member of Ebay, they have yet to be NARU'd but that should occur soon.

Ribbit

 

Toad is this the same guy that bought the coins from the Chinese counterfeiter ?
rzage:whistle:

 

I can't imagine anyone buying a coin that has a fuzzy photo. Most anyone can take a good picture nowdays with the digital camaras. Un-clear pictures suggest to me foul play

 

And it'll take their untimely deaths when the heirs need to figure out the assets of the estate to find out it's a counterfeit coated with anti-freeze.

 

The seller is the one that bought them from the Chinese Counterfeiter and then resold them as questionable authentics (found in grandma's sewing drawer or something similar).

Pathetic! :hammer:

Ribbit

 

Would you mind if I wrote to him , to tell him we know he bought the coins from a Chinese counterfeiter so he d-m well knew they were fake . Times like this I wish I was a lawyer .
rzage

 

The auction was yanked by Ebay so I wouldn't. Also, with ongoing auctions, it's best to report them instead of conversing with the seller, since the seller can cancel the auction and Ebay won't take corrective action. Sellers, like this one, need to be NARU'd so spend your time reporting the auctions, that will do the most good.

Ribbit

Ps: You should check out my latest addition to my counterfeit thread. That seller also needs to be NARU'd.