For those of you who wish to see what counterfeit Morgan Dollars on Ebay look like...

See the link below, and I encourage you to report the listings to Ebay:
http://shop.ebay.com/stephb0612/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

Edited to add - 7 easy steps fopr reporting:

1) Click on "report item" beneath the square that says "Other item info" and contains the item number.

2) Under "reason for report" select "prohibited (banned items)"

3) Under "detailed reason" select "currency, coins, stamps.."

4) Under "additional information" select "fraudulently or improperly described currency"

5) Click on the blue box that says "continue"

6) Enter the item number(s) in the item number box, with a comma between each item number

7) In the "brief description" box, write "'counterfeit", or whatever, and if you have additional brief/specific information, add it too.

 

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Thanks for the posting and link, hard to understand that even a novice like me sees it so obvious and why ebay allows (facilitates?) such fraud. And then heritage gets sued and ebay doesn't?

Strange times.

 

he does give 7 day money back
i would love to take a magnet to them
dave

 

Excuse me. Can you give your findings that make you declare the Coins are fake?

Thanks

 

what is that backgound? it looks like they are setting on painted concrete.

 

Look at the uniform color and appearance of the coins - even the ones that have a lot more (or less) detail than others have the same dead look to the surfaces. Also, a number of them have have odd/unusual (apparent) wear patterns, with areas of less detail than they should exhibit.

 

eBay just is in it for the money...They could care less about the buyer and seller...

 

Of course EBay is in it for the money. They are a business, and a public company to boot. Don't worry. At the end of the day, Heritage and everyone else is just in it for the money, too.

You can't expect a company like EBay to watch out for you, the coin collector. At the end of the day, there is simply no substitute for acquiring the knowledge needed to watch out for yourself.

Life's a beach, and then you swim. Know what I mean?

 

Oh I know what you mean, and known it for quite some time... Knowledge is the key, in whatever you are buying

 

Just had to read this again

Thanks for the look~see.

At 1st I found the OVB to be pleasing & acceptable. But then these folks have been making available "auction moving" images possible to discern actual details. And the truth can be seen by accuracy when provided.

Never buy without it.

I feel so happy to know inaccuracies can be now provided by providers.

That backside looks like a backside.

 

Dang Baby....Look at that honkin' huge mintmark on the 1885-S....and E Pluribus Unum looks much too large too.

Nightowl

 

This guy's got a ton of fake stuff. Even has a negative feedback for selling a Counterfeit Morgan dollar.

These guys are "plastic vomit salesmen".

http://cgi.ebay.com/1872-SEATED-HALF-DIME-TONED-230_W0QQitemZ250522654178QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item3a545055e2

Nightowl

 

As long as there are people like us keeping watch...we'll be ok

 

He has 1 negative and 3 neutrals - all for norfed(?) dollars. Not that that is good, but we do not need to make things up.

 

Not making it up....there were 2 negatives this morning....and I copied this text from it when I posted it on another board. Ebay must have removed one...even better, Now they protect the plastic vomit salesmen.

BEWARE OF SELLER,ITEM WAS COUNTERFEIT,PAY PAL CLAIM HAD TO BE FILED,BEWARE! F---

You're looking at the other guy's feedback....the seller that Mark posted. I posted a different crook, and that remark is from his feedback file.

Nightowl

 

Great thread. Identifying counterfeits is something I need to get much better at. It took awhile to learn grading and spotting cleaned coins. I'm just beginning to tackle counterfeits. The more photos, the better.

 

Even when they remove it, they leave a note behind saying it has been removed.

 

The cheeziest counterfeits are not hard to spot. The first thing I look for in a coin produced by the U S Mint, is a clean and sharp delineation between devices and fields...or legends and fields. The fakes are usually kind of blurred. I have seen seated coins that have the field around the stars sunken due to them having been struck into a die that was too soft. Lots of times the stars on those don't even have centers...even on supposed UNCs.

Study real ones....know what they are supposed to look like.

They're getting better now, and I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, but most of them aren't that hard to spot.

Nightowl

 

Went and looked again....still there.

Nightowl

 

Now you can appologize RLM....because you are wrong.....here it is in black and white. check the item No....The listing is for a counterfeit Morgan dollar....never mind checking it...the listing has been removed.

Nightowl

BEWARE OF SELLER,ITEM WAS COUNTERFEIT,PAY PAL CLAIM HAD TO BE FILED,BEWARE! F---Buyer: tobey45 ( 153)
Aug-24-09 16:31

• Reply by baobaocoins168 (Aug-26-09 14:47):
  
  I bought coins from a big dealer. They are real .you don't know so much
  • Follow-up by tobey45 (Aug-27-09 01:17):
    
    Coin from big CHINESE counterfeit ring!Your "TONED" coins are FAKE as well~! F--

1881 MORGAN DOLLAR (#250478321139)US $24.00