Snipe of a lifetime!

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by mrweaseluv, Apr 25, 2021.

  1. mrweaseluv

    mrweaseluv Supporter! Supporter

    ok it's fake... it's gotta be... but I don't think so... and paypal will cover me if it is... but for $47.00, $53.00 with shipping. I think this is the greatest snipe I've ever made... Someone tell me it's a copy and i got scammed..... I'm shaking over here lol...
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  3. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Its got to be a Fake . Just look where it's coming from .
     
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  4. mrweaseluv

    mrweaseluv Supporter! Supporter

    hehe bought a few now from over there all but 1 real and i knew that one was a fake (the 1815 lc)
     
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  5. coloradobryan

    coloradobryan Well-Known Member

    Ill bet my left arm its a fake. It doesnt take a genius to figure out a gold coin sold way under spot isnt going to be real.
     
  6. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I too would take the gamble at $53.00.
     
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  7. mrweaseluv

    mrweaseluv Supporter! Supporter

    not true at all, I get silver and gold fairly often under melt value at auction... that's the risk of auctioning without a reserve price. admitedly this one has a big spread, But yes I expect this one probably will be fake but that's the nice part about paypal.. he can say no returns all he wants, but if fake paypal will still give me my money back :D so not a whole hell of a lot of risk :D
     
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  8. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    After PayPal gives you a refund , what do they expect you to do with the coin ?
     
  9. mrweaseluv

    mrweaseluv Supporter! Supporter

    Only had to go this route once before... in that case they just wanted it sent back and wanted the tracking number before giving me my money back...
     
  10. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    The photos are not good, and I'd have a hard time bidding on a coin so depicted, but I don't immediately see any red flags. Keeping my fingers crossed for you . . .
     
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  11. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

    Sorry, scam. Says it's only $5 right there on it ;)

    Good luck, following along. Hope it's real.
     
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  12. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    What country is it from exactly?thats definitely not China or Japan language.
     
  13. mrweaseluv

    mrweaseluv Supporter! Supporter

    Russian, coming from the russian confederation. Not my 1st order out of there and have had good luck so far :D
     
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  14. derkerlegand

    derkerlegand Well-Known Member

    Cyrillic alphabet: "It is currently used exclusively or as one of several alphabets for more than 50 languages, notably Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Montenegrin (spoken in Montenegro; also called Serbian), Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, and Uzbek"

    Probably Russia or Bulgaria
     
  15. markr

    markr Active Member

    It may well be just the pictures, but I do not like that coin. The design details are too mushy for me. In the word "pluribus" the i and b seem to crush together and ditto for the s and t in the word "trust." For the sake of the op, I sure hope it's just the miserable pictures and the coin is real.

    Mark
     
  16. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Good luck but I highly doubt it. Wiating to see the results in the end.
     
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  17. CoinJockey73

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  18. MarcusAntonius

    MarcusAntonius Well-Known Member

    In Europe are we bombed by fake coins, most of them originate from Bulgaria/Rumania but basically from any other place in the 'east' as well, lot's of fake now from North-Africa till Turkey.

    Even the major International auction houses do offer them sometimes as a 'stunner', after a while (sometimes) with the help of one little message you see that the specific lot is 'withdrawn'. On E-bay there are tons of fakes being sold as authentic. There is a community of collectors sharing a fake-coin database with all kind of information about the coins and their sellers.

    In your case: it seems that you can't loose anything except the most valuable in Live: your time.
     
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  19. Vess1

    Vess1 CT SP VIP Supporter

    NGC says these are the most counterfeited coins they get in. If that is real, theres a high probability that's a stock photo and you get sent something else. Nobody is giving these away for $50.
     
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  20. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    Call me skeptical. The same seller also sold another one for $10.00, two bronze colored flying eagle cents for $14.00 each and a few one cent 1790 issues for $10.00 each. It just doesn't pass the smell test.

    Edit; forgot to mention as of today their rating is (1) and the other one that sold for $10.00 was "Buy it now".
     
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  21. Dave Waterstraat

    Dave Waterstraat Well-Known Member

    If it seems too good to be true it most likely is (a fake)
    As already mentioned the country of origin is enough for me to steer clear. Good luck with that one....
     
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