Hey guys. I need a little help on this one. This coin is way out of my scope of knowledge, but I think that it's kinda neat. That is of course if its real.... Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/1561-COIN-LOOK_W0QQitemZ8338716719QQcategoryZ528QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem So, all you experts out there, do you think this is for real, or is it just a cheap copy from China???
IMHO warning flag #1 is the hyped up headline. Warning flag #2 is the appearance of his item. Warning flags #3-4 are found >> by clicking here << and noticing that he has almost no repeat buyers, and he has a relatively high number of negs Warning flags #5-7 are found >> by clicking here <<, >> here << >> and here << to see that coins are "not his thing" and he's not a likely source to authenticate a 16th century coin. (I'm not saying that I have listed all the flags, or that they are in order of importance - just that they're the ones I saw first, in order of sighting.) Bottom line - one, or even two warning flags aren't necessarily enough to walk away from an auction, but this is one for which I would use the 20' pole I keep for things where a 10-footer is too short.
