Newest counterfeits. A test

It sure brings to light how important educating oneself is when collecting coins of high value. It could save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Don't take things for face value (so to speak).

 

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Did they each say Copy or replica on the reverse? Everytime I look at fakes on ebay it usually says it on the coin. Do they actually get stamped or is that just some crap to be legit?

I didn't guess but looked a bunch of times. I know nothing about gold coins so didn't even know where to start

 

By law these coins must be marked copy or replica.... they are shown this way when they are sold and that's why EBay lets them continue to sell them but when people order them they show up at your house with no stamps or markings at all.

 

ditto

 

For those of you who didn't realize that #1 and #2 coins were fake, an easy way to tell is to look at the picture of their reverse. Notice how most (or all, hard to tell with lighting) of the lettering is raised instead of incused.

 

looking for a vistors pass to the palace?

 

i am glad you made this thread, i am thinking of ordering 1 or two off ebay, in hopes of teaching a few people around my area that buying these raw is not a good idea. the one guy has 2 that if were showed here, would probably think i was joking, that anyone would think it was legit.

problem is, i don't want to give these counterfeiters any more money! i will think about it and probably order a few, to do just what you did but only in person for some people. i will take pictures and print them, then the first test will see if they can identify the fakes that way. then will do an in hand test.

 

Now this was a scary thread, the only one I thought for cetain was a fake was #4 and that was the REAL ONE!!!!! like Doug said it was the streaky look that made me think it

 

I think I'll stay with coins in reputable TPG slabs. It's too dangerous out there for my level of detection ability.

 

2,3,5 in first set, and 2,3,5 in second set

 

lol funny,....silly me...that is because it was the same set..heehee...I haven't had enough coffee yet.