I believe it's as common as fake coins being sold on Ebay.
All of us here are anonymous, silly!
Great advice. BTW, where do you safely store the coins you do have at home and where do you and your wife store your jewelry at home.
We are talking about people who store their coins at home and the very real threat of burglary and theft, not moisture or dust. And your...
Do you have any links for these "places" ?
If you keep your coins at home, hide them very well. The biggest threat to your coin collection is not moisture, it's theft. If you have an...
I don't mean to be sarcastic, but Ebay's checks on shill bidding is about the same as their checks for fake coins being sold.
There is a lot of "Shill" bidding on Ebay. Very easy to do and Ebay does a poor job of of trying to stop it.
Make sure to learn how to use it at the range. And please be very careful if you have young kids or grand kids in the house.
I have had the same experience here in Calif. at the large coin shows. I mostly collect pre-1860 Italian and Sicilian coins and it's rare for me...
LOL, let's not give boys in Washington any ideas :)
Does anybody know if you can still buy the cardboard 2x2s that had the square viewing area. I still see a few around with coins in them on ebay...
I buy coins from the Ebay Italia all the time, at least 3 per month and I have never been charged any duty taxes. I also buy coins from France,...
I've got to try it.
As an American I like a strong dollar. And I like it even more when I buy things on Italian Ebay :) or if I go to visit Italy. Others might...
Maybe China, our loyal trading partner :)
The buying power for the American Dollar is getting stronger and stronger and I'm liking it :) I'll take that any day over a weaker Dollar.
I buy coins on the Italian Ebay (in Euros) and what I have noticed in the last two years is the dollar is getting stronger and stronger to the...
Tiny photo of they slabbed coin you have
Thanks for posting the link to that report on the fake coins coming out of China. It's depressing for us coin collectors, but the real problem...
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