Stumbled across this delightful purple-toned '89-CC Morgan on eBay just before it closed (see link). Dang! Didn't get a chance to bid. Let's see. Horrid pics. Probably first coin the seller has sold. Not many sales. 10% negative feedback for selling expired gift cards. One positive feedback for selling an outdated gift card!! No returns. There was some active bidding on the coin. Really missed my chance. Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1889-CC-Mor...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Cal
How does a seller who seems to be selling Fraudulent Gift cards on e-bay come up with a 1889-CC Morgan Dollar ?
I think the coin depicted in those images is possibly real; it only remains whether the seller actually owns it. Terrible White Balance in the images, it's not "purple." It displays the obverse clashing artifacts, date and MM position of VAM-2A, difficult stuff to counterfeit. Interesting coin, as 2A is recorded with major die cracks and this example has none of them. One would also have to attribute the "cud" at the last two right obverse stars as damage, as the "real" variety doesn't have that feature. Not_a_chance I'd have bid on it. You could color me "surprised" in the deepest of saturation if the seller actually has the coin.
Looks like a photo taken of a photo displayed on a tv or computer monitor. Hopefully the buyer will at least be sent a printout of the photo of the photo
Those reviews are random comments on other coins, in this case the only qualifying factor being it's a Morgan Dollar. That might be relevant for something else like a bookshelf or a stereo receiver, but Ebay isn't smart enough to realize it doesn't work for coins. You'll note the "review" was written in January....
I tell ya, they are getting better and better at the Beijing basement mint. Some of the fraudulent work could actually fool an 8 year old collector. Nice Purple toning (sarcasm warning for the uninitiated).
