Howdy peeps, Here we have a 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330341934569 The seller claims he and his mother have been able to trace it back through 4 generations of their family so my question is, who in their family once lived in China? :goof: If you will check the seller's feedback, I'm pretty sure you will figure out where it came from? :whistle: Ribbit Ps: For those of you that always asks why something is a counterfeit, go figure it out yourself and stop asking others to teach you what you can learn on your own: http://coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/flowing_hair_dollars/1794_silver_dollars/1794_silver_dollar.htm
4 generations, huh? Amazing longevity amongst them, considering this thing was made last month in all likelihood .
Some people (like me) are putting together a type set. There's not enough time in one life to research each issue. So we depend upon capsule summaries from people who have specialized in a particular issue. OR Know of links to sites that have the appropriate information and post them such as you did. Also we lean heavily on slabbed coins to keep us out of trouble.
Oh my goodness, that is the highest grade 1794 Dollar i have ever seen. Luckily the seller ships worldwide - i can have a shot at it too!
It seems that ever since that article was published, that blasted Ebay for all the counterfeits being sold as authentic, Ebay has gotten on the ball and they are removing them as fast as we report them. It's about time Ebay got serious about the counterfeit problem! :thumb: Ribbit
I've seen very mixed results for the coins I've reported to Ebay, both before and after the article was published. And believe me, it's a large sample size. While I know that they like to rake in the listing and selling fees, I actually think they are more likely to end listings of especially high dollar value, as more alarm bells are set off for them.
