"1875-CC 50c" with the chip icon on the reverse...

This one initially made me nervous- 1st counterfeit PCGS slab with the chip icon on the back I had seen.




From China, fortunately there was no active chip to scan; the front barcode was accurate and took one to the correct cert on PCGS's website when scanned..

The Chinese seller apparently used images of the actual coin sold by Paradime Coins sometime ago; that example had a CAC bean but no images available on the on-line cert (typical target).







I notified Paradime who thanked me and stated they notified PCGS; I also notified counterfeit fighter Doug Davis with the link to the seller's website.

https://pinncio.com/products/1875-c...PVe07nuGIi8OCLp1INP2HSmwArXYx3R1MXW1CXOl4wXqQ

Interesting side note, the Chinese website included an image of an 1875-CC twenty cent piece from the 2015 Coin World article Fake 1875-CC 20-cent coin: Detecting Counterfeits...





Best, Jack.

 

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Just an update- after Paradime Coin contacted both the seller and PCGS the seller updated the listing images and PCGS apparently nuked the cert...

 

I take it you had/have this one in hand? Gosh that fake is awful. I guess the new mantra is buy the coin, not the fake slab. Have we seen a faked chip yet? From what I recall reading a while ago it's not that difficult.

 

Yes, in hand; I was concerned it had a chip but this one doesn't...

 

Latest holder and example from the Bay; listing was removed...

 

One sold in August, another listed currently...

 

These keep chugging along...



https://www.ebay.com/itm/354515518034?hash=item528ac58252:g:Ys0AAOSw3f5jwIZN&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAoCtbsVjaWvyMg2kXDOsNB0Ki7vcwfjxbC5K2ThsE5JZ/ZT1NMEB9XTMDb0Cq8ORdfx1wU1LV/mZFdp0+c/ZLD+w8C6inNH13lA83axBsA37qgsCJr8WvTsap7RLPvc+tb+iRGCoCX3mylGAwpBj9E+PP8GMWNXbdNcH3D63RUzLQ00GF2/vELcfzWGifk6vvd14Par7agE8SbU7F4adEjfc=|tkp:Bk9SR-7jvYW1YQ

 

And thanks to you @Jack D. Young we now know also!

 

Listing ended by seller. I sent them a short note.

 

Well, we continued to have these removed and then this one came along- sold before I got off work and saw it. They have now changed the cert number...

 

The seller changed the cert number?

And isn't that a very low price for that sale? Meaning people figured it out?

Are PCGS chasing these down, or just you? The TV looks nice on this one. I wonder who owns it.

 

This one is mystifying too.
Look at the photos.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155418769263

 

Two pictures of two different coins, what's not to like? Looks like someone "bought" it just to leave feedback that the seller is selling counterfeits.

 

I saw the NFB, is that the same buyer? Good if so.

Wonder how much difference it'll make.

 

The 1875-CC listing was removed...