The coin is much worse than the slab, though both are obviously fake. The cert # is that of a different looking slab. This seller is from Russia, I recently purchased a few fakes from them as study pieces for replica coin money, then I saw this among others. I stole the seller's photos for longevity. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-W-BUFF...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
The buffalo (Bison?) on the reverse looks laughable and the Native American on the obverse is reminiscent of 'Tonto' from the 'Lone Ranger'.........freakin' Russian Mafia.
Here is mine that I am the original purchaser from the US MINT & I was the person that submitted it to NGC for grading along with my other various year Buffalo Gold. Use it for comparison to the Russian one.
The person who gets taken by that or did because it looks like it sold; almost deserves to lose the money as a lesson. It takes a minute online to determine that coin doesn't look correct. All the while they are online bidding on it with many other examples just a click away.
It's the convincing slab that does it. The coin itself is not a very good copy. I would bet it's not even gold. The fact that the date and other devices are in relief instead of incuse makes me think it was never meant to be passed as a genuine example, like the coin I bought from this seller and posted in "coin chat". The fake slab is a bigger problem here.
At least it's not as dangerous as counterfeit vodka. It won't make anyone go blind. I can still remember seeing a bottle of Stoli in a Moscow kiosk in the early 90's with the label pasted upside down.
Foolio's are bidding on that fake! I'm embarrassed for them, absolutely crazy! Reported him, hope he don't pull a whirling dervish out of this sale.
They say to "buy the coin and not the holder".....but in this case..... Honestly, I could easily be fooled if they had put a quality fake in that slab. Some of the fake lower grade Seated Liberty coins would look really nice in there and fool a lot folks.
Here is a fun one I just passed over on the bay. The ambiguity is brilliant......maybe it's an error, maybe it isn't? Maybe if you don't know it shouldn't look like this, maybe he won't bother to tell you. "Still nice to have a rare coin though, even if it has an error.....somewhere" LOL! http://www.ebay.com/itm/1877-ERROR-...NE-DAY-SALE-/171894301566?hash=item2805b2e37e
I don't know what's worse, this, uh, mule or their other trade dollar listing which includes a proof-only 1880... http://m.ebay.com/itm/3-SILVER-TRAD...9-cents-ONE-DAY-SALE-/181834496083?nav=SEARCH
Not to mention that the date on the obverse and the denomination and 1oz. fine .9999 fine gold are "incuse and with a mirror finish" on the authentic example and the complete opposite on the eBay example. Just horrible...
Why do so many sellers of fakes include the "I'm not an expert line" lol. Every time I see that in a listing it pretty much just screams "This listing is designed to take advantage of naivety." Might as well just add in "I am not a crook"
