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<p>[QUOTE="barnowlc, post: 115316, member: 4880"]Hello Cointalk Board members,</p><p> I have seen fake 1921 Morgans for sale in China. I can buy fake silver crowns of many types ion China for 3 yuan each (about 40 cents each). The strategy of faking more common coins is that when the forgery is of inferior quality, more common coins will be under less scruitny, and tend to be bought by less expert collectors, than less common coins. To make money from fraud, the coin has to sell. </p><p> For fake or over graded coins sold on eBay, I encourage cointalk members to use a new strategy for their supression. You can join the Coin Forgery eBay group here</p><p><span style="color: RED"> No more spam. Understand?</span></p><p> which is eBay hosted, and has over 600 members. Then make a post there about any fake, suspect, fraudulent or over graded coins. Then invite whoever is bidding on them to the CFE. THis is possible because the CFE is eBay hosted, so people can be invited to the group by their eBay user ID's. Anyone is also welcome to post invites to cointalk on the CFE.</p><p>Best Wishes,</p><p>Alan Van Arsdale[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="barnowlc, post: 115316, member: 4880"]Hello Cointalk Board members, I have seen fake 1921 Morgans for sale in China. I can buy fake silver crowns of many types ion China for 3 yuan each (about 40 cents each). The strategy of faking more common coins is that when the forgery is of inferior quality, more common coins will be under less scruitny, and tend to be bought by less expert collectors, than less common coins. To make money from fraud, the coin has to sell. For fake or over graded coins sold on eBay, I encourage cointalk members to use a new strategy for their supression. You can join the Coin Forgery eBay group here [COLOR=RED] No more spam. Understand?[/COLOR] which is eBay hosted, and has over 600 members. Then make a post there about any fake, suspect, fraudulent or over graded coins. Then invite whoever is bidding on them to the CFE. THis is possible because the CFE is eBay hosted, so people can be invited to the group by their eBay user ID's. Anyone is also welcome to post invites to cointalk on the CFE. Best Wishes, Alan Van Arsdale[/QUOTE]
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