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<p>[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 3039455, member: 93371"]gronnh20, it is difficult to gain info on who originally purchased the source examples due to confidentiality concerns of the large auction houses, but we have been able to track the purchase of source coins off eBay when sold through a known seller/ dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have tracked several to a Chinese eBayer (I have the seller ID and actually "talked" with him though emails- ironically his email address ended in "666"...).</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the fakes and sources were sold through eBay through a "Company" in College Station, Texas and most of the sellers eventually removed as sellers by eBay after constant complaints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the source examples came back on the market after the struck fakes; in the case of the 1854 Huge O quarter the source started as a certified holed example in a major auction. After repairs and making the fake dies it was submitted to a TPG and certified as "Tooled" and sold on eBay- I actually own it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]758450[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the struck fakes, an 1872-s "half dollar" has the wrong reverse for the obverse (as well as the edge reeding), and the source(s) still a mystery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 3039455, member: 93371"]gronnh20, it is difficult to gain info on who originally purchased the source examples due to confidentiality concerns of the large auction houses, but we have been able to track the purchase of source coins off eBay when sold through a known seller/ dealer. We have tracked several to a Chinese eBayer (I have the seller ID and actually "talked" with him though emails- ironically his email address ended in "666"...). Many of the fakes and sources were sold through eBay through a "Company" in College Station, Texas and most of the sellers eventually removed as sellers by eBay after constant complaints. Many of the source examples came back on the market after the struck fakes; in the case of the 1854 Huge O quarter the source started as a certified holed example in a major auction. After repairs and making the fake dies it was submitted to a TPG and certified as "Tooled" and sold on eBay- I actually own it now. [ATTACH=full]758450[/ATTACH] One of the struck fakes, an 1872-s "half dollar" has the wrong reverse for the obverse (as well as the edge reeding), and the source(s) still a mystery.[/QUOTE]
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