Looks like he was trying to get it to tone with a blow/torch 7 went to far. How about this one & while you're at it check his other listings. http://cgi.ebay.com/US-1865-GEORGE-...oryZ3044QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Tjmetro, This seller calls his coins replicas but none of them are stamped "COPY". They're counterfeit. Also, It's been a while since I've seen those old China morgans with the big block at the base letters. Thanks. They just never could got their R's right.
Look again at the super-sized picture of the reverse. The faint words "FAC" and "SIM" are in the spaces between the eagle's wing and the faces in his claws. Unfortunately, the obvious abbreviation for "facsimile" makes it legal. Technically it's not a "copy" anyhow, as there is no such coin to be copied.
This is the one I was talking about. Same seller. http://cgi.ebay.com/US-1883-MORGAN-SILVER-DOLLAR-REPLICA-FA1215_W0QQitemZ260323936738QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item260323936738&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
Some of these fakes make no sense to me, like this one... why bother faking an 1883 in circulated condition? Because you want to save the $10-12 extra that a real one would be worth in VF/XF shape? 1893-S? Ok, 1883? Why?
I would guess...because people don't check them as close. You could make more money by passing off 1000 of these than you probably could with one 1893-S and that 1893-S is a whole lot more likely go get identified as a fake.
Because you spend a dollar making them and then make 3 dollars profit. You sell enough you make some good money.
