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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 847963, member: 13650"]From the pics I don't know if you CAN tell for sure, which is reason enough to stay away. The first thing you need to realize about ebay is that very, VERY FEW auctions slip through the cracks unnoticed. There's always multiple people watching everything making it very difficult to get a steal on anything. There' always someone who's going to make you pay a fair price it seems. With rare exceptions. </p><p><br /></p><p> So now ask yourself, why you think you won this auction for 3.30. In AU it's worth $100+. The reverse could probably pass as at least AU. The front is a mess and looks like it's worn. At least very weak details with unusual staining that is not commonly seen. Likely, they were purposely applied to cover up the fraudulent details.</p><p><br /></p><p> The Chinese sell tons of these as fakes on ebay. They advertise as having a replica stamp on them but they don't send them to the US stamped. So anybody who wanted to break the law and re-sell them as real (and many do) are welcome to use ebay to do it. </p><p><br /></p><p> But that's another argument. Basically, there's so many nice ones to be had. I wouldn't have even looked at this auction for two seconds. Wouldn't have even clicked on it. It looks like a scam to me. You need to measure it with a caliper and weigh it to get some idea if it even has a chance of being real. It's probably off between one or the other. I'm guessing. </p><p> I've got AG Barbers in my junk rolls that look better than that. Sorry. It is a valuable lesson though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 847963, member: 13650"]From the pics I don't know if you CAN tell for sure, which is reason enough to stay away. The first thing you need to realize about ebay is that very, VERY FEW auctions slip through the cracks unnoticed. There's always multiple people watching everything making it very difficult to get a steal on anything. There' always someone who's going to make you pay a fair price it seems. With rare exceptions. So now ask yourself, why you think you won this auction for 3.30. In AU it's worth $100+. The reverse could probably pass as at least AU. The front is a mess and looks like it's worn. At least very weak details with unusual staining that is not commonly seen. Likely, they were purposely applied to cover up the fraudulent details. The Chinese sell tons of these as fakes on ebay. They advertise as having a replica stamp on them but they don't send them to the US stamped. So anybody who wanted to break the law and re-sell them as real (and many do) are welcome to use ebay to do it. But that's another argument. Basically, there's so many nice ones to be had. I wouldn't have even looked at this auction for two seconds. Wouldn't have even clicked on it. It looks like a scam to me. You need to measure it with a caliper and weigh it to get some idea if it even has a chance of being real. It's probably off between one or the other. I'm guessing. I've got AG Barbers in my junk rolls that look better than that. Sorry. It is a valuable lesson though.[/QUOTE]
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