It is really PCGS graded (as in slabbed as a counterfeit), or could it be that someone used the body bag label and slapped the coin into a cheap foam insert slab? Just a thought.
Yeah, but they did pass the slab off as genuine, which may be just as bad. I know very little of Chinese coinage, but can't help but wonder why someone paid over $100 for this counterfeit unless they thought the slab was somehow special.
Good thought as I've seen counterfeit labels in flips , but never in a slab . Plus with what I've seen some pay for black slabs a counterfeit slab would go for a pretty penny .
I read somewhere that there are counterfeit collectors that only collect counterfeits...maybe that is the reaon one would have for buying it?
Again, I know very little in this area, but to my eyes it very much resembles the plentiful fakes often passed as junk silver. Short of any numismatically significant fakes, I see little reason for anyone (who would settle for a counterfeit) to spend such a sum when the earlier mentioned can be had for next to nothing. This is true, but short of those who have a "black cabinet", in my experience most counterfeit collectors lean towards contemporaries. As much as I hate to say it, it seems as if the seller knows what he's doing, so I have my doubts that he could have simply bought it this way and is unknowingly passing it on. The item number is: 181440918944 The obviousness of this one should shine through too: 171347292746
As much as I hate to say it, it seems as if the seller knows what he's doing, so I have my doubts that he could have simply bought it this way and is unknowingly passing it on. The item number is: 181440918944 The obviousness of this one should shine through too: 171347292746[/QUOTE] Books what am I missing ? I can see some repeating in the 1st #, am I close ?
