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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numismat, post: 1721171, member: 15019&quot;]Has anyone else noticed this trend lately?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I guess they no longer can create an account on eBay with location as US if they are in a foreign country, because I see all of them now creating Ebay.ca accounts with seller location as Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Always the same deal, low or no feedback, poor English in description, quoted shipping times and prices in line with items coming from China rather than Canada ($5.50 to $8 for registered shipping and 2-4 weeks transit time even if the buyer is in Canada).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also seems to be the same silver coins over and over: Japanese yen/trade dollars, 18th and 19th century Russian roubles, Korean 5 yang, 17th century Augsburg thalers, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The troubling thing is that these are high end modern replicas, appear to be struck from lazer etched dies onto solid silver planchets. They often get bid up competitively to the genuine article.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At least eBay has been pretty good with removing the listings and sellers after I report them, even if the listing already ended.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Below are pictures from some of the listings and what is normally seen from these sellers. Please note these are all fake. Some, like the first Japanese trade dollar, are VERY convincing from pictures:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/5ADE8A7C-C7E3-477D-B3CA-5C476FF7D591-464-0000002E8895258F.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/BAF7823A-778D-4D36-A128-15A49B096E4D-464-0000002E8CF0E11A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/B7B1B738-74A8-4DCC-B96F-570673399716-464-0000002E968934F3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/3FCDFB8C-70C2-4510-A115-1B32F77E85D2-464-0000002E9AFF0929.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/7AFC94AB-83D0-43F3-9A39-92951734E148-464-0000002E79E76A2E.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/55D6949B-B767-4C3E-9B98-69312335CC03-464-0000002E7EFC4740.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/AAB822C4-4BAB-43C1-9251-5469FC4A257D-464-0000002E6B44973E.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/Numismat/27FE8387-5E6C-4F84-A8C8-1072D959698C-464-0000002E73EE7D18.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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