I've been watching for these, and here they are, for less than $3 each: http://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...1838731004.html?spm=a2700.7724838.35.1.N1wzCR Cannot seem to copy image, but you'll see it clearly on the website.
I wouldn't doubt that's an actual photo from the US Mint's site. I don't think that these guys would have any scruples about lifting a pic, do you? Chinese authorities don't give a damn. Hope that Alibaba's shareholders did well with that IPO from Mint site:
"Secret service has done nothing..." This isn't the European Union. We have no jurisdiction over Chinese anything. We can't even interdict their hackers. Plus, we have zero leverage over the Chinese, who can dump U.S. Treasuries any day of the week, if they choose, driving prices down and raising our new-issue interest rate, which would cost us billions. We traded our autonomy for cheap umbrellas, underwear, and porch furniture. Then they bought mountains of gold with the proceeds.
Yeah, they might read about it but that's all their gonna do. China is untouchable when it comes to counterfeiting our coinage, sending us fake Heparin, bad toothpaste, dangerous chemicals in the way of bath salts and the list goes on.
It's not illegal * to make unmarked copies - in China * to sell unmarked copies - in China It IS illegal * to import unmarked copies to the US * to sell unmarked copies within the US USSS doesn't usually bother with small scale violations... they find you with one fake, they don't care - usually let local Law Enforcement deal. Now if LL finds several stacks of fake $20s around the fireplace, then USSS and AUSAs are very interested.
What do you expect them to do? Get a team together and invade the Chinese mainland? Grab one of the guys making the fakes and drag him back to the US, where a judge would have to turn him loose because he hasn't violated any US laws in any areas under US jurisdiction?
It will be like arresting the street level drug dealer. Lots of work across numerous US resellers and the kingpin will go untouched. Fortunately most will concentrate on Ebay and Craigslist.
Third party grading services offer real and replica signature inserts for 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Coins.
The AliBaba site above advertises "Gold Plated 5 Dollars United States Baseball Coin", so it looks like one of those gold-plated "tribute" coins marketed in the US, not a fake copy of the solid gold coin.
