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Message:: [QUOTE="daveydempsey, post: 1685935, member: 29458"]I use the-saleroom.com to bid on live local auctions, it saves having to stand around at an auction or even having to leave a paper (absentee) bid which often shows your hand too early. I went to the viewing of a local auction on Tuesday.I picked out what interested me, with the intention of bidding online at the Live Auction today.Everything I was interested in went for double the price I was willing to pay, so I never spent a bean, LOL However while looking at the coins I saw two fake Seated Liberty Dollars both dated 1846, they were underweight and just had that look.and one had traces of rust poking through the silver coloured covering.I told the auctioneer that they were counterfeit, his reply "I`m not bothered"The bidding has just finished, the fakes went for £200 ($306) plus 15% buyers premiumI also noticed a polished 1923 Peace Dollar and a  grubby 1964 Kennedy Half they went for £70 ($107) plus 15% buyers premium.Both winners of these auctions were internet bidders and could have been from anywhere in the world, but they certainly need a lesson in silver prices and coin conditions.[ATTACH]253681.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]253682.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]