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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 522187, member: 12965&quot;]Howdy peeps,&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of the problems buying on Ebay is you don&#039;t know if the coin has been doctored, unless the seller discloses it and rarely will a seller disclose that. I figured you would like to see actual cases where a seller has purchased a coin, doctored it, then relisted it to sell at a profit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Our example today is a highly sought after 1916-D Mercury Dime and the first auction listed is when it originally sold on Ebay:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=370109555235" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=370109555235" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=370109555235</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As is clearly evident by the ANACS description, the coin is scratched and has F-12 details, but look at the coin after it&#039;s been doctored:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&amp;item=110349765305" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&amp;item=110349765305" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&amp;item=110349765305</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Notice how the bands on the torch have suddenly appeared and how the scratches on the obverse are barely noticable? Furhtermore, all one has to do is compare the original coin close-up shot to the close-up shot provided by the coin doctor, to see all scratches match up and compare the feedback numbers of the buyer of the original coin, to the feedback number of the current seller, to know the 2 coins are the same coin.&nbsp; :goof:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is how quite a few Ebay sellers make money and this seller has also been known to sell counterfeit 1914-D Lincolns and when caught, and returned, they relisted it.&nbsp; :whistle:&nbsp; Yet Ebay is making so much money off this seller they will turn a blind eye to the fraud.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Feel free to post any coin doctors you know of, with before and after pics, to help educate others on what to watch out for.&nbsp; :thumb:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: The seller of the doctored coin, has been discussed here before so they are well known by many of us.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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