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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3087699, member: 27832&quot;]What gave me pause was that, as the title says, these were both <i>exactly</i> on weight, and completely non-magnetic. They ring at a different pitch from real silver examples, and they look to be maybe 10% or so <i>thicker</i> than legit coins -- hard to notice if you aren&#039;t looking, but enough to make up for the lower density of, say, silver-plated copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t decided what to do with them. If I open a case saying they&#039;re fake, the seller will likely say to send them back at his expense, and I&#039;ll get a full refund. The last time I did that, though, the seller (not the same one that sold these) turned around and re-listed the coin, again without saying it was fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also see that this seller moved a 1904-P Morgan &quot;cull&quot; at $15. I just <i>bet</i> that was a super-legit coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got invited into some &quot;eBay Valet&quot; thing a year or two ago, in the wake of a high-value fraud where they demanded I file a police report. It gets me a quick connection to a real person, and it&#039;s gotten me some fairly generous make-it-rights when eBay goofed on something. I&#039;m thinking that I&#039;ll call them up and see if they can make things happen to this seller before he hits more victims -- I&#039;m guessing a lot of people would look at these, think &quot;wow, that&#039;s a lot better than the auction photo!&quot;, and go away happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, if you see interesting coins at or below melt on eBay, feel free to nab them -- but make sure you <i>look</i> at them before you add them to your stash![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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