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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;d_lairson, post: 280040, member: 8441&quot;]What is your opinion on buying counterfeit coins? I found a coin on eBay, it&#039;s an obvious counterfeit. The coin is copper, and priced at $8 when there are only about 100 know examples of this coin, they are all gold, and sell for at least $20,000. I have no hope of ever getting a real example, but a decent copy might be nice. </p><p><br /></p><p>My problem is, this copy probably is worth less than $0.01 and the seller is trying to pass it off as a genuine coin. Should I reward this behavior because I want the coin, or do I turn them into eBay for selling fakes?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the coin on eBay: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/North-Song-Dy-Coin-ChunHuaYuanBao-2-Buddhas_W0QQitemZ120163596281QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4740QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/North-Song-Dy-Coin-ChunHuaYuanBao-2-Buddhas_W0QQitemZ120163596281QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4740QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/North-Song-Dy-Coin-ChunHuaYuanBao-2-Buddhas_W0QQitemZ120163596281QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4740QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the original coin:</p><p><a href="http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=31" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=31" rel="nofollow">http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=31</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like the seller specializes in fakes of every type. Looking at his feedback, he seems to sell a lot to the same people, and they all look like they buy and sell the same items over and over. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>David[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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