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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 413701, member: 12965&quot;]Here&#039;s a very interesting one:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26rd%3D1%26item%3D260272699590%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWA%3AIT%26ih%3D016" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26rd%3D1%26item%3D260272699590%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWA%3AIT%26ih%3D016" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=260272699590&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&amp;ih=016</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With what I know about early coppers, that&#039;s a cheap counterfeit. The pitting on the obverse is heavy on the smooth surfaces and not on the raised areas, the arrows &amp; olive branch are weak compared to everything else, and it looks like a electroplate counterfeit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve seen so many electroplate counterfeits sold on Ebay and so many of them have a &quot;story&quot; of how they were found, that makes them sound authentic. Like that one seller that found a cigar box full of very rare coins in a house they restored in New England but you could easily tell they were all counterfeits but peeps bought their BS story and they made a fortune off counterfeits. The story on this one makes me want to laugh but the bids make me want to cry.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What can be done to stop sellers from selling counterfeits like this and all the other ones being sold on Ebay as the real deal?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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