eBay removes my replica coin

So I was selling a beautiful 1870 CC 20 D replica coin on eBay, and it was up to $230, then I got my coin removed because it was a copy, after I seen the exact same coin sell for $240 the day before I listed it! Can replicas not be sold on eBay if clearly stated that it is a copy?

 

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I'm not sure why they would pull it down if it's labeled as a copy which it clearly is. But I don't understand the price that is was bid up too either. Is is gold?

 

Curious. Clearly stated 'copy'......

 

It looks like one of these. If so, it contains about a buck's worth of gold.

 

eBay leans heavily on the safe side (their definition) with items like this.
So why did another not get pulled when yours did?
Someone reported you; apparently the other one didn't get reported.
eBay does NOT look for this sort of thing.

 

It is gold plate, guess someone really wants them. Can coins not be sold that are pearly stated "copy" anymore?

 

I wonder if the high bidder had a change of heart and reported it as a counterfeit. I doubt that eBay has enough time to review every reported counterfeit and just removes the listing.

 

All he had to do was ask

 

My guess is your auction did not make it clear enough that it was a fake. Why else would someone bid it up so high?

 

It was very obvious

 

The one that sold for $240 was not listed as a reproduction. You had to read deep into the description to see that it is clad.

It is unfortunate that you were not able to reap a profit off of an uninformed buyer.

 

A terrible, terrible thing this is... my heart just breaks for the OP.

 

As @kanga said, they aren't allowed, but eBay doesn't patrol at all.

http://blogold.davidlawrence.com/index.php/ebay-announces-new-policy-on-replicas/

 

Here are the eBay rules;

• http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/currstamps.html

 

$230 for a replica? Could be some bidders who can't read English or just look at the picture and bid because it looks cool.

 

They likely bid thinking there was actual gold content in it.

 

It was clearly stated that it was 10Mil 24KT Gold Clad Base

 

How clear is this compared with 'Gold Plated' which is something everyone would understand?

To say it in that manner is to say it in a manner designed to confuse. Or to oversell it. How thick is 10 MIL? Is that 10 millimeters, ten thousandths of an inch.10 millionths of an inch or centimetre? There is so little gold the carat is irrelevant.

'Clad' is a weasel word as well. It has implications of thickness and solidity, as in 'Ironclad' or 'clad in weatherproof clothing' , or even cladding on a building.

It may well be that all these terms are in common commercial use to describe this type of pointless tat, but they are the stock in trade of the deceiver, the standard parlance of hucksters who hope to fool the none too bright into thinking that their essentially worthless junk is somehow a worthwhile purchase.

Trying to defend selling this stuff on a board essentially devoted to real numismatics is futile. A garbage disposal man is worthy if infinitely more respect than a garbage dispensing man, since the latter is due no respect at all.

 

Most people don't know what all that means. They do know what FAKE means, which is how you should clearly sell it.