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<p>[QUOTE="Pandacollector, post: 949687, member: 26583"]<b>The Latest</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The eBay sellers <b>colorful8876</b> and <b>updang1</b> (possibly the same person or organization) are now selling 1/10 and 1/20 oz. 2010 gold Pandas. These same sellers have sold hundreds of presumably counterfeit silver Pandas to unwary eBay customers over the last month. (I say presumably because the photos were of fake coins, but I am still waiting for a shipment to arrive so that I can inspect the actual coins). <i>At least one buyer has identified these coins as fakes and left negative feedback to that effect.</i></p><p><br /></p><p> Over $3,000 of "gold" coins have been sold by these sellers in less than 24 hours. If the coins are fake they will be composed of copper or a base metal alloy that is plated with a thin layer of gold. Their intrinsic value will be just pennies</p><p><br /></p><p> Unlike the silver Pandas, the coin photos of these new items appear to be of genuine coins. The photos are linked to a Chinese social networking website, so these could be photos posted by innocent collectors in China.<b> I strongly advise eBayers to consider this information before buying from <b>colorful8876</b> and <b>updang1</b>.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>Best wishes,</p><p>Peter Anthony</p><p><a href="http://www.pandacollector.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pandacollector.com" rel="nofollow">www.pandacollector.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pandacollector, post: 949687, member: 26583"][b]The Latest[/b] The eBay sellers [B]colorful8876[/B] and [B]updang1[/B] (possibly the same person or organization) are now selling 1/10 and 1/20 oz. 2010 gold Pandas. These same sellers have sold hundreds of presumably counterfeit silver Pandas to unwary eBay customers over the last month. (I say presumably because the photos were of fake coins, but I am still waiting for a shipment to arrive so that I can inspect the actual coins). [I]At least one buyer has identified these coins as fakes and left negative feedback to that effect.[/I] Over $3,000 of "gold" coins have been sold by these sellers in less than 24 hours. If the coins are fake they will be composed of copper or a base metal alloy that is plated with a thin layer of gold. Their intrinsic value will be just pennies Unlike the silver Pandas, the coin photos of these new items appear to be of genuine coins. The photos are linked to a Chinese social networking website, so these could be photos posted by innocent collectors in China.[B] I strongly advise eBayers to consider this information before buying from [B]colorful8876[/B] and [B]updang1[/B]. [/B]Best wishes, Peter Anthony [URL="http://www.pandacollector.com"]www.pandacollector.com[/URL][/QUOTE]
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