Someone honest should buy these and keep them out of trade... http://www.ebay.com/itm/292081452239?ul_noapp=true
Except they are being sold as advertising tokens, which is what they are...steel advertising tokens promoting a steel company. They are crude and obvious fakes, and in their original advertisement envelopes.
None of these are dangerous fakes, it's not worth spending your time trying to keep them off the market.
You'd bid them up but not actually buy them? I have two problems with that. 1. If they are, as you believe, fake, you want someone to pay more for them? 2. Why bid them up only to let them go, going against your original post? I was right. You want to appear to be righteous, but don't want to actually be righteous.
If you wish to play policeman to the world, you are welcome to buy them. Otherwise may I assume you don't even want to appear righteous?
Not sure I get the concern. Clear from the listing that they are replicas. I had something arrive today that was clearly advertised are authentic that will probably end up in the trash. Those are the real problems.
are you concerned that these may be bought then offered as real? that would be the only danger i'd see. otherwise this seller isn't doing anything underhanded.
I agree, these are not good enough replicas to be concerned about taking off the market. I wonder what they're advertising, though? Googling Signode comes up with a company that has exactly zero to do with coins.
there are plenty of "real fakes" (how's that for an oxymoron) to be concerned about on eBay. The Romulus below just sold today...guaranteed as authentic.
I just have seen many people make posts about fakes being sold either openly (lots from China) or covertly. I noticed this and posted it.
That Divus Romulus would've fooled me. Head looks a little small, but it's within range of what I'd expect a die engraver might produce for the type. How did you know it was fake,Victor?
It is a known fake that I have seen several times. There are a few issues (these are easy enough to be alerted to when you already know it is a fake...like armchair quarterbacking except armchair fake spotting) like the small bumps, mainly obverse fields. Some soft details, like the crown of head. The patina (glued on sand) is the type that is faked a lot. Plus the same day he sold this, he had several other fakes. There were a few authentic coins in his listing, but many fakes. It was also listed in Spain, which unfortunately is becoming a hotbed for fakes. Mainly though, I recognized the mug shot of this fake.
