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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 17205, member: 1101&quot;]At one point, ebay was very strict on fakes, and shut down all counterfeit auctions. I think they caught hell from some collectors, though, since many fakes are legitimate collectors items (we won&#039;t start that arguement again here).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Fakes of obsolete coins are now freely traded on ebay.&nbsp; My suggestion is to search in coins under &quot;counterfeit&quot; for a while.&nbsp; After you get a feel for what is out there, you willrelaize when someone is selling questionable materail without the c/f notation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I am not sure I would buy and Seated or Trade dollar on ebay now.&nbsp; Even i fthe seler is not in Asia, the seeler could have bought it from one of the Asian sellers. </p><p><br /></p><p>For tjhe record, coins made after the Hobby Protection Act (late 70s?) was passed need to be marked COPY, ones made before do not.&nbsp; So, if you can prove the coin you see was made after the HPA, call the Secret Service.&nbsp; If not, then there is a grey area that lets these people get away with it.&nbsp; (of course, even before the HPA counterfeiting was illegal, so you might have an angle there.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t buy these dollars that are commonly faked, unless they are slabbed!&nbsp; That is the only safe advise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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