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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 8140189, member: 28550&quot;]I got fed up with the obvious fakes being advertised on Facebook. American Silver Eagles, $5 apiece,&nbsp; monster boxes of 1894 $20 gold pieces all graded ms70 for $1000, etc. Reporting them never seemed to make any difference. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I started placing orders. Pay via PayPal Credit &amp; challenge the charges whenever I can document fraud. Pretty straightforward when the selling site claims to be shipping from the US &amp; provides tracking from China (as happens about half the time). They&#039;re out the cost of the item,&nbsp; plus shipping,&nbsp; and I have the latest examples of what to watch out for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the fakes have been laughably bad. But some are disturbingly good. Most fail one or more of the following tests: magnetic when they shouldn&#039;t be, weight is wrong, diameter is wrong, thickness is wrong. None of fakes I&#039;ve received seem to have been coined out of silver or gold (despite heavy plating present on some).</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite ordering coins in NGC &amp; PCGS slabs, I have yet to receive a fake slab.&nbsp; (They mostly just bait and switch those, it seems.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here was today&#039;s shipment (each came individually packaged in little plastic frames that stretch 2 sheets of plastic to enclose the coin but can easily be opened or shut). Heck, those are probably worth something, although I doubt they&#039;re a safe plastic for long term storage of a real coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1916 Mercs were a *lot* thicker than they should have been. About 38mm thick for 20 = almost 2mm thick apiece (instead of the real 1.35mm). That also worked out to them being significantly overweight: 20 x 2.5g should be 50g, not 68g. I included a picture with 5 of the fakes alongside 5 real dimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only the poorest copy (the shallow relief super underweight 2019 Liberty) was magnetic.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418991[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418992[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418996[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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