LOOK WHAT JUST SOLD FOR $1,884.02

I just don't believe it ! This 1901-P MS63 Morgan dollar is worth close to $15.500 & I just watched it sell for $1,884.02 I am at a loss for word's !

 

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questionable slab?

Obverse is B&W or that slab should be in color.

 

I guess there is not a many buyers in the $15K range. The one at the auction with cash wins. Don't know what auction house that was but, definately the wrong one.

 

Slab looks fake and the reverse of the coin looks a little off to me.

 

That's because it is an obvious counterfeit in an obvious counterfeit slab.

 

I think PCGS should save a few dollars by having there $20 slabs made in China.

oh wait.....

 

What I'm really curious to know is how far was the winning bidder willing to go to win this "beauty".

Chris

 

I would have had a Best Offer listing up. I wouldn't sell something for 10x less than it's worth in an auction. There's a high chance the seller cancelled the order.

Or that.

 

Where's the listing? And why (other than the coin itself not matching the PCGS picture) is this an obvious fake or an obvious fake slab? I've got a PCGS holder in my hand that looks a lot like this one, except with an MS65 Buffalo nickel in it.

The only thing that looks too far off to me is that the coin is clearly not an MS63. It looks like an MS66 or better (though, I could be wrong with that B&W obverse pic). The surfaces are just too clean.

 

I'm surprised it sold for that much. The coin is Chinese and was probably made in the last year. The slab is also fake.

 

Doesnt look right...damn they are getting good.

 

I'm a little lost here. I don't see anything obviously wrong with the slab or the coin from these pics, other than the coin seems to be way too nice to be a 63.

 

I am not going to point out every difference, but there are a large number of things wrong with this one. Compare this coin to a genuine example (you can see a number of them in the Heritage archives). Both the coin and the slab scream "fake".

The most conclusive proof can be seen in clutchy's post above, however. The PCGS certification verification pictures show the coin - and it is clearly not the same coin.

 

Wow, didn't think it was this easy. I looked it up on PCGS myself. Totally a different coin than shown here.

Scammers better start picking up their scamming abilities.

So, my best guess is - whoever had the wad of cash for a $15,000 piece probably researched the slab number before bidding.

 

Aye, another fake in a fake slab.

And another compromised serial number to add to the growing database...

Edit: Profile is now up.

 

Found the real McCoy up on eBay. Asking price $15,697.50. Completely different holder, too.

That nails it.

 

Hello Chris All I know is that I was out bid in the last few seconds & it makes me sick that I lost it !

The EBAY item #
321674827958
Doug

 

Quick side question on this. The pcgs coin is listed as 7272. The slab has a bunch of other numbers after the 7272--are those usually there and of so what are they for? It looks like if you want to verify a coin for pcgs--you just use the first 4 digits? Thanks

 

Its worth noting the seller has only had Two sales and one of them is Negative feedback
New sellers do not usually start with dear coins