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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 349683, member: 12965"]<b>Trade Dollars on Ebay</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">I too have purchased a fake Trade Dollar on Ebay, but only after emailing the seller and questioning its authenticity. He guaranteed me it was real and when it arrived, I looked at it (rut-roh), "rolled" it on my desk (rut-roh), then got out the magnifying glass to see the pitted surfaces(mega rut-roh). Since then, I've done better at spotting the fakes and running from a blurry picture but every once in a while, I'll come across one that looks real so I'll email the seller and ask for larger pictures. With higher resolution pictures, it’s much easier to spot the fakes and if the pictures are iffy, I won’t buy the coin. I haven't bought a fake since I've instituted this practice (knock on wood).</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">Remember, just because there are peeps selling fake coins on Ebay, not everyone is doing it. There are many legitimate coin sellers on Ebay. You just gotta wade through the phonies to get to them.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Ribbit,</p><p>Toad :smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 349683, member: 12965"][b]Trade Dollars on Ebay[/b] [COLOR=black]I too have purchased a fake Trade Dollar on Ebay, but only after emailing the seller and questioning its authenticity. He guaranteed me it was real and when it arrived, I looked at it (rut-roh), "rolled" it on my desk (rut-roh), then got out the magnifying glass to see the pitted surfaces(mega rut-roh). Since then, I've done better at spotting the fakes and running from a blurry picture but every once in a while, I'll come across one that looks real so I'll email the seller and ask for larger pictures. With higher resolution pictures, it’s much easier to spot the fakes and if the pictures are iffy, I won’t buy the coin. I haven't bought a fake since I've instituted this practice (knock on wood).[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Remember, just because there are peeps selling fake coins on Ebay, not everyone is doing it. There are many legitimate coin sellers on Ebay. You just gotta wade through the phonies to get to them.[/COLOR] [FONT=Calibri][/FONT] Ribbit, Toad :smile[/QUOTE]
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