Most of these Penny's Look Fake

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by Chris Winkler, Mar 27, 2022.

  1. Chris Winkler

    Chris Winkler Well-Known Member

    Is it me, or are most of the Indian Head Penny's this guy sells not look like copper? All of the Hobo Nickels are newer unmarked copies, and looking at all the coins, the color just does not look right on most. Also 105x 1931-S Buffalso nickels?????

    With almost 39,000, who has done business with him?
    https://www.ebay.com/sch/fairviewcoins/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
     
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  3. ldhair

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    Most of these Penny's Look Fake
    No they don't. Just low end coins and poor imaging.
     
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  4. Chris Winkler

    Chris Winkler Well-Known Member

    While I know the feeling on difficulty to photo coins, what about 105x 1931-S Buffalo nickels. A statistic that is quite questionable.
     
  5. paddyman98

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  6. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    I don't see anything questionable about the seller. He has 7200 coins listed and sells about 900 coins per month.
     
  7. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

  8. ifthevamzarockin

    ifthevamzarockin Well-Known Member

  9. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    I have purchased from him. Nothing suspicious in my experience. We had a short email exchange about three years ago and I recall him saying he gets coins "wholesale", presumably buys large lots and doles them out.
     
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  10. Dave Waterstraat

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  11. Mountain Man

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    Don't know about anyone else, but that link takes me to his entire eBay listings. The first two full pages are 97% Mercury dimes. I'm not going to take the time to find the pennies you are referring to.
     
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  12. Pickin and Grinin

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  13. ifthevamzarockin

    ifthevamzarockin Well-Known Member

    @Pickin and Grinin "Thanks, I don't buy unless in hand, What do you grade that 21?"

    AU details cleaned.
     
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  14. Dynoking

    Dynoking Well-Known Member

    Ohh, Penny...
     
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  15. Tamaracian

    Tamaracian 12+ Yr Member--Supporter

    @Pickin and Grinin That is indeed a VAM-1O. BTW, PCGS and NGC don't recognize this VAM; ANACS only has 1 in the POP report @ AU53.

    The Linked Peace Dollar from fairviewcoins is NOT BU+ as described in his eBay Listing; it is a heavily cleaned circulated coin that would grade, IMO, GENUINE AU DETAILS CLEANED. My opinion is based upon my having owned several 1921's. I recently sold through Great Collections these two; (I sent them to ANACS because only ANACS would label the VAM-1W that Leroy Van Allen had attributed for me). One graded AU-58 Details Cleaned (had been cleaned a long time ago--not by me), and the other graded a straight AU-58 VAM-1W:

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    Compare the eBay Listed coin with the two above and you should clearly see that the eBay coin is circulated and has been heavily cleaned. @Chris Winkler a quick perusal of some of the other coins Listed by fairviewcoins tells me to be very cautions about these Listings--due your due diligence!
     
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  16. Chris Winkler

    Chris Winkler Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the heads up, though after seeing over 100 Buffalo with exactly the same date and similar wear, the wornout garbage, and the overpriced Peace dollars, i have no desire to do business with him. Actually all the worldly BS by Sleepy-Creepy and the WEF have caused me to want to sell a lot of my less liquid coins and "Be Prepared" as the Boy Scouts taught me.
     
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