Really Bad 1875 $ Counterfeit from china

It's just stolen images of a real coin in a real slab, probably taken from an auction site. If you look up the cert, there's a TrueView image that is clearly the same coin as the scammer's images.

It's amusing to look up the return address on the envelope. It's a shady looking warehouse with no windows, no company names, no address on the building. Right across the street from a small pink building called The Playhouse, advertising "Go Go With Class" and "Friday Wing Pole 8am - Noon", whatever that is.

Why do I sense New Jersey mafia?

 

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At all costs

 

If the seller is in China, yes because our laws don't apply in other countries. If the seller is in the US then no it isn't legal. And if it is being shipped in from China, then it is the OP that has broken the law, not the seller.

 

S Pluribus Unum!

 

@Jack D. Young i thought you meant the coin in the sales ad was fake and all I could thing was dang, that looks real and would have fooled me. Then I saw the coin that was shipped.

 

You better get with 'Brandon' on this one!

 

I think the coin in the slab may be legit. They just appropriated the image for their evil purposes.

 

I am sure you are correct. I believe I have seen threads where you can buy convincing looking slabs from these people. And considering morality is at an all time low, it just worries me that unscrupulous folks will be slabbing these fakes in fake slabs to add legitimacy to these phony coins further deteriorating a great hobby.

 

Oh, absolutely. Isn't it just a matter of time?

So far, I haven't personally seen a slab that fooled me. If I study the font characters long enough, I've always been able to find the tells. But give 'em time and they'll figure out that one too, I'm sure.

 

The people that I worry about are the casual collectors. The folks that could turn into a real collector given the right stimulus. Those are the people that will be fooled by this junk and be soured on our hobby.

 

The word Liberty looks absolutely perfect