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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 143260, member: 4626"]Those are all the things that popped out at me also. The first coin, if you look at the seller's feedback, he also sold another trade dollar which is an extremely obvious fake (is clearly a cast copy).</p><p><br /></p><p>Other things that immediately seem suspicious are:</p><p><br /></p><p>very recently created eBay ID</p><p>very low feedback</p><p>Little or no feedback left for actually selling coins</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one had not completed a single auction for coins before. The first, only one, and the pics of that one showed the coin to be an obvious fake. Now I know people have to start somewhere, so not all new IDs mean the coins are fake, but before buying a coin of high value that has a history of being counterfeited I'd definitely wait to find a seller with an established reputation. If it was a common modern coin wouldn't be quite so concerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway even if the coin was legitimate wouldn't pay 30 to 40 pounds shipping which works out to about 55 to 73 US dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 143260, member: 4626"]Those are all the things that popped out at me also. The first coin, if you look at the seller's feedback, he also sold another trade dollar which is an extremely obvious fake (is clearly a cast copy). Other things that immediately seem suspicious are: very recently created eBay ID very low feedback Little or no feedback left for actually selling coins The second one had not completed a single auction for coins before. The first, only one, and the pics of that one showed the coin to be an obvious fake. Now I know people have to start somewhere, so not all new IDs mean the coins are fake, but before buying a coin of high value that has a history of being counterfeited I'd definitely wait to find a seller with an established reputation. If it was a common modern coin wouldn't be quite so concerned. Anyway even if the coin was legitimate wouldn't pay 30 to 40 pounds shipping which works out to about 55 to 73 US dollars.[/QUOTE]
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