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<p>[QUOTE="serafino, post: 2171549, member: 74574"]There are many sellers selling fakes, some intentionally and some just don't know. </p><p>The two fakes that I know I bought, were sold to me by Ebay sellers with thousands of positive feedbacks and 100% ratings. In both cases the weights on each were around 2 grams light and they looked and felt odd in hand. </p><p>One was a 1783 Mexico 8 reales coin and the other was a 1812 Italian 5 lire Napoleon silver crown. Both are silver dollar size. </p><p><br /></p><p>I watched the seller re-list the Italian coin and sell it to some other buyer, however he did state in his auction the weight of the coin and it was almost 2.5 grams light on a XF coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a good gram scale and I weigh every silver coin I buy, but I hear with some good fakes the weights are on point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="serafino, post: 2171549, member: 74574"]There are many sellers selling fakes, some intentionally and some just don't know. The two fakes that I know I bought, were sold to me by Ebay sellers with thousands of positive feedbacks and 100% ratings. In both cases the weights on each were around 2 grams light and they looked and felt odd in hand. One was a 1783 Mexico 8 reales coin and the other was a 1812 Italian 5 lire Napoleon silver crown. Both are silver dollar size. I watched the seller re-list the Italian coin and sell it to some other buyer, however he did state in his auction the weight of the coin and it was almost 2.5 grams light on a XF coin. I have a good gram scale and I weigh every silver coin I buy, but I hear with some good fakes the weights are on point.[/QUOTE]
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