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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 789807, member: 13650"]<b>I repeat, NOTHING they send over here gets a copy or replica stamp!</b> <b>They don't stamp anything!</b> Because most people buying them don't want the stamp on them so they automatically leave it off. </p><p><br /></p><p> Several months ago, I purchased 10 fake buffalo nickels from three different Chinese sellers on Ebay as a test. All were advertised as having replica or copy stamped on them. I had no communication with the sellers. I assumed they would come stamped because that was how they were advertised. They did not. No stamps on any of them. </p><p><br /></p><p> So any of these fakes that come over here and enter the normal circulation will need to be weeded out by someone who can identify them or they get sold to people who don't know the difference. Even the cheap stuff as is shown in this thread. They aren't just copying expensive coins. They fake everything! </p><p> I have found sellers on ebay with feedback from buying Chinese counterfeits and turning around and selling them on the sell side! Sometimes it pays to check in to see what your seller has been doing if the possibility exists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 789807, member: 13650"][B]I repeat, NOTHING they send over here gets a copy or replica stamp![/B] [B]They don't stamp anything![/B] Because most people buying them don't want the stamp on them so they automatically leave it off. Several months ago, I purchased 10 fake buffalo nickels from three different Chinese sellers on Ebay as a test. All were advertised as having replica or copy stamped on them. I had no communication with the sellers. I assumed they would come stamped because that was how they were advertised. They did not. No stamps on any of them. So any of these fakes that come over here and enter the normal circulation will need to be weeded out by someone who can identify them or they get sold to people who don't know the difference. Even the cheap stuff as is shown in this thread. They aren't just copying expensive coins. They fake everything! I have found sellers on ebay with feedback from buying Chinese counterfeits and turning around and selling them on the sell side! Sometimes it pays to check in to see what your seller has been doing if the possibility exists.[/QUOTE]
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