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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 678631, member: 12965&quot;]Yes &amp; No!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>No, you can&#039;t tell they are fake by the pics alone.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, you can tell they are fakes by deductive reasoning:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1. Look at all pics taken by the seller. Are any clear? Yes! Then why list a thousand dollar coin with crappy pics?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. How many key date coins has he sold? Do any look good? No!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Even the seller of the 1921-D Mercury had many key date coins for sale, including many 1914-D Lincolns and on some of the coins she sold, they were all scratched up and looked terrible, but that was done intentionally to hide the fact they are fakes.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you&#039;ve ever thought about it, on Ebay, what would a severely damaged 1909-S VDB or 1914-D or 1931-S go for? Is it significantly higher than you can buy the fakes for?&nbsp; Yep!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So she has figured out she can hide the authenticity problem by beating up the coin first, then selling it but she doesn&#039;t make as much but the profit is still high.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You have to look at the scammers and what they are doing, to figure out what they are doing and how they are doing it, in order to keep from falling for their trap.&nbsp; :headbang:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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