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<p>[QUOTE="cj415, post: 24629894, member: 30598"]This is a scamming nightmare. I sure hope no one falls for this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/364324066550" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/364324066550" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/364324066550</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The front of the coin is all wrong. The color is horrendous. The holder is all wrong. Not even close.</p><p><br /></p><p>But... this person is very deliberate in their scam. It's not an accident that they are screen grabbing the verification from PCGS. And the coins don't even match. But here what's even worse...</p><p><br /></p><p>The font of the coin is taken at a bad angle. The rear of the coin is not even the same coin. In fact, it's centered in the slab on the back and it's rotated in the slab on the front. If you scan the QR code on the back on the slab, it takes you to an entirely different coin. This person is not doing any of this by accident, it would seem. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, the Buy-It-Now price is silly. It's times like this that I appreciate that the fakes are still easy to spot. I've bought a bad 1909-S VDB in the past, so I know how much it can sting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cj415, post: 24629894, member: 30598"]This is a scamming nightmare. I sure hope no one falls for this: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/364324066550[/URL] The front of the coin is all wrong. The color is horrendous. The holder is all wrong. Not even close. But... this person is very deliberate in their scam. It's not an accident that they are screen grabbing the verification from PCGS. And the coins don't even match. But here what's even worse... The font of the coin is taken at a bad angle. The rear of the coin is not even the same coin. In fact, it's centered in the slab on the back and it's rotated in the slab on the front. If you scan the QR code on the back on the slab, it takes you to an entirely different coin. This person is not doing any of this by accident, it would seem. And, the Buy-It-Now price is silly. It's times like this that I appreciate that the fakes are still easy to spot. I've bought a bad 1909-S VDB in the past, so I know how much it can sting.[/QUOTE]
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