wabnoles Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Hey everyone... I recently bought a coin from ebay. I am only out $20-something so not too bad. Well I finally got the coin in the mail today and believe it is a fake. It only weighs 23 grams, whereas the real McCoy weighs closer to 27 grams. What do "you alls" think? Here's the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-antique-foreign-coin-/311778864180?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=7MOFUcZFwx%252BPcaojmrw5a%252BrH%252Bm4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Link isn't working for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabnoles Posted January 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 For whatever reason the copy and paste function does not work properly on this. www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-antique-foreign-coin-/311778864180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 From the photos alone I wouldn't have touched this with a ten foot pole - sorry. It's either cast, or struck from dies made by casting - both signs that this is primarily made for the souvenir trade rather than the collector trade - lots of these floating around in Chinatowns and in markets throughout East Asia for $1-10, depending on how much the seller thinks they can get out of an buyer hoping to take a chance. On a fake, any price is too high a price. As an aside, buying from a seller who doesn't know what they have is hit and miss. But when they have Chinese dollars but no Chinese minors or other East Asian coins or notes to go along with them, the odds are 99.99% that the dollars are fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabnoles Posted January 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Ah I see thanks... you win some and you lose some. I knew it was a gamble but I have been on a good winning streak up to this point so all told I am still ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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