RW Julian Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 The coin photo was lifted from the Gelos auction of March 18, 2006: http://cgi.ebay.com/A-gold-coin-1762-5-Rou...1QQcmdZViewItem No activity on this account for more than 6 years and the seller is now offering coins for a fraction of their worth. An obvious hijacking and reported to eBay. The two other coins offered by this seller are no doubt similar in nature. RWJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Interesting fact - according to the listings, the seller accepts PayPal (?!). However, when I asked him directly, the answer was NO. He "would prefer " bank transfer I guess it is obvious (as Mr Julian mentioned above) that the account got hijacked and is abused. I have also reported to Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 The account is now closed by EBAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marv Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 The coin photo was lifted from the Gelos auction of March 18, 2006: http://cgi.ebay.com/A-gold-coin-1762-5-Rou...1QQcmdZViewItem No activity on this account for more than 6 years and the seller is now offering coins for a fraction of their worth. An obvious hijacking and reported to eBay. The two other coins offered by this seller are no doubt similar in nature. RWJ Bob, here is another fake 12 Rubles platinum. I have seen so many of these lately. This one is already up to $202!. I have complained to Ebay twice on this auction, and they have so far done nothing. Perhaps if you added your voice. The seller says he, "...is not an expert in coins." I mentioned that, if he were really sure he had a genuine coin, he could send it for grading to PCGS or NGC, and, if genuine, it would be worth thousands of dollars. He replied, "...what is PCGS and NGC?" Here is the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...p;rd=1&rd=1 Thanks, Marv Finnley RNS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 FleaBay makes it freaking impossible to report this without scrolling through a bunch of lousy pull down menus. No wonder sellers of the above cr@p get away with it. I tried to report it, theory there is strength in numbers, but alas I gave up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RW Julian Posted March 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Bob, here is another fake 12 Rubles platinum. I have seen so many of these lately. This one is already up to $202!. I have complained to Ebay twice on this auction, and they have so far done nothing. Perhaps if you added your voice. The seller says he, "...is not an expert in coins." I mentioned that, if he were really sure he had a genuine coin, he could send it for grading to PCGS or NGC, and, if genuine, it would be worth thousands of dollars. He replied, "...what is PCGS and NGC?"Here is the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...p;rd=1&rd=1 Thanks, Marv Finnley RNS I have seen numerous copies of this fake on eBay, both the German and U.S. sites. I will complain again about this piece and perhaps have better luck this time! If you check the high-value Russian coins from this seller, most appear to be fakes, except perhaps the 1899 5 roubles: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcI...amp;completed=1 RWJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RW Julian Posted March 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Bob, here is another fake 12 Rubles platinum. I have seen so many of these lately. This one is already up to $202!. I have complained to Ebay twice on this auction, and they have so far done nothing. Perhaps if you added your voice. The seller says he, "...is not an expert in coins." I mentioned that, if he were really sure he had a genuine coin, he could send it for grading to PCGS or NGC, and, if genuine, it would be worth thousands of dollars. He replied, "...what is PCGS and NGC?"Here is the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...p;rd=1&rd=1 Thanks, Marv Finnley RNS Two more "interesting" coins from this seller: http://cgi.ebay.com/RUSSIAN-SILVER-COIN-18...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/RUSSIAN-SILVER-COIN-18...1QQcmdZViewItem RWJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisenish Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 http://cgi.ebay.com/RUSSIAN-SILVER-COIN-18...1QQcmdZViewItem RWJ Interestingly, I hold this coin, but supposed to be a genuine piece, yesterday on the preview for the upcoming major auction. The ring of the edge seemed to be flatened / grinded down on both sides. Very surprising for the coin never been in circulation and supposedly existing only as novodels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Interestingly, I hold this coin, but supposed to be a genuine piece, yesterday on the preview for the upcoming major auction. The ring of the edge seemed to be flatened / grinded down on both sides. Very surprising for the coin never been in circulation and supposedly existing only as novodels. You have ,probably, seen a unique piece It is really interesting. However, the most interesting part of your posting, in my mind, is that a major auction presents it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timofei Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 You have ,probably, seen a unique piece It is really interesting. However, the most interesting part of your posting, in my mind, is that a major auction presents it ! http://www.gmcoinart.de/shop/detailansicht...he=&von=405 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 http://www.gmcoinart.de/shop/detailansicht...he=&von=405 I've seen them with edge like that before. If anyone has Goldberg's Hesselgesser June 2000 auction catalog, it is in there. It could be on Goldberg's archives site as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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