Are the Chinese faking these now

[Gary D 76]

The edge lettering seems to wonder around a bit.

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[declanwmagee 122]

The edge lettering seems to wonder around a bit.

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and he seems to have a huge selection of big silver from around the world. No bronze or copper though...

[bagerap 706]

Mintage 715,000. Number on ebay this year, probably 716,000.

People who've never listed another coin will have room for one of these. There's a jewelry seller who lists three at a time.

Every time.

[azda 973]

If you read his auction, he says in there:

Any Claims that the item is not authentic Must be sent in writing in 14 days.

Why write that in the 1st Place if he thought the coin was original? Looks like something else to watch out for

He's also in Hong Kong

Edited December 4, 2012 by azda

[HistoricCoinage 115]

Looking at his feedback, too, plenty of complaints.

"DO NOT BUY ASIAN COINS! I AM SIC OF GETTING RIPPED OFF BY COUNTERFEITERS!HOWLAME"

"I AM FROM PERU, AND THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL LARGE COIN, IS A SMALL REPLICA"

"This is a reproduced coin/ this guy selling all fake coins..."

[TomGoodheart 373]

Looking at his feedback, too, plenty of complaints.

"DO NOT BUY ASIAN COINS! I AM SIC OF GETTING RIPPED OFF BY COUNTERFEITERS!HOWLAME"

"I AM FROM PERU, AND THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL LARGE COIN, IS A SMALL REPLICA"

"This is a reproduced coin/ this guy selling all fake coins..."

Oh, I'm sure he must be OK Clive. After all, he has 99.7% Positive Feedback from ebay and we all know how reliable that is.

Of course, if it really is 0.925 silver as stated, maybe worth buying?

Edited December 4, 2012 by TomGoodheart

[HistoricCoinage 115]

Oh, I'm sure he must be OK Clive. After all, he has 99.7% Positive Feedback from ebay and we all know how reliable that is.

Right you are, Richard. Right you are!

[TomGoodheart 373]

Oh, I'm sure he must be OK Clive. After all, he has 99.7% Positive Feedback from ebay and we all know how reliable that is.

Right you are, Richard. Right you are!

But despite that I took a close look at the legend decided it wasn't right (the W of CROWN in particular) and reported it.

I'm so fickle sometimes!

[declanwmagee 122]

well, I think we've answered the original question!

They are.

[Hussulo 6]

Are the Chinese faking these now

They'll fake anything that can be sold for a profit. Did anyone read about the fake Apple store? that was a belter. Even the staff thought they were working for Apple.

[Peter 615]

Complete trash

BTW HUS...cant get into your site.

[azda 973]

Think its gone

[Hussulo 6]

BTW HUS...cant get into your site.

The forum? I seem to be having technical difficulties with it again! I'm trying to find out the problem, for some reason its taking ages to load. These sites aren't easy to manage, a real pain in the b*tt sometimes. I'll hopefully have it working again shortly. Thanks Peter.

[Peter 615]

Looking on another forum Alibaba.com were being discussed.

I had a look at the coin section and there is the source for the fakes swamping the market.Disgracefull.

[azda 973]

Got a link Peter ?

[Gary D 76]

Got a link Peter ?

Here you go, all 270 pages of them

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How about these from $0.60 each

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Edited December 16, 2012 by Gary D

[Gary D 76]

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[azda 973]

This is gotta be where roydinsdaleuk was buying from

[Coinery 926]

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Christ, it's really sad for the collector!

[Gary D 76]

This is gotta be where roydinsdaleuk was buying from

Perhaps the the Royal Mint has been outsourcing to here.

[Peter 615]

This is gotta be where roydinsdaleuk was buying from

It is quite a difficult site to navigate but I found 1822 crowns and Northumberland shillings.

[azda 973]

This is gotta be where roydinsdaleuk was buying from

It is quite a difficult site to navigate but I found 1822 crowns and Northumberland shillings.

The amount he's has this year you could only assume they were from this Site as they seem to deal in bulk orders. Hopefully he's been hammered for a few quid. Is there pictures avaliable for download? Those would be handy references

[Peckris 579]

This is gotta be where roydinsdaleuk was buying from

It is quite a difficult site to navigate but I found 1822 crowns and Northumberland shillings.

The amount he's has this year you could only assume they were from this Site as they seem to deal in bulk orders. Hopefully he's been hammered for a few quid. Is there pictures avaliable for download? Those would be handy references

The scariest figure is that they can supply 100,000 pieces per month - of the same coin!

[seuk 85]

1792 countermarked dollar

1763 Northumberland shilling

1763 Northumberland shilling II

1864 florin

1893 sixpence

[Sword 1,330]

1792 countermarked dollar

1763 Northumberland shilling

1763 Northumberland shilling II

1864 florin

1893 sixpence

The saving grace is that they are faking these in silver plated base metal. The problem will be more serious if they start using sterling silver for forgeries.