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FAKE SILVER ALERT - eBay has problems
I have been stacking for YEARS and bought LOTS of silver during the last 2 years. I bought some coins and bars off eBay when my regular dealer was closed. I ran into FAKE Morgan Dollars, "Buffalo Girl" rounds, and Silver eagles - the latter of which were STEEL. I am protected by detection equipment, and I reported the incidents to US Secret Service. Coins are FAKE and stamped and represented as ".999 Pure Silver". Coins were tested with the test kit in the photo. Seller is buying from TEMU, where they are properly described as TOKENS and selling them at spot price. This is a FEDERAL CRIME 18 U.S.C. § 485 18 U.S.C. § 331 18 U.S.C. § 471 and 18 U.S.C. § 472 The penalties are severe — up to 15 years in federal prison.
To learn more about how this problem is permeating the market, see this video: https://youtu.be/VjUbmRTROwU?si=KwH2jRhKlhB1PPls
Invest a few bucks into a "ping tester" (PingCoin app for phones) and an acid test kit and magnet. Don't get scammed to find out YEARS later that your stack is Silver-plated neon-steel-brass-pewter-solder. The counterfeits are coming from China in an attempt to destroy confidence in precious metals. We need an import BAN on ALL "collectible" fakes, and people to go to prison for LIFE.
