fraudulent antique coins coming from china

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roccotacodad54 · Accepted Answer

Not just coins. Lots of other things. One of the reasons I don't buy from most foreign sellers let alone those.......................

alexcertifieddollars · Answer

E BAY IS USING A I TO CATCH FAKES, THE ONLY PROBLEM A I HAS GONE CRAZY, E BAY HAS REMOVED MY NGC CERTIFIED COINS FROM MY LISTING BECAUSE A I SAYS THEY ARE COUNTERFEIT, I HAVE 100% RATING AND IN 20 YEARS NEVER SOLD A FAKE COIN

bmantei · Answer

I also have been concerned about all the counterfeit coins being sold. I have reported some counterfeits to EBAY in the past and nothing seems to happen. Today I tried to report Morgan dollars being sold in PCGS holders at ridiculous prices by several sellers. They are pasting pictures over the real coin and blocking the certification numbers so you can't verify the coin. I think if EBAY wanted to stop the counterfeiting they could. Just higher a Numismatic expert.

waxu_93 · Answer

The counterfeit coins produced in China have reached an extremely high level of craftsmanship. Ordinary people who are not experts had better not buy any coins at all.

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tobaccocardyahoo · Answer

Don't buy fakes.

Don't buy anything you cannot tell the difference between a real item and a fake.

File an INAD return on any fake you buy.

Ebay punishes sellers who have many INAD claims because they sell fakes, even sellers from China.

eburtonlab · Answer

@d258777

Counterfeit items are not allowed to be listed on eBay at all. No one is authorized to sell counterfeit items. That fact alone does not stop some people from trying to sell them, however.

The problem is that unscrupulous or uninformed sellers can list genuine items and then deliver counterfeit items.

It is not always possible to look at a listing and know in advance exactly what, if anything, the seller intends to deliver. For one thing, a scammer can simply copy a listing from a genuine seller, using a genuine photo of a genuine item.

Except for a few specific categories of items that go through authentication, eBay never sees what the seller ships or the what the buyer receives, so there is nothing for eBay to check unless someone complains about what was received by invoking eBay's money back guarantee.

Sellers are responsible for the descriptions they provide, and buyers should not assume that eBay screens the listings in advance.

As long as counterfeits exist and there are folks trying to sell them, buyers will still have to be on the lookout for them, and avoid deals that are obviously too-good-to-be-true, whether they are being sold by accounts registered overseas or by domestic sellers wittingly or unwittingly buying counterfeits from overseas to sell here.

Buyers that doubt their ability to distinguish a genuine article from a counterfeit one should only consider purchasing from trustworthy sellers that have an established reputation for delivering exactly what was described, and should avoid deals that are too-good-to-be-true, or deals that are offered by inexperienced sellers that might disappear soon after the transaction is made, or else be prepared to get items authenticated by trusted sources within thirty days to be able to take advantage of eBay's money back guarantee.

If you have waited too long to ask for help from eBay, you may still have some recourse through your payment method; many credit cards offer some protection for purchases for up to six months from the date of purchase.