Fake Silver .999 rounds on eBay
 

The link below is a guide published in June on eBay UK about fake silver .999 rounds. Looks like the price of silver is high enough this year to worry again about counterfeit rounds.

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Fake-Silve...00000001234763

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That's interesting. I have some of those and will have to check them out. I didn't think it would be worthwhile to fake 1 oz. rounds.

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It never said it was silver. Maybe it was .999 brass. :bandito:

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Well that ain't fine at all.

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Thank you for the post!!

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Thats the reason I stopped buying AG off of Ebay.

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Eek! I have some of those...better go check them. :bear_angry:

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It would seem like the time required to create these would negate any profit. Unless these are being mass produced and imported from china, which they may very well be, it just seems stupid. When silver is at $50 then yes I can understand it, but right now? After dealing with APMEX for the GIM round, I think I'll just deal with them from now on for my future purchases. Ebay for "everything" has become a shady operation these days.

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I've got one of those, its the real deal though. Is it going to be difficult to sell the real ones, when people find out about this hype over the fake ones? :confused_ma: Should we sell our real ones while we still can, and trade them in for prospectors or trade units?

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Naccarato did a thread on this a couple of weeks ago. i have only 4 of that type but they are all good.

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I got a tube of the real ones, and 2 of the fake ones. The fake ones are the ones in your link weatherman. When you look at each you can see a real difference in the quality of the Indian and buffalo images.The real one also says 999 fine silver and one troy ounce while the fake one doesn't.
But now I am thinking of selling the real ones because it looks similar to the fake ones. Even though I know it's real.
Hey Jones I'll trade my good Indian coins for your prospectors. PM me.

:call2:

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http://cgi.ebay.com/2003-1-OUNCE-999...QQcmdZViewItem I hope these are real, but I'm still not bidding.:no_ma::no_ma::no_ma:

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=rvi:1:1v_buy

And another add on e-bay. These are the fake ones latemetal. I returned them to a dealer at a show last week, still have two left.

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http://i15.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/9a/32/827f_1_b.JPG

These are the real ones.

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Anyone know when these started showing up? Was it recently? I have some I bought a year or so ago. I guess I need to dig them out and check. :bear_angry:

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I don't know Maddie, bought the ten fakes a month ago. But then I went through all my "deep storage" stash and found another two. Those I am stuck with since I don't remember who I got them from.

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Hey naccarato,

What is the weight of the fakes?

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So are these fakes easy to tell, or do they look and feel the same?

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Looking and feeling them is not so easy to tell except that I noticed if you look at the edge you can see a little bit of a brassy color. I don't know what they weigh, don't have a scale.
I think the best way to go is to make sure it say's 1 troy ounce 999 fine Silver on it.

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I've pretty much stopped buying on EBay, period. Used to be you could get good deals, but not so much anymore. Lots of scams now, too. I've noticed LOTS of those fake gold coins as well. I've been wondering when those fake ones would start being sold as real ones. I wouldn't be surprised to hear those are being sold now as well!

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I dont buy on Ebay anymore for the simple fact that you dont really get to hold it and feel it before you buy it.

I always buy locally.

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Buying on Ebay is safe, if you check the feedback, it has to be high enough. Secondly, buy from an establshed PM vendor. Buying from these Ebay stores is no different than from Tulving.com or anyone else (without the stupid 20 oz limit)

I've had one bad experience on ebay, when I bought a used car transmission (actually made a private offer bypassing Ebay bidding process) from a seller with 0 feedback. Two bad mistakes right there. The tranny worked all right - but it was wrong year, wrong configuration (I4 not V6)

These days, I buy everything on Ebay as much as possible.
Better prices, better choice, less attitude. Better pics too.
I did OK with PM, only problem is, the quantities are rather small, 10 oz here, 5 oz there. If you want to buy say 100 Maples, may have to wait for weeks and weeks until such an auction is run. I picked up 40 oz of original NORFED rounds, probably the more desirable rounds available for a great price of $13 each. If they are shut down, they will become collectible and instantly rise in price.

But, got to do your research. If you see a seller with high feedback who sold 2,000 teeshirts suddenly offering high-end optics or gold Maples or laptops, might want to reconsider - major red flag - high jacked account. I saw these more than once.

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I bought some of these the other day.On the indian side "one try ounce" is visible in the indian's collar.On the buffalo side it says "one troy ounce" over the buffalo and "999 fine silver" under the buffalo.

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Always try to buy local........it is worth the premium you pay for the peace of mind.

Flea bay is going down like the hindenberg ..... took much risk for my taste.


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People have been saying ebay won't last since it started

Ebay's Gonna be around for a while...

Just gotta be careful


Caveat emptor !