Today I Received.....

[TheGoldSovereign]

A fake 1917, sure it was on eBay but I had bid a large amount in the hope it was real, the seller denies it is fake.

The circles are for the benefit of the seller in the eBay case 😂, could have just circled the whole coin...

 

Edited May 17, 2019 by sg86

[MikeG1978]

Good thing is you are fully protected 

Cant believe these scammers 

[jacobkenn]

1 hour ago, sg86 said:

A fake 1917, sure it was on eBay but I had bid a large amount in the hope it was real, the seller denies it is fake.

The circles are for the benefit of the seller in the eBay case 😂, could have just circled the whole coin...

 

Be intrested in seeing ebay picture

Please don't take this as a dig I dont want to make you feel worse 

But why would you buy a coin that in the back of your mind you knew it was fake only say this as your comment of hope it's real. EBay purchases always come with risk but it's up to us to limit them 

[KevinG]

I got my order in from the European mint 1 kilo of 90% silver mostly Quarters and Dimes I got 1 Barber quarter but unfortunately slicked out and two Standing liberty quarters with visible date.

[sovereignsteve]

3 hours ago, sg86 said:

A fake 1917, sure it was on eBay but I had bid a large amount in the hope it was real, the seller denies it is fake.

Of course it's a fake; it's a 1917 on Ebay!

I assume the ebay pictures were bad?

[Rugbyplayer]

Well today I received my first order direct from Eldorado Coins.......excellent experience from start to finish. 

I bought another 10 of these stunning coins. Which when added to the 15 I got via the last SF Group order, now completes that mint tube 😁

The question is now..........which mint coin do I go for next?? Any suggestions?

On a side note they also sent me the 10 coins in a genuine mint tude too which I thought was pretty cool, plus I now have a spare one or another to fill depending on how you look at it!

[Peacemaker]

5 hours ago, KevinG said:

I got my order in from the European mint 1 kilo of 90% silver mostly Quarters and Dimes I got 1 Barber quarter but unfortunately slicked out and two Standing liberty quarters with visible date.

out of curiosity, how much did this cost you from eu mint?

[DarkChameleon]

9 hours ago, KevinG said:

I got my order in from the European mint 1 kilo of 90% silver mostly Quarters and Dimes I got 1 Barber quarter but unfortunately slicked out and two Standing liberty quarters with visible date.

Now to get a usb microscope and find some errors and make all you money back...loo.

[KevinG]

5 hours ago, DaveWheat89 said:

out of curiosity, how much did this cost you from eu mint?

€471.34 plus another 40 Euro that you must pay separately for the shipping. To be honest if you want something like this you better get it in the the BYB group order

[Peacemaker]

4 hours ago, KevinG said:

€471.34 plus another 40 Euro that you must pay separately for the shipping. To be honest if you want something like this you better get it in the the BYB group order

Was just curious as I have over $35 face value I may be selling in the near future, cheers.

[KevinG]

1 minute ago, DaveWheat89 said:

Was just curious as I have over $35 face value I may be selling in the near future, cheers.

What I got in this lot is close to 40 Dollars face. If you have some standing liberty quarters with date you are willing to sell or half Dollars send me a message.

[CoinStruck]

Just bought the 2004 and 2005 sovereigns on Australian eBay. They seem to be "haze" on their surface and so will send them to be conserved and graded. I bought a 1985 1/2 sovereign from the same seller about a year ok and it had the same condition issue but came out great after a bit of PCGS TLC. 

[terakris]

28 minutes ago, CoinStruck said:

Just bought the 2004 and 2005 sovereigns on Australian eBay. They seem to be "haze" on their surface and so will send them to be conserved and graded. I bought a 1985 1/2 sovereign from the same seller about a year ok and it had the same condition issue but came out great after a bit of PCGS TLC. 

Yeah haze is generally fine from my experience. as long as no one has tried to clean it themselves should all be good  

[Wolves]

In the post today 1899 Nicholas II Russia Gold 5 Roubles.

    

Edited May 18, 2019 by Wolves

[h103efa]

Managed to buy this beautiful 1918 India sovereign from @Marc. A very pleasant transaction and coin convo.

This goes with my 2018 India sov to complete my 100 year old bombay mint pairing! 

[sixgun]

So i got my assignment of silver bars from BYB.

 

[TheGoldSovereign]

20 hours ago, jacobkenn said:

Be intrested in seeing ebay picture

Please don't take this as a dig I dont want to make you feel worse 

But why would you buy a coin that in the back of your mind you knew it was fake only say this as your comment of hope it's real. EBay purchases always come with risk but it's up to us to limit them 

 

17 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

Of course it's a fake; it's a 1917 on Ebay!

I assume the ebay pictures were bad?

Yes of course it was a risk but why not bid for a coin worth so much when the seller tells you they bought it from a large UK auction house? 

@jacobkenn not being rude but even with excellent pictures some of the best 1917 fakes wouldn't be discovered, they've fooled many a dealer over the years, but I'm sure you know this

He even posted images online of a valuation from bullion by post etc. I'm not fussed as I will get my money back, but it was of course worth a shot! 

[mr1030]

Received part of my Royal Mint order today.  For some reason they shipped the 6 coin set in a different package, and its running a bit late.  Very pleased with these. My first 50p's. I have always been a Homes fan.  Read the books when I was younger and loved watching the Basil Rathebone  movies on AMC.

[CoinStruck]

Picked up the 2019 5oz silver antiqued and coloured Dragon coin from the Perth Mint this week. 

[NeutronJack]

Uncirculated Silver Peace Dollars 1922-1927 (inclusive) and 1934-1935 …

 

NeutronJack

 

[jacobkenn]

21 hours ago, sg86 said:

 

Yes of course it was a risk but why not bid for a coin worth so much when the seller tells you they bought it from a large UK auction house? 

@jacobkenn not being rude but even with excellent pictures some of the best 1917 fakes wouldn't be discovered, they've fooled many a dealer over the years, but I'm sure you know this

He even posted images online of a valuation from bullion by post etc. I'm not fussed as I will get my money back, but it was of course worth a shot! 

Would be nice to know who this seller was as ebay do nothing about fakes being sold the thing is you will send this coin back and he will con someone else the coin needs to disposed of not given back but you won't get your money back if you do that i agree about 1917 catching people out even dealers but for me thats enough to put me off buying it especially of ebay. You wasnt being rude it's a open fourum we all entitled to our opinions

[DarkChameleon]

54 minutes ago, jacobkenn said:

Would be nice to know who this seller was as ebay do nothing about fakes being sold the thing is you will send this coin back and he will con someone else the coin needs to disposed of not given back but you won't get your money back if you do that i agree about 1917 catching people out even dealers but for me thats enough to put me off buying it especially of ebay. You wasnt being rude it's a open fourum we all entitled to our opinions

Ebay will let you return tjings, post pictures to them to prove things were not right, talk to their people and yet won't let you post s bad review as they used to...that is the equivalent of accessory after the fact to let crooks continue, I had one item I bought at a great deal show on its tracking that it was printed out but never reached the post office..I got my money back but dealers can do that every time, just sell it from under you for more and do the lost in post bs....ebay let's them get away with it, I had a case of buying jewelry that was all solid 14k gold..when it arrived it was plated junk...started a case, won the case, posted pics to ebay to prove it..got my money vack, had to send the bad back for them to try and sell to the next person who might not see the flaking plate....ebay stopped me posting feedback to protect the next person along the line.

[jultorsk]

A rather smokey 10oz PM vintage bar (type A) and a riot of early Kooks. 🇦🇺 😊 

Edited May 20, 2019 by jultorsk

[TheGoldSovereign]

14 hours ago, DarkChameleon said:

Ebay will let you return tjings, post pictures to them to prove things were not right, talk to their people and yet won't let you post s bad review as they used to...that is the equivalent of accessory after the fact to let crooks continue, I had one item I bought at a great deal show on its tracking that it was printed out but never reached the post office..I got my money back but dealers can do that every time, just sell it from under you for more and do the lost in post bs....ebay let's them get away with it, I had a case of buying jewelry that was all solid 14k gold..when it arrived it was plated junk...started a case, won the case, posted pics to ebay to prove it..got my money vack, had to send the bad back for them to try and sell to the next person who might not see the flaking plate....ebay stopped me posting feedback to protect the next person along the line.

Yea I agree, I've never bought anything rare or good quality off ebay (shield wise).

The only thing I found was an 1880-S with A/V and won it, the seller messaged me and said he had been told via PM that it was rare and not to sell it, so he didn't post! 

I guess it's jus the thrill of the hunt, 1/10,000 may sell a coin they don't know what it is, like in my above story

[Bullionbilly]

Stunning bar @jultorsk