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RARE COINS 99.9 % OF EBAY RARE GRADED COINS ARE COPIES

by: jrobert4168( 1271Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999)
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SOME AQUIRE WELL OVER $10,000 PER HOUR AVERAGE INCOME 7 DAYS A WEEK 365 DAYS PER YEAR SELLING WHAT APPEARS TO BE BEAUTIFUL RARE COINS AND CURRENCY..MANY OF THESE  BEAUTIFUL COINS ARE HOUSED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE AUTHENTIC HOLDERS OF WELL KNOWN GRADING COMPANY HOLDERS THESE HOLDERS ARE STAMPED WITH A VALID CERTIFICATION NUMBER WHICH CAN BE VERIFIED THROUGH THE GRADING COMPANY.SOME ARE AUCTIONED AND SOLD TO HONEST WEALTHY BIDDERS FOR WELL OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS PER COIN.I HONESTLY THINK THE WELL KNOWN GRADING COMPANIES DID NOT ACCIDENTALLY HOUSE THESE BEAUTIFUL RARE COINS(ACTUALLY POORLY ALTERED COPIES) IN THEIR  HOLDERS.SURE IT IS POSSIBLE A GRADER MAY ACCIDENTALLY HOUSE A PROFESSIONAL ALTERED COPY .BUT MOST OF THESE COPIES COULD BE SPOTTED FROM A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY BY ANY PROFESSIONAL GRADER.THERE IS AN EXTREMELY  LARGE NUMBER OF UNGRADED RARE COIN COPIES BEING LISTED AND SOLD AS IF GENUINE EVERYDAY  SO USE CARE WHEN YOU ARE UPGRADING OF JUST TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A SMALL COLLECTION FOR.THERE IS ABOUT A 99.9% CHANCE IF IT IS RARE,OLD,DOUBLE DIE,OR ERROR IT  MAY BE AN ALTERED COPY..THE AVERAGE FAIRLY HONEST SELLER WOULD NEVER KNOWENLY SELL YOU A COPY AS GENUINE.BUT COIN COPYING MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SELL VIRTUALLY ANY COIN YOU MAY WANT FOR  A FRACTION OF THE COST.OF A GENUINE COIN.IT SEEMS THE MAJORITY OF EBAY COIN/CURRENCY COLLECTORS SUCH AS MYSELF NORMALLY RESELL IN AN ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE COLLECTIONS WHICH ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER BY FOLKS WORLDWIDE AS INVESTMENTS OR SETS TO BE PASSED DOWN TO FURTURE GENERATIONS..

THIS SEEMINGLY WONDERFUL WORLDWIDE INTERNET SYSTEM BRINGS US THE GIFT TO .FILL OR UPGRADE COLLECTIONS.ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DISHONESTLY AQUIRED DOLLARS ARE FILLING THE POCKETS OF HUNDREDS OF THESE SCAMMERS EVERYDAY .THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IT IS VERY HARD TO EVEN LOCATE A SINGLE GENUINE COIN THAT IS WORTH COLLECTING .

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT BECOMES OF A PERSON OR PERSONS THAT ARE  CONVICTED OF THIS CRIME. MANY OF THEM APPEAR TO  BRING IN MORE INCOME THAN DRUG DEALERS.I SEE ON TV THAT CONVICTED DRUG DEALERS ARE JAILED AND ALL ASSETS ARE SEIZED AND AUCTIONED..

MY GRANDFATHER AND I AS WITH  HIS GRANDFATHER AND HE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS AND MANY MANY YEARS  BUILDING MY COLLECTIONS WHICH WILL BE PASSED DOWN AGAIN ONE DAY.USE EXTREME  CAUTION WHEN UPGRADING THESE GENUINE COLLECTIONS ESPECIALLY IF YOU INTEND TO SELL THE KNOWN GENUINE TO HELP FINANCE THE UPGRADE FOR YOU MAY BE UNKNOWENLYING REPLACING IT WITH A WORTHLESS PEICE OF SCRAP METAL

HOW TO SPOT THESE COPIES:

SOME USE LOW DEFINITION PHOTOS THAT ARE UNCLEAR.OR MAY HAVE PHOTOS COPY PROTECTED ,TRY TO  AVOID THESE.SOME USE VERY CLEAR HIGH DEFINITION PHOTOS.HOLD YOUR CURSOR OVER THE PHOTO,RIGHT CLICK,CHOOSE"SAVE IMAGE AS",NOTICE THE LOCATION WHERE IT IS BEING SAVED,GO THERE OPEN THE SAVED FILE,CLICK ON THE PLUS KEY AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN TO ENLARGE AREAS YOU WISH TO INSPECT.THE  THE REVERSE OF MOST COINS OR CURRENCY IS USUALLY  THE BEST SIDE TO INSPECT.LOOK CAREFULLY FOR AREAS THAT APPEAR ALTERED,SCRATCHED,DARK,OR NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT THAN SURROUNDING AREAS.LOOK FOR THE REMAINS OF THE WORD "COPY" IN THESE AREAS. ON COINS THAT CONTAIN A SHIELD LOOK FOR THE HIDDEN WORD 'COPY' WITHIN THE HORIZONTAL LINES OF THE SHIELD.THIS USUALLY APPEARS AS A SHADOW AND CAN BE VIEWED BEST FROM A SLIGHT DISTANCE AWAY.ON COINS WHICH  HAVE AN EAGLE LOOK FOR THE REMAINS OF THE HIDDEN WORD "COPY" WITHIN THE BREAST AND WINGS LOOK FOR ALTERED AREAS HERE .COINS WHICH HAVE A WIDE RIM ZOOM IN AND LOOK FOR THE REMAINS OF THE TINY LETTERS OF THE WORD "COPY".

WHEAT CENT COPIES ARE USUALLY EASY TO IDENTIFY.KEEP IN MIND RARE OR NOT IF IT IS AN OLD WHEAT UNGRADED IN BU RED CONDIDION IT IS MOST LIKELY A COPY.,LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE VERTICAL LINES OF THE WHEAT STALKS. IF THE STALKS HAVE FULL LINES EVERYWHERE EXCEPT FOR THE UPPER PORTIONS OF BOTH WHEATS LOOK CLOSELY FOR THE REMAINS OF THE EMBEDDED HIDDEN WORD "COPY"IN THESE AREAS .REMEMBER IF THIS WEAR OR DAMAGE WAS UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY NORMAL CIRCULATION..LOOK ALSO AT THE AREA BETWEEN THE WHEATS AT THE LOWER CENTER PORTION OF THE COIN,IF IT LOOKS SCRATCHED OR ALTERED LOOK FOR THE REMAINS OF LARGE LETTERS OF THE WORD "COPY'.ALSO CHECK THE OBVERSE OF WHEAT CENT ALTERED COPIES THESE COINS USUALLY HAVE A LARGE BUFFED OR HEAVILY SCRATCHED AREA DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF LINCOLNS NOSE.NATURAL OCCURANCE?NOT LIKELY| 

TO SPOT CURRENCY NOTE COPIES GRADED OR NOT NOTICE LARGE AREAS WHICH APPEAR AS IF IT WAS RUBBED WITH A PENCIL ERASER.LOOK CAREFULLY IN THESE AREAS FOR THE REMAINS OF THE LETTERS OF THE WORD "COPY" FOR SOMETIMES IT CAN STILL BE MADE OUT..KEEP IN MIND JUST BECAUSE IT IS A MODERN COIN DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED IT IS GENUINE.

CAREFULLY INSPECT ALL PLATINUM OR GOLD COINS .COMPLETE SETS SEALED IN THE MINT BOX  WITH ORGINAL COA  FOR IF A GENUINE PLATINUM OR GOLD COIN WERE TO BE  FOUND HERE IT ALONE WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY RARE FIND.THESE BEAUTIFUL COPIES ARE USUALLY VERY EASY TO SPOT WITHOUT MAGNIFICATION . IF THE ENTIRE COIN LOOKS PR 70 DC EXCEPT FOR ONE LARGE AREA(USUALLY IN THE OBVERSE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ON MODERN COPIES) IF IT LOOKS OUT OF FOCUS,LOOKS BUFFED,OFF COLOR OR DIFFERENT IN ANY WAY THERE IS 99.9 % CHANCE THAT  IT IS A COPY.ON MODERN  ALTERED COPIES THE WORD "COPY" NORMALLY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED..IN OLDER GOLD COIN COPIES THE REMAINS OF THE WORD "COPY" CAN USUALLY BE MADE OUT.JUST LOOK WITHIN ALTERED OR SCRATCHED  AREAS.A PRIME AREA TO LOOK IS ON THE OBVERSE JUST BENEATH THE WORD "LIBERTY"AND ALSO AROUND THE ENTIRE RIM AREA.

WHILE YOU ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON THAT BU BEAUTIFUL GRADED GOLD PRE 1900 COLLECTOR COIN TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK AT THE OTHERS HE IS SELLING.TODAY.ARE THEY ALL PERFECT HIGH GRADE COINS WHICH WOULD BE WORTH HUNDREDSOF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.?THEN NOTICE HIS 40,000 HAPPY FEEDBACKS FROM HIS PAST BUYERS WHOM HAVE ALSO PURCHASED RARE BEAUTIFUL BU GRADED GOLD COINS.THEN JUST THINK ABOUT THE ODDS.

BU CAMEO INDIAN CENTS SEEM TO BE MAGICALLY APPEARING IN GREAT NUMBERS HERE.WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT?WHILE LOOKING AT THAT BEAUTIFUL BU CAMEO INDIAN TAKE A GLANCE AT HIS ITEMS FOR SALE AND SEE THE OTHER 900 BU MID 1800,S COINS HE IS SELLING THAT DAY.NOW WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

MANY CURRENCY COPIES WERE PRINTED WITH THE DIVIDED WORD "COPY" IN HUGE LETTERS IN THE WHITE AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE REVERSE CENTER WITH THE "CO" ON THE LEFT WHITE FIELD AND THE "PY" ON THE RIGHT WHITE FIELD

 IF YOU MAY FIND YOU ARE AMONG THE COUNTLESS VICTIMS AND CURRENTLY OWN ONE OR MORE OF THESE COPIES PLEASE DO NOT RESELL IT AS GENUINE FOR YOU WILL BE ONLY FEEL QUILTY AND WILL ONLY BE CREATING ANOTHER VICTIM..

IF YOU FIND THIS INFORMATION USEFUL AND FIND IT HAS SAVED YOU.TAKE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND DONATE A FEW DOLLARS TO HELP PUT US ATTEMPT TO END THIS ;

I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS DURING THE PAST YEAR.CONTACTING EBAY,GRADING COMPANIES,LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS. I FEEL I HAVE USED UP EVERY OPTION POSSIBLE IN THE ATTEMPT TO END THIS WITHOUT LEGAL COUNCIL.THIS GROWING PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE ONLY GROWN LARGER DESPITE MY EFFORTS.

IF YOU WISH TO HELP TO FIGHT THIS PROBLEM. CONTACT ME BY EMAIL. I HAVE READ EBAY RULES AND REGULATIONS AND CANNOT FIND INFORMATION THAT PROHIBITS ME FROM POSTING THIS INFORMATION.EBAY IS NOT LIABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM ALTHOUGH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEES HAVE BEEN MADE FROM THESE SALES.I AM SURE SLOWING OR ENDING THIS PROBLEM WILL DRAMATICALLY SLOW EBAY SALES AND THOUGH I CANNOT FIND IT I FEEL THEY WILL QUICKLY POINT IT OUT SO SHOULD THIS THREAD DISAPPEARS SUDDENLY YOU WILL KNOW WHY.

EBAY DOES NOT EMPLOYEE EXPERTS TO OVERSEE THESE FRADULENT LISTINGS WHEN A FRADULENT LISTING IS REPORTED TO EBAY THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ACTION TAKEN TO END THE POSSIBLE FRADULENT LISTING.ALTHOUGH IF REPORTED YOU WILL RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC EMAIL RESPONSE FROM EBAY..EBAY RULES WILL NOT ALLOW A MEMBER TO CONTACT OTHER MEMBERS,BIDDERS OR WINNERS OF THESE LISTINGS TO ATTEMPT TO ADVISE ANOTHER MEMBER IN AN HONEST EFFORT TO SAVE THEM FROM BEING ROBBED.EVEN IF YOU TRY TO HELP YOU WILL FIND MEMBERS ARE LIMITED TO SEND ONLY THREE OUTGOING CONTACTS PER DAY..I  FEEL EBAY SHOULD  POST WARNINGS AND "HOW TO"INFORMATION AT THE TOP OF EVERY PAGE ADVISING POTENTIAL BUYERS AND SELLERS OF THIS PROBLEM. 

IF YOU FIND THIS INFORMATION USEFUL AND HAS SAVED YOU MONEY YOU CAN HELP FIGHT THIS.

FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT JROBERT4168 FOR MORE INFORMATION

THANKS


Guide ID: 10000000002590784Guide created: 01/01/07 (updated 08/16/08)

 
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