Fake 24ct half sovereigns on eBay

[Foster88]

Now and again I have a look on eBay to see what people are paying for sovereigns and I came across this. I very rarely buy on eBay unless I’m 100% sure they are genuine so I decided to message this seller and this was his response.

I’ve heard of 14ct, 18ct and even 22ct fakes but not 24ct. Why make a fake with a higher gold content than the genuine sovereign. It is up to £155.52 with bids so somebody is interested.

The seller still seems to think a 24ct half sovereign can be genuine, either his gold tester is on the blink or they’re very misinformed.

[Midasfrog]

Maybe its just reading the 24ct plated surface , looks a bad fake probably iron core 🙈

He has two half sovereigns selling both are 24ct 

[The1GramMan]

I may be wrong but i am sure when testing gold you should start at the highest CT, why would you test 22ct with 14k test that would only prove it is above 14ct.

 

[dicker]

Cracking grammar and punctuation in the message don't you think @Roy (I believe you are a fellow pedant along with myself...)

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Dicker

[Roy]

I ran out of breath!

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[Foster88]

2 hours ago, dicker said:

Cracking grammar and punctuation in the message don't you think @Roy (I believe you are a fellow pedant along with myself...)

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Dicker

Cracking indeed. I felt I was cracking up just reading the reply.

[Inglebert]

I've bought a few bits of silver on eBay (antique, not bullion) and everything went fine, but I would be incredibly nervous about buying anything gold on there - there's just too much chance of fakery.

[Chorlton]

They are not helped by using a PM tester which has an horrendous reputation going by reviews and resellers.