"Sorry, you missed out on this item" or "Congratulations, you dodged a bullet on this one" 😂 more fake Morgans being bought

[Peacemaker]

This 1888s with a mintage of 657,000 has been bought by some poor soul, I have messaged the seller and hopefully issues a refund immediately, if the buyer cant tell it's a fake from these images the likelihood of them realising it is fake when it arrives is slim to none, my advice, research research research, bargains are out there, but research is key.

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

22 minutes ago, Peacemaker said:

my advice, research research research, bargains are out there, but research is key.

This is 100% it. Ebay can be a good place to get items but you really need to know what you're looking at. I spotted a fake 1oz "gold" maple on there a week or so ago. It was clearly the low detailed Chinese copy. The seller proclaimed that it was xrf tested, absolutely 100% genuine. It was an auction that ended at £570 with 9 bids. I reported the item before it ended but of course nothing came of it. Looking at the sellers other items they sold several other "gold" coins for between £400 - £1400 - I hope they weren't all tested on the same XRF machine!

Here's a link to the clear fake I'm talking about:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1oz-Gold-Maple-Leaf-Coin-Genuine-/274436116836?hash=item3fe5aad164%3Ag%3AXQEAAOSwhC9fGYt6&nma=true&si=y0sck9wrWgT20ReKDKHTkkk25gU%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I'm a big proponent of people taking responsibility for their own actions - something lacking in todays society - so I have little sympathy for those who don't put the effort in to researching what they're buying. Equally though I do wish ebay would do something when items get reported.