silver bullet silver shield "replica"s on alibaba*com

mmissinglink said:
@ dccpa,

are the slabs you mentioned in your last post from any of the major TPG companies or simply home slabbed with a BCW (or similar) slab?

The difficulty, I believe, in creating a good replica slab is in the security label...the slab itself can always be produced to look authentic.
The security label is the much more difficult thing to counterfeit I believe.



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ML, I wasn't there, but I did ask my friend if there was any kind of identification on the slabs and I was told that they were plain slabs with no form of identification or grading. I don't buy old US gold coins, so I am certainly not an expert. But add the lack of identification on the slabs to the fact that they were sold to the pawn shop owner by a gambler and I have little doubt the coins were fake.
 
Chris Duane has acted on the information provided - most of the listings have been removed with just a few to go.

Thanks to surferx for highlighting the issue - it's brought results.
 
goldpelican said:
Chris Duane has acted on the information provided - most of the listings have been removed with just a few to go.

Thanks to surferx for highlighting the issue - it's brought results.
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Awesome! thanks for the update!
 
 
Court Jester said:
surferx said:
I was in China for 3 weeks back in 2000, they have fakes and copies for just about everything!
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they even make fake (fresh) eggs and rice buns
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This brings to mind the SS thread on Chinese fakes that revealed the gutter oil industry in China. Enough to turn you off streetside Asian food forever.
 
Yeah the gutter oil and fake eggs (they bounce of the floor once boiled) is fun, not. :(

The worst bit is those people don't even understand what's wrong with making such crap.
 
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