topic Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works in Coins, Stamps, Collectables & Antiques

Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

pillze80 — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 08:45:39 GMT

Previously fake 1930 penny's being auctioned have been sold to unsuspecting buyers, proven through feedback posted on these items. I have personally reported these items as have others to see them sold anyway. I am absolutely stoked tonight that 2 particular fake 1930 penny's were removed by ebay after only 15 minutes of me reporting them. This is an excellent step forward ebay and makes me more confident in purchasing items from this site. Ebayer users, this should reinstall faith in ebay once more that reporting fraudulent or fake items does work and they do get noticed quickly. Keep reporting these items ppl 🙂

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

lakeland27 — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:10:22 GMT

how much is a fake worth ? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1930-Australian-Penny-Mounted-Brooch-Free-Shipping-/151134643371?pt=AU_Coins2&hash=item233053a4ab

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

pillze80 — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 06:24:50 GMT

Yes I agree that is a joke that someone would pay that much and the posting looks designed to fool an inexperienced buyer. It does make small mention in the description that it is a fantasy coin, however the title makes no mention of this and is misleading. My understanding is that replicas and reproductions need to be stamped with 'copy' or related wording.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

pillze80 — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 06:39:04 GMT

And in answer to how much is a fake penny worth, I looked into this a while ago and discovered that China still manufacture these brand new and made to look old, as well as other hard date penny's like 1946 and 1925 and for the small price and $2 each! And it doesn't stop there they also manufacture silver coins like centenary florins that look authentic, but aren't even made from silver. Pretty scary hey!

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

lakeland27 — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:46:11 GMT

i think it deceptive at best. its good to know reporting the fakes has had some success though, i'm not a coin collector but these are so obviously fakes that i have no trouble recognising them. especially as they are so rare as to make a supposedly genuine coin appearing an extreme long shot. as i said , i'm not in any way knowledgeable when it comes to coins but i doubt a genuine coin would ever be sold here.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

peterrandrews — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:40:03 GMT

Genuine 1930 pennies have been listed on ebay (although I'm not sure if any have sold), but of course they have been greatly outnumbered by fakes.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

lakeland27 — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 20:45:24 GMT

I stand corrected . (and a little surprised) . thanks for the information, i wasn't aware of that.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

freewa05 — Thu, 04 May 2017 00:55:42 GMT

Unfortunately there are plenty of fakes, I report them to e-bay reguarly; however they always seem to continue. Until the auction endS. It is not unusual to see the same accounts selling them reguarly. Seem all they have to do is make a statement that the coun is not certified or authenticated regardless of wether it is counterfeit or not.E-bay advise that they do tell you the outcome of the report, that these keep getting listed with be advised as a replica or fake answers that. On average a fake is added for auction line this on a near daily basis now

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

jumpydj — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:44:22 GMT

I know your frustration. I have been reporting fake coins for years and its not just 1930 pennies, there are so many that it boggles the mind with many not even being scarce or rare dates but common dates as well like this 322598970569

I have even found some fake coins in fake NGC slabs so it is even more "buyer beware" than ever.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

jumpydj — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:20:53 GMT

Have found several fake one ounce gold coins in fake slabs lately like this one 322656561012 which will probably sell for about $1600 to $1700 and is nothing but a worthless gold plated piece of fake rubbish. I have reported this and others that ebay are doing nothing about. If buyers don't know what they are buying they should get educated before wasting their money.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

cp-coins — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:51:49 GMT

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1930-Australian-One-Penny-London-Pre-Decimal-Era-Error-Coin-/263273532220?hash=item3d4c534b3c:g:ej4AAOSwsfpZ4cy-

This seller is trying to sell fake garbage on eBay using lies and deception.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

siddieswans — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 23:43:45 GMT

Good grief. You would hope that no-one would be taken in but who knows? Oh no, I see at least one person has. A look at his completed listings is also interesting.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

cp-coins — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:23:08 GMT

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Amazing..

It seems people would rather waste hundreds of dollars than simply do 10 minutes homework.

To prospective 1930 penny buyers:

In the past year only TWO genuine 1930 pennies were put on eBay, both over $20,000.

Every single other one - several hundred of them are fake.

You DO NOT get genuine 1930 pennies on eBay.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

samkellystudio — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 06:22:09 GMT

Old penny's are bening melted down, then re casted as rare ones, This then makes them the same consistency of the original item, I know a collector that got ripprd off by this scam.

Sam

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

kopenhagen5 — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:26:32 GMT

@cp-coins wrote:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1930-Australian-One-Penny-London-Pre-Decimal-Era-Error-Coin-/263273532220?hash=item3d4c534b3c:g:ej4AAOSwsfpZ4cy-

This seller is trying to sell fake garbage on eBay using lies and deception.

Same guy still at it.

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Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

collect247 — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:10:41 GMT

Check out the completed listing lol

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

kopenhagen5 — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:15:01 GMT

Oh I didn't see that.

It's now a bargain at 30,000. Down from 250,000.

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

gavipolkinghorn0 — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:00:02 GMT

Mm I think after reading this that I got a fake 1930 penny for $510 On ebay Friday night 31.8.18 paid for it strait away not sure what to do now very disappointing

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

siddieswans — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 08:40:50 GMT

Is there no-one out there who can help this buyer? I have never been in the same position so don't really know.

Open an item Significantly Not as Described through the resolution centre

https://resolutioncentre.ebay.com.au/

when the item arrives. Or go to Return the item through the purchase history? And choose doesn't seem authentic?

The seller has sold 5 or 6 of these recently. I know he says No Returns but that doesn't apply when it is a fake item. What would be buyer need to do to satisfy eBay that a return was warranted?

My guess is you would try eBay rather than PayPal? (I assume it was paid for by PayPal).

Re: Reporting fake 1930 penny's works

collect247 — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:27:43 GMT

Hi I'm sorry but you have purchased a fake 1930 penny,I checked the coin you won and it is the london obverse which is a forgery.