1932 florin forgery

[ella8298]

Sellers still trying to sell these chines forgeries.

the 1932 florin forgery is easy to detect with the broken emu leg a dead give away.

Buyers beware.

The one listed at the moment is being sold in a group for $900

ella8298

[ella8298]

A good example of chinese forgeris on the Drake Sterling website.

http://www.drakesterling.com/coins-for-sale/news-wire/news-wire/counterfeit-pre-decimal-coins

ella8298

[ella8298]

A link to a website with examples of the exact 1932 florin replica being passed off as genuine.

https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/research/new-counterfeit-kids-block-chinese-dud-coins

ella8298

[kopenhagen5]

I remember you posted a a querie on this a couple of years ago.

http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Coins-Stamps-Collectables/1932-Florin/m-p/1352313/highlight/true#M67...

(That's good information on the second link you posted)

[ella8298]

Yes I did  Kopenhagen5

And guess what, I've been caught in the early days a couple of times with these chinese copies because people weren't stamping them as copies and were selling them as genuine.

That last website link has helped me avoid trouble a few times, Andrew does a great service with his information.

Regards  Peter

[cp-coins]

Hello.

I have collected and studied Australian coins and notes for 45 years.

The emu leg is not how I tell a fake florin - I need to look at it for one or two seconds.

Here is a guy selling Chinese garbage at present:

There is absolutely no doubt that this is a Chinese cast 1932 token coin - it's worthless.

eBay don't care and the seller has no morality.

[cp-coins]

Someone just paid $510 for this - and he will continue to do it ..

[kopenhagen5]

A lot of this seller's coins appear fake.

Lets hope buyers are smart enough to have them checked out before the return case deadline runs out.

[cp-coins]

They don't just appear fake - they are.

It looks like someone stepped on that auction with a dummy account to kill it - I hope they did.

[sonofols]

Hi Peter,

Good advice on fakes, and they are getting cleverer with newer and easily accessible technology....

https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/research/new-counterfeit-kids-block-chinese-dud-coins

Cheers,

sonofols.