I have just bought this coin on eBay wchich purports to be 1 oz silver (40mm) and whilst it looks design wise like the ones in the numista catalogue and on line but doesn't bear a nomination i.e. 50 cents or a dollar .
Is it a fake The money I paid for it (was cheap ) suggest So . I wonder if it could simply be a token but a legitimate one , although I'm not sure the queens portrait appear on tokens.
I won't be unduly disappointed if it is because I didn't think it was anything else really .
Cannot tell without pictures - of what you bought and an original.
There are reproductions made for people who may not be able to afford originals;
for example, I bought this reproduction recently ...
as this below is rather expensive (but rather beautiful) ... https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14363.html
Quote: "iknw07554"I have just bought this coin on eBay wchich purports to be 1 oz silver (40mm) and whilst it looks design wise like the ones in the numista catalogue and on line but doesn't bear a nomination i.e. 50 cents or a dollar .
Is it a fake The money I paid for it (was cheap ) suggest So . I wonder if it could simply be a token but a legitimate one , although I'm not sure the queens portrait appear on tokens.
I won't be unduly disappointed if it is because I didn't think it was anything else really .
the answers (as always) will be found here.
charles
The coin itself lies outright "1 oz 999 SILVER", but the eBay seller can claim to be truthful (the description says "silver plated". However, I feel this is dishonesty on the seller's part, offering a coin that is clearly an imitation of an actual silver bullion coin with a title of "Silver Coin". I don't know whether you can get your money back since they did say "silver plated" but I would not hesitate to leave negative feedback for this deceptive type of product and sale.
I suspected as much but I agree the seller didn't go out of his way to make clear it wasn't the real thing. I will think about feedback but like you said he could argue that description was accurate and diameter did match real one either and picture didn't show denomination
I shall be more careful next time ...
those more learned than I will know the Latin phrase but I believe it translates as ....
It says "Medallion" right in the title, so obviously it's not a coin. If it was a US ebay listing, I would have reported it, because it doesn't have the word "copy" on it, which is required under the Collectible Coin Protection Act.
