Greetings, community.
today, while searching the web for some coin images for a school assignment, I stumbled upon this link to alibaba with these coins for sale..... intresting.
the coins seems to have the word "copy" photoshopped on them, too.
for your enjoyment:https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 68805.html
rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
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Re: rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
As bad as Etsy. Please stay away from these sales. 
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Re: rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
These coins are counterfeit and not worth what they're selling them for, I do not recommend them.
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Re: rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
Please read the listing header............... it even says "Reproduction" in the title 
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Re: rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
Also please understand that anyone used to seeing actual coins of these denominations can tell these are fakes. Wrong fonts are used, wrong details etc.
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
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Re: rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
I'm thinking that the seller was ethical by doing that, lets them know that this is not a real coin.
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Re: rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
I know, the seller in this case did indicate this coin as counterfeit.
just funny to me that out of all things, they decided to make a 1960-S cent. Reminds me of some daniel carr's work, impossible date/mintmark combinations.
just funny to me that out of all things, they decided to make a 1960-S cent. Reminds me of some daniel carr's work, impossible date/mintmark combinations.
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Re: rather intresting example of a 1960-S LMC
I thought of Daniel Carr myself...except his work is generally a lot higher quality with the effigies being real looking as well as the fonts etc.
Back when ebay was allowing the Chinese fakes to be sold, the pictures all had "COPY" or "REPLICA" on them. But I am not sure any of the ones sold had the word on them. I was buying a bunch of these fakes to study (and I shared the results online in another forum I was on back then), and asked the seller (Big Tree) if I could get mine without "COPY" on them to see if they would do this. They said it was not problem, and all my fakes came unmarked. Others I talked to who were involved with studying fake coins on that forum said their's came that way as well.
So it may just be the seller is putting the word there in the pictures for the sake of not ruffling any official feathers?
Back when ebay was allowing the Chinese fakes to be sold, the pictures all had "COPY" or "REPLICA" on them. But I am not sure any of the ones sold had the word on them. I was buying a bunch of these fakes to study (and I shared the results online in another forum I was on back then), and asked the seller (Big Tree) if I could get mine without "COPY" on them to see if they would do this. They said it was not problem, and all my fakes came unmarked. Others I talked to who were involved with studying fake coins on that forum said their's came that way as well.
So it may just be the seller is putting the word there in the pictures for the sake of not ruffling any official feathers?
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
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