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Another 1881-CC “Morgan” Morgan Story

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By Jack D. Young

Today’s report is about a recent eBay interaction concerning a counterfeit 1881-CC “Morgan” Morgan dollar.

Recent eBay listing

When I checked, already there was a bid of $585.00 on a “fake in a fake”! And should you not know what I mean by that phrase, see my Live Coin Q&A podcast with numismatist Paula Schommer-Bluhm on this current CN family of fakes:

This particular coin cert has a PCGS TrueView image as well as images in the genuine slab available from a past listed auction as indicated on the PCGS website:

Obviously not a match; so I posted about it in a Facebook Group as Paula did as well, and we both reached out to the seller. My note, images and response as follows:

Kind of a “where’s Waldo” of bad marks, I highlighted each one for the seller in RED.

Counterfeit, left; genuine, right (image courtesy Heritage Auctions)

Paula sent him a link to our joint podcast, and as I didn’t hear back from him initially, I also went through the motions of “reporting’ it to eBay. Recent reports to eBay have been futile, but I tried anyway:

And I received a quick response:

So, the “BayBots” like it–pretty sad for an obvious fake in a fake!
But the silver lining was the seller did respond after reviewing the video and pulled both this and his bad 1883-CC Morgan listings.

So, my lesson here is forget eBay. Continuing with education is the best defense against these for buyers and sellers alike, which is why I do this, and forums like Proxiblog are gaining viewership as we try to continue to “get the word out”!

PS: After the fact, eBay removed the cancelled listing.

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