YumaMarc
Sr. Member
- Dec 12, 2004
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- 667
- Detector(s) used
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White's MXT
Minelab Quattro
Fisher F2
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
eBay item #: 223460701421
This is a heads-up for anyone collecting Latin American coinage. This coin pops up constantly on eBay, and is offered for $249 as a genuine "error" coin. This one appears to be either overly cleaned or a modern replica. There are five on eBay at the moment, a couple appear to be actual coinage from the time, the others modern, possibly Chinese, replicas.
Quite a number of these were coined in Tegucigalpa between 1833 and 1840, or thereabout. All were struck with the word "PROVISINAL", an unintended misspelling of "Provisional". All Tegucigalpa counterfeits were of copper, the genuine 1833 2 Reales coins were of silver. Some of the fakes were lightly silver plated, but on all I've seen the silver has mostly worn away.
Actual 1833 counterfeits struck during that time have age patina and other signs of antiquity. This one looks way too perfect. Also "real" 1833 fakes can be bought for $30 to $50, not the $200+ these scammers are asking. It is not a valuable ERROR, it is a fake.
This is a heads-up for anyone collecting Latin American coinage. This coin pops up constantly on eBay, and is offered for $249 as a genuine "error" coin. This one appears to be either overly cleaned or a modern replica. There are five on eBay at the moment, a couple appear to be actual coinage from the time, the others modern, possibly Chinese, replicas.
Quite a number of these were coined in Tegucigalpa between 1833 and 1840, or thereabout. All were struck with the word "PROVISINAL", an unintended misspelling of "Provisional". All Tegucigalpa counterfeits were of copper, the genuine 1833 2 Reales coins were of silver. Some of the fakes were lightly silver plated, but on all I've seen the silver has mostly worn away.
Actual 1833 counterfeits struck during that time have age patina and other signs of antiquity. This one looks way too perfect. Also "real" 1833 fakes can be bought for $30 to $50, not the $200+ these scammers are asking. It is not a valuable ERROR, it is a fake.
