effective February 20 eBay Bans Listings for Replica Coins

jeff of pa · Jan 20, 2012

eBay is banning listings for replica coins effective February 20. According to spokesperson Johnna Hoff, the policy update was based on feedback from coin collectors, buyers and sellers. "We expect this update to help people shop and sell more confidently within the coin category on eBay," she said. The policy also helps ensure compliance with applicable laws.
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y12/m01/i20/s02

Zephyr · Jan 20, 2012

All this will do is make the people who sell counterfeit coins get even better at making hard-to-detect fakes....

jeff of pa · Jan 21, 2012

Was wondering the same.

So if the person dosn't say it's

Fake, a Repleca, or a Copy
and it's not Marked COPY

they can post It ?

spartacus53 · Jan 21, 2012

Jeff, who's to stop them :dontknow:

I don't remember there being any E-bay police department :laughing7:

diggummup · Jan 21, 2012

Effective Feb. 20, replica coins will be disallowed on eBay.com. eBay defines replica coins as a copy or reproduction of an actual coin, including U.S., foreign and other historic coins.
New listings and re-listings will be prohibited. Existing listings will be allowed to expire.
This update better reflects standards across the coin industry, and helps ensure compliance with applicable laws that require replica coins to be permanently marked with the word, "copy."

So, In order to protect a buyer from buying a counterfeit copy that is not marked, they are going to disallow anybody from listing an AUTHENTIC COPY that IS marked according to industry standards??

Wow that makes sense! :icon_scratch:

Zephyr · Jan 21, 2012

If I ever tried to sell any of the pieces-of-eight and doubloons I'm making on ebay, I'd just call them "fantasy" coins instead of "replicas". (I can't find real ones, and most other "replica" ones are *bleep*, so I'm making my own. :wink:

Not to worry, they will have COPY on them, as well as changes in the mint/assayer info that anybody familiar with cobs etc. would spot instantly.) Nah, who am I kidding, not going to sell on ebay and give them a cut of the action....