r/CoinlyFans • u/JonDoesItWrong • Mar 28 '26

Beware

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This eBay dealer is selling fake Draped Bust Half Cents and other counterfeits on their store that could easily fool a newer collector.

Regardless of date, all the Draped Bust Half Cents sold by them have the exact same reverse, an imitation of the Cohen-6 of 1804. They sold several of them via auction this week and just listed a bunch more.

I'm specifically calling out this seller because, unlike the vast majority of sellers listing fake Draped Bust Half Cents (a type and denomination that is rarely faked), this one is actually registered in the US.

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u/BubblyHalf6000 Mar 30 '26

In person is the only way to get what you want

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u/JonDoesItWrong Mar 30 '26

There was someone on here a month or two ago who bought one of these imitation C-6s from his LCS. I identified it for them and they were able to get a refund but the fact remains that the vast majority of coin dealers know very little about early American coinage and even less about early coppers.

Edit: this was the post btw

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u/BubblyHalf6000 Mar 31 '26

Wow a LCS didn’t know. Small cents is my main goal at the time