Reacting to Fake Coin Scams on Ebay

[@OgirCoins]

Entertaining yet scary for the novice collector thinking of purchasing ancient coins. Do you think that buying ancient coins from sellers at coin shows is relatively safe? Yeah, please show us some more videos like this to help keep things into perspective. Good job.

[@historyathome]

I have little experience with coin shows but I would guess and hope that the sellers are vetted to make sure they aren't grifters.

[@im1fadedRob]

Just basing off of other collector's goods shows, it's a coinflip (lol) whether you're getting legit stuff. None of this stuff is really regulated too well, beyond your usual fraud charges or whatever, and good luck getting that applied when it's like a $20 coin.

[@spartanumismatics8165]

Buy from v coins.

[@ryannelson4550]

Hey there! This is Ryan from Ryan's Coins. Stumbled upon this video, was a bit surprised to see some of my listings! I have been at this for about a year, this video came out pretty early into that year. I have continued to adjust and change my listing process to improve and be more transparent. His note about thinking the listing was for 4 coins is valid, and I try not to make that mistake anymore. I do try to focus on providing "solid" coins at good prices, so while some of my items are certainly not the highest grade, I don't think anyone would think they are overpriced. And god forbid I accidentally ever sell a fake! But I think I am 100% on that front so far. Love the video!

[@historyathome]

Hey Ryan! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your perspective. Appreciate you leaving a comment about that!! Best of luck out there.

[@thatoneguy7191]

I really appreciate these kinds of videos! Not enough coin nerd youtubers actually use their skills to provide this sort of helpful content that is great for novice collectors (and entertaining for more experienced ones). Earned an extra sub :D

[@historyathome]

I appreciate that!!

[@HiTechFX]

Thank you! I've been collecting for decades, but I just started collecting the Ancient coins about a year ago. Too many scammers everywhere.

[@historyathome]

You're welcome!

[@amandak.4246]

i would love if you did more videos like this! i have been wanting to get into roman coins but am intimidated, so this is both helpful and funny

[@historyathome]

Glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching!

[@LuckyMcLuckson]

Great, informative video for ancient coin hunters!! Thanks!!

[@historyathome]

You're most welcome!

[@GeologicalNerd]

This was such an educational joy to watch. Thank you for this fun lesson. I've purchased a Widow's Mite in the past for a rosary that I had made for my mother. It was kind of interesting it was from a old gent on Etsy looking to get rid of his collection. Sold it pretty cheap(it was confirmed authentic). Really nice guy. As an aside, in the mineral collection circles there are also a massive fake market of what used to be common minerals. It's sad that so many wonderful things are being cheaped just for a buck. And I say that as a poor person. Anywho, I'll shut up. Take care coin dude!

[@paulkarrer356]

Thank you. Great and entertaining. There are some good guys out there. You are one of them...thanks again.

[@johnwolffe8473]

First time watching you. This was fun. I subscribed 😁

[@historyathome]

Appreciate that, thanks for subscribing!

[@alexanderjentes]

Love the enthusiasm, buddy! An excellent (and indispensable) video for both novice and seasoned collectors alike!

[@historyathome]

Thank you kindly!

[@badylula]

Great video! I can't wait for antoher long video restoring an ancient coin... Congrats on your wokr! Ave Caesat mortiturant te salutant🦅

[@historyathome]

Thanks for watching! I should be releasing another restoration next week.

[@ToxinBrewer]

I'd love a more in depth video on how to authenticate coins, such as when you were saying if they have a lip around the seal then they're replicas, yet many of the authentic pieces you showed shared that same attribute.

[@Durendal-Studios]

Thanks for this video! Been thinking of getting into this sort of stuff so it's good to know!

[@historyathome]

Glad I could help!

[@Eduardo-yh3rv]

You just saved me from a purchase dude. I just started back in coin collecting. First thing i thought of was getting into acients and I saw that Theo* in the slab. I've been pondering its purchase for a couple of days now. I like the slab because it's for me easier to identify for fakes or not as I'm not experienced enough. You just earned a subscriber and a like. Thank you for your content!

[@historyathome]

Cheers! Glad you avoided the trap and that this video proved helpful! Happy collecting.

[@fatheadcat9958]

The only slabbed ancients to buy are NGC Ancients. But use their website to fingerprint the coin in the slab for sale as the slabs are also copied with a junk coin inserted. Also ebay is a good source for NGC slabbed ancient coins. Yes, most sellers hike up the prices to cover the fees, but most will come down a lot in price.... I have even haggled slabbed coins to way below auction market value. Just don't be afraid to ask :)

[@ChrisTucker3701]

And Ebay does absolutely nothing about them. I reported an obvious cast scam with reviews saying it's a cast, but Ebay says everything is fine.

[@Basauri.48970]

I love replica coins myself, as long as they're being sold as such and they're priced accordingly (this is, under $2 from the Sellers I buy them from). They are a great addition to any modest coin collection when money is a concern and a cheap tool to introduce children to this world and teach them a bit of history to boot.

[@historyathome]

Much agreed!!

[@wertinas]

Nice video, you are probably saving a few new collectors some money. Here in Germany, the scams are mostly the same, except for the fact that even low value third to fourth century coins are being sold and shipped from the Balkans on mass. People really gotta be careful out there

[@historyathome]

Interesting! Saving people from getting scammed is definitely the goal with these kinds of videos.

[@MirageMia]

As an eBay seller (different niche) I loved this video and the “nest” description had me cackling!! Love it

[@historyathome]

The only thing that came to mind in the moment lol

[@timothymcgrath2937]

Sir, not only does Ebay have fakes, they don't do anything to remove them. Thank you SO MUCH for this video. It just 100% supports what I was seeing with my own eyes. I'm in IT, and was an art major, and just looking at the artwork on some of the fakes is hilarious, and times are tough, so expect to see knock offs of all kinds of coins and conditions. 20 bucks adds up fast when you multiply by 50. I saw this sellers coins, and I thought...WOW, I didn't know they were into anime so long ago! The emperor of Rome looks like Dragon Ball Z or Pokémon. He has all the coins up for bid, and he has some really good looking fakes too. They all have bids, they are all 20+ and they are all fake. The sad thing is when you read the negative comments, the last 3 from this month say...This is a fake gold coin, it's copper. He is located in the UK. The "good" fakes are well sought after coins, not in great condition, but worth the money (if real) because of how rare. Like the medusa coins I see so often. All collectors would like to have one in the collection, even if it's not perfect, but still very clean, for 20-30 bucks. They sell for 1k+ depending on condition. Anyway, THANK YOU. For everything, the cleaning videos, and this one. It was perfect timing.

[@historyathome]

Extremely true, it's a major issue with that platform but it's up to the consumer to be informed and vigilant. Thanks for watching!

[@timbridges8593]

Hi, great video. Very informative. I am an amateur collector so this I find very helpful. Keep up the good work. Have a good one eh!😁🇨🇦

[@historyathome]

So glad it was helpful, cheers!

[@turtlesmcgee3168]

Great video! Really helpful for new collectors. Can’t wait for more in this style.

[@historyathome]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Tiridates_the_Great]

Hi great video! I realized at 5:18 you said that the Trajan denarius is a bit overpriced, but from what I know that's a pretty solid price.

[@historyathome]

My mistake! That makes perfect sense seeing that a lot of the market seems high at the moment, and it being Trajan!

[@CorneliusRandom]

To be fair, he did say: "MAYBE a bit overpriced."

[@Tiridates_the_Great]

@historyathome yeah lol thr market prices are through the roof nowadays unfortunately

[@coreymarcum5728]

@@historyathome Yeah, perhaps you were talking about an auction price? I really didn't see any issue with a $30 Trajan denarius but i'm also not running a KZbin channel about ancient coins so i don't wanna act like im some kinda authority lol

[@brurzell]

Thank you for posting. Really funny 😂😂😂

[@stephenparker4083]

Very helpful. I probably over paid on some of my early purchases but I did manage to avoid fakes.

[@historyathome]

We've all fallen for some scams before - that's one way to learn!

[@Blood0ftyrants]

That ancient coin earlier in the video that was stabbed was graded by ngc and the barcode is so you can scan it on ngc and see it. Ngc certifies the coins they grade

[@brigond1]

Informative video. Now I have to go back and look at a few that I bought 10 plus years ago on ebay. I still have a container of dirty coins sitting in olive oil for about 8 years now. Lol. Since then i heard someone say that olive soaking is out of favor. My interest in ancient coins was lost for a long while. Recently I decided to attempt some cleaning.

[@JarrettOriginal]

I'm loving Numismatics with Nick!

[@historyathome]

Hey fancy seeing you here!

[@gigamedia1786]

Where do you buy your uncleaned coins?

[@redbarchetta8782]

There are TONS of them. I looked and it's disgusting to see how many fakes are out there. Just remember, 'IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.' 😉

[@historyathome]

That’s a great rule to keep in mind haha

[@troodon1096]

Fun fact: Yugoslavia already ceased to exist by the time eBay launched. Yugoslavia disbanded in 1992. eBay wasn't founded until 1995.

[@historyathome]

Good point!

[@milztempelrowski9281]

Great Stuff, thx

[@historyathome]

My pleasure!

[@Lumberzach83]

Great vid but i have to point out, authentic coins can appear porous as well. You have to account for the ones buried being compressed against dirt/sand with earthquakes and erosion for 2000 years

[@kazukinakamura1110]

Thank you for the help! I’ve been looking at ancient Assyrian carvings and I think most of it is fake. Sellers have 100% reviews though.

[@historyathome]

Definitely avoid antiquities on ebay as well! Planning on making a new video about that. Cheers!

[@FSantora]

Do you have a website? I am pretty sure my friend purchased a couple fakes but would like an expert to look at a pic. The ancient coin reddit looks like a start, anywhere else you can suggest?

[@SuperMortiki]

Thank you very much

[@TheBolanat]

Class act. Thank you.

[@kurthenriss-anderssen4528]

Please do more videos like these!

[@Tasin-i1q]

Plz make more videos like this !!

[@historyathome]

Working on it! Thanks for watching.

[@Brik2246]

I actually own a fake Egyptian coin. I have no clue where it came from as I just found it in a coin collection my grandpa had with otherwise pretty normal german 19th century Coins. Very strange

[@scg-qx2vj]

Pues yo no me reiría esas que muestran tienen muchos defectos pero e visto como an engañado a los mejores expertos y no an sido capaces de detectar las monedas falsas asta que se lo an dicho y an quedado sorprendidos por la calidad que algunas monedas falsas tienen ,tener cuidado antes de pagar 🧐

[@whiteboitrashuk]

I wonder if you can me …I have a couple of Ancient Greek coins and was wondering if you can tell me if they are real or fake

[@gerrrrb]

Big ups ⬆️

[@attilathehun1107]

Is it possible to report these sellers,like coinbob for selling only fakes and pass them as authentic ancient examples? I'm sure Ebay should do something with these misers.

[@alexkupisz6427]

eBay used to care. they dont anymore.

[@primitivegaz9181]

Hey I am trying to buy my Son a Ancient coin for Xmas, is there any genuine website where all coins are real and priced fairly, I do not want to get scammed as I know nothing either does my Son he is only turning 6, does this guy that made the video have a contact email that I might be able to speak with him, he might be able to answer me some questions or find me something.

[@martin-fc4kk]

they can fake any coin, even use the right metal by melting low quality ancient coins from the same area and time and using the hammering method

[@historyathome]

A trained eye can still usually spot coins made in these methods

[@goauld88]

Tldr just avoid ebay

[@historyathome]

Haha essentially yes

[@waltroskoh8650]

Most of the coins here are clearly listed as a reproduction ('commemorative silver plated'), which was reflected in their price of only 10-15 dollars. I don't think that's either a scam, or a 'fake'. If you don't get that it's a modern reproduction, that's your own fault. And the one that had REPRO in the title in all caps? You're calling that tiny writing?

[@waltroskoh8650]

@@poa2.0surface77 Whatever man, continue on with your shitty clickbait titles.

[@waltroskoh8650]

@@poa2.0surface77 I'll just agree to disagree. Because once a coin has REPRO stamped on it, it's a completely different item to me. It's not pretending to be something it isn't.

[@historyathome]

I touch upon this in the video very clearly and state that I am in favor of clearly marked repros. You sound a lot like an ebay seller of fake coins the way you are here trying to defend their shady practices...

[@waltroskoh8650]

@@historyathome I'm an English teacher, but okay.

[@waltroskoh8650]

@@historyathome My point is that you guys are looking at listings for model toy trains and calling them fake trains. That's how stupid it sounds.

[@primitivegaz9181]

Hi can you dm me, i want to buy my Son a nice coin and i don't want to get scammed.

[@wraithface4410]

What period I could sell you something

[@primitivegaz9181]

@wraithface4410 Not been ignorant but I am sure that you read the part of me not wanting to be scammed, this is why I asked the Man who made the video for help, I have a Greek coin picked out but I will not buy without his help. It will be too late to get one now for Xmas for him but I will wait hopefully get one before his birthday.

[@wraithface4410]

@ I sell on Facebook marketplace and have a eBay account

[@primitivegaz9181]

@wraithface4410 What is you're Ebay name? And he did explain in the video about lots of fake coins and scammers on Ebay.

[@wraithface4410]

@@primitivegaz9181I have more coins than I’ve listed up for sale, I ancient, medieval and early modern I just sell coins in my collection to buy different pieces.