The Modern Commemorative fakes & Forgeries Market collection (42 Item Framed)

Description: The Modern Commemorative fakes & Forgeries Market collection. (42 different coins diplayed in glass frame) This set in the display, have one thing in common - they are all fakes. The set focuses on modern collectable coins, the most recent must have and saught after coins that sold well and command a good premium, from £1 trial coins & Kew Gardens 50p, £2 tosha cats to completer medallions for the olympic & other denomination coin hunt albums the royal mint sold from 2012, probably most of these where made in private commisions in china, and shipped worldwide, fuelled by certain dubious newspaper articles overhyping values & in turn creating a frenzy in online auction houses, which turned a blind eye to their sale even when sharp eyed collectors found out later they where fake, They really couldnt care less, they are racking up the commisions easily and quickly, the old addage applys in todays online markets , Caveat emptor "Let the buyer beware" Forgerys will fool most amateur coin collectors, Today there are lots of coins worth over a million pounds, so if you can make one to look like one of those and sell it for a fraction of the market value you are still making a lot of money. People have to be very wary. But just because a coin is a fake, it doesn't necessarily mean it is worthless. there are some excellent facebook groups that will make you aware and cross reference coins for you, one of them being the excellent Error Coins & Fakes, It even has its own marketplace where all kinds of coins are traded in a fair manner and price ! On the other side of the scale There is the more dubious side of the market, In 2012 a man was jailed for five years for making 14 million fake £1 coins in his north London workshop where he said materials were delivered by two mystery men he knew only as Tom and John, He said he had been making the coins for seven years after losing his job as an engineer. At one point he was producing 12,000 coins a day, for which he was paid £2,000 cash a week. In the same year border control officers at the North Shields ferry terminal in Northumberland discovered 450,000 counterfeit £1 coins hidden in barrels of metal washers. They were made at the European Central Mint in Amsterdam which was later shut down. Two British and two Dutch men were jailed. One things for sure, And will always be the same till the dawn of time, Anything that people pay a premium for , will be copied & Sold somewhere or somehow. Please Note : We Ship Fast and post 6 days a week in protected secure and indiscreet weatherproof packaging, we also take & give good discounts for all crypto currency for our items over at our ukcoinshop website,we ship worldwide for crypto, a further bonus is no need to jump through hoops & do kyc. contact us for more info.

Price: 249.99 GBP

Location: Liverpool

End Time: 2025-02-10T01:07:42.000Z

Shipping Cost: 33.37 GBP