Have to rely on you Casascius collectors, the photos in the Encyclopedia are not high resolution. I stay away from eBay never bought a collectible there. @Kialara says he will auction two Ruby Labyrinths on eBay though that should be fun to follow.
I bought a few silvers there graded which eliminates fakes plus you can get scammed anywhere, knowing and or seeing your sellers past reputation helps too. I was wondering when these cas fakes might start showing up, happens in every market. Morgan Dollars and China Kwangtung silver Dragon dollar have been the ones I dealt with mostly as fakes. You get where you can tell a fake in a sec after a while.. just a different look along with less detail.
My money says if you sent this fake to ANACS it’d get graded.
lol, that would completely destroy their reputation though. If you can fool a so called expert then your not an expert
I use to keep a 10x to 16x loop with me for years to look a coins just in case. I would think those graders do the same but I dunno
That’s exactly why we all hate them. We get how pathetic they are. They graded a fake Sol which is simple to spot.
Edit- not to mention no real coin collectors taken them seriously right now. They are surviving the same way Spirit Airlines are. No one likes Spirit but they’re still in business
