Wanted to share these fakes that came into a dealers shop (posting with permission of the dealer.) These were higher quality fakes with color printed on the coins to resemble the PCGS images. As always be careful out there and keep a close eye out for fakes.

Here is what the dealer posted:

Honestly, in hand they were absolutely passable, but upon closer inspection things rapidly unwound.

The toning on the coins was printed onto the surface to match the photos on PCGS. The NFC tags went to PCGS's website and pulled up coins that looked very similar. Under magnification the color was pixelated. I've never seen that before.

The plastic on the holders were actually pretty good quality and didn't feel cheap like most fakes do. Once you got it together with a real holder, the difference in transparency of the plastic was very noticeable.

And the other giveaway on these was that the PCGS Gold Shield printing quality was horrendous. Under magnification it was almost smeared on and totally off center.

Hi everyone, I would like to know if there is interest in a collection I am selling.

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Anyone know anything about this Austrian coin? I looked it up and it's value is pretty high from what I saw .

I buy a lot of shillings. Mainly looking for upgrades for my own set. Sometimes to resell but I think frequently it's just fun handling nice coins.

When the reverse is the listing photo:

Sometimes I think about the coins that got away. This is one of those. Labelled as a proof but there were no proofs issued this year. The coin just exhibits beautifully mirrored fields. I especially like PL coins in that they are a product of the mint and while any coin can pick up toning given time, only a select few coins were issued with fully PL surfaces.