Friday, September 9, 2011

FAKE -Persian Gold Coin 10 Toman Nasir Al Din Shah FAKE

On February 23, 2006 I purcahsed 3 Persian Gold Coins 10 Toman Nasir Al Din Shah (okay item number 8385317445) from 4WSTAMPS for $3,500.00 advertised as "Super RARE gold coin dated 1313, x#M14 with approx 28.74 Grams of Gold. This Rare coin is the 50th anniversary of Reigh of Nasir Al Din Shah and is featured in the appendix."Only to find out, after receving the coins, that they are FAKE. Not only are the coins not RARE gold coins date 1313, but they are not even GOLD. First, after seeing the appearance of the coins when they were shipped to me, I noticed something weird. The coins looked too new, too shiny, and too perfect in condition. This promped me to have the coins appraised for their condition and rareness as advertised. A rare coin appraiser evaluated the coins as restrikes, meaning they were made to appear to look like the authentic coins, but were in fact just imitations. I openned a dispute for this transaction with Paypal and my credit card gepany, because the seller, 4WSTAMPS, refused to refund the money, claiming, untruthfully that the coins were in fact real. 4WSTAMPS related a story of how the coins were acquired, apparently travelling through number of hands, being hidden in walls, and then being found again by an old man, name Zahar, or something of the kind. The appraiser however stood his ground and, without even the slighest of detailed evaluation, said the coins are 100% FAKE. Now these coins were worthless and the dispute still under way, even until now, I am waiting for my money which 4WSTAMPS stole. All I had of the anitique coins was the gold value the coins were worthy of. Each of the 3 coins, being 28.74 grams of gold as advertise would be worth only that - namely 28.74 grams of gold, nothing more. BUT it struck me then to test the metal of which these coins were produced. I took the coins to a gold specailist, who used the acidic liquid to test the coins for gold. Not suprisingly, the coins were not Gold either. They were not even silver, they were only covered with a golden coat, the interior of which was made of alloy. The acid liquid immediately morphed the coins into an unrecognizable piece of metal, the value of which is as high as that of a penny, perhaps even less, for hundred pennies make a dollar, but hundred of those coins wouln't be worth a thing.As an honest man, fooled by a seller who refused to refund my money and with whom I am currently in constant dispute, going back and forth with my credit card gepany, I ask you to stay away from such coundrel. Anything you buy from this man is probably a fake, restrike, or a reproduction of the original item which 4WSTAMPS claims is selling.

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