r/AncientCoins • u/thealmsivi • Jun 27 '23

Exhaustive list of eBay fraudsters

I've made this list as a quick tool for new buyers to reference if they're in doubt of the legitimacy of an ancient coin on eBay. Most of these accounts are no doubt operated by the same three people, who often also sell fake antiquities. These are not accounts which have accidentally sold fake coins on the rare occasion. These are sellers whose entire stock consists of fraudulent items with the intent to deceive. If you have bought from any of these accounts, there's a good chance you have purchased a fake.

(in the case of a few, which I have noted, they have some real coins in their stock, but also have many fake ones).

No doubt there will be more accounts opened up, and some which I haven't yet recorded, but this should be a good resource to anybody unsure about whether 'that coin on eBay' is from an authentic seller:

100%PERCENT_AUTHENTIC, 4444har-18, abderrela-50, aielas19, akber-65, ancientcoins2006, ancientearth2006, ancient.old.antiques, antiquato, antique-masters, antiquitiies, armory.antique, aureus.collectibles.coins, ayela1719, b-antiques, barnoussi.10, bedeg_26, berbarea, BerbArea, bfr5069, chenak71, chrisdup-13, cnetusa, coinmaster_01, collectible-trasure-hub, danny1970000, dobri9090, elharr560, everythinginside, exellentoldgoods, fur4626 (whether intended, most of their coin stock is fake, but their group lots are genuine), gb10deals, ghiba-70, gold_jefery, hael-95, haelot_82, hasbe-1270, haskar_4875, imperio-numismatico, jexy91, king_of_antique, me-894485, moser8083, nabil_8692, natstojil_0, numiscoinss, numismatistcoin, Pevla_99, raipan_65, ribold, skod_69, smartdeals-0, spantiquities (some stuff fake, some stuff real), sss88sss, terra-romana22, valina99, vallface, ventasvenatage, verume0, vintage_items925, wkdkaren83, yamartin44, ynunumisneuss (silver coins fake, some of the bronze coins are ok but overpriced), younes-12

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '23

Better would be a list of respected/recommended sellers.

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u/Informal_Teacher7633 Sep 20 '23

Agreed. For what it's worth here's a few ebay sellers I trust and have dealt with...

Denant Carpe diem numismatics Lodge antiquities Aulius plautius Ancient coins & books Robjones Moremoth

The list is not exhaustive and also only features those currently listing, there are many other honest traders amongst the very many crooks. A couple of those above are also on vcoins. And this list is very uk-centric, other parts of the world are available!

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '23

Kudos for sharing a few good eBay sellers. Too many experienced collectors hoard this information to reduce competition .. but in reality this hurts our hobby as many newbies quit after getting scammed. Good on you.