Fake 08 Beijing Olympic Gold & Silver Coin Sets are still around
It has already been over 2 years since the first issuance of Beijing 08 Olympic commemorative gold & silver coins. However, fakes have never stopped flowing into the U.S. coin markets, mostly on eBay and Ioffer.
For example:
eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Beijing-Olympic-Games-set-Gold-and-Silver-6-Coins_W0QQitemZ280477506201QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Sculpture?hash=item414dc31a99
Selling for $169.00
iOffer:
http://www.ioffer.com/i/2008-29-Olympic-Games-Gold-Silver-Coin-commemorative-D1-141712457
Selling for $60.00
Item description:
Silver Coin:
Amount: 4 pcs
Diameter: 40 mm (round)
Fineness: 99.9% (pure sllver)
Qualify: Proof
Weight: 1 oz
Face Value: 10 yuan
Maximum Mintage: 160,000 pieces
Issuer: Chinese gold coin head office
Gold Coin:
Amount: 2 pcs
Diameter: 22 mm (round)
Fineness: 99.9% (pure gold)
Qualify: Proof
Weight: 1/4 oz
Face Value: 150 yuan
Maximum Mintage: 60,000 pieces
Issuer: Chinese gold coin head office
Here are some images provided by http://china-mint.info/fake-coin-images.html:
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i bought a set of gold and silver proof coins 2 years ago, inoticed my coins have noy got the chinese symbol next to the value of the coin ie 150 yuan or the 10 yuan,they do have a certificate for each coin with the beijing 2008 watermark on each,are these coins fake,also could a jeweller confirm that they are real,this is number 2 of a set of 3,2 gold and 4 silver coins as in your picture thank you kevin cailes
I too have all three series of this set and they all have certificates, they look flawless, the lines are clear, they look nothing like the pics of the fakes of these I have seen, and look identical to the ones on the official site… They just don’t have the mint mark or the chinese symbol next to the denomination of the coin (150) on the gold and (10) on the silver.
how do I tell if these are fake?