bob63307356 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller bob63307356 of Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom, not only stole our 1996 Gold Proof Sovereign images without permission, but failed to tell buyers his coin was not the one shown in our excellent photograph.

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1996 GOLD PROOF SOVEREIGN BOXED AND SEALED ROYAL MINT
Sealed as delivered from the royal mint. This is a rare opportunity to own a 1996 gold proof sovereign. As pictured the certificate is enclosed.
Proof Only
For 1996 gold sovereigns are available in only one version, Proof. There was no ordinary uncirculated version issued in 1996.
1996 Proof Sovereigns
Proofs are specially struck coins, with a highly polished mirror finished background, and the raised design in contrasting matt finish. They are issued as limited editions, and are more expensive than the ordinary uncirculated version.
1996 proof sovereigns are contained in a plastic capsule within a Royal Mint leather covered box , and are accompanied by a certificate.
They are unnecessarily good for use in jewellery, which would ruin their special finish in a very short space of time, but they are ideal for the person who would prefer to keep them as a memento or family heirloom.
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What's Wrong?
We invest a great deal of time, effort, and cost into creating some of the best photographic coin images on the internet. We strongly object when lazy and dishonest people decide to use them without a by your leave or thanks, doing so in competition with us.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers.
This particular eBay seller only our very high quality images of a 1996 Gold Proof Sovereign, he used them to try to sell his own sovereign without saying it was not the same coin. Anyone viewing the photographs would expect it to be the same, near perfect condition coin, "airbrushed" it to make it look like a supermodel.


It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar coin, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.
The vendor is not only cheating us by stealing our copyright images, he is fraudulently or ignorantly misleading and deceiving all potential buyers. Gaining pecuniary advantage by deception is the definition of fraud.

Doubly Dishonest
bob63307356 also stole our photographs of a 1997 Royal Wedding Gold Proof �5 Crown, and we have given him a free advert on our Tax Free Gold website.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
bob63307356	140353269993	18th Oct 2009	1996 GOLD PROOF SOVEREIGN BOXED AND SEALED ROYAL MINT	�0.01

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �0.01 for his coin.
Whatever the item "sells" for, after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the crook may have been much better off selling the coin to us, instead of stealing our photographs.

eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We will be reporting this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme, and wait to see if they chose to action or ignore our report. We look forward to taking legal action against eBay for their negligence and / or complicity if they fail to take down the offending material promptly.

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