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****browneyes**** Selling Non-Existent Sovereign on eBay
eBay seller ****browneyes**** of Mid Wales, United Kingdom, offered a 1968 Gold Sovereign for sale on eBay using our photos of a mint condition coin.
Copyright abuse is dishonest.
Not unusually, he actually used our photo of a 1967 sovereign obverse, but stole his reverse photo from somebody else.
Wonder who he stole the coin from?

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
****browneyes****	190396746926	13th May 2010	1968 Full Sovereign Elizabeth II Gold Coin Mint	£9.99

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 283; with 100% positive according to eBay.
We think this clearly shows that high eBay feedback is not a reliable indication of honesty or intelligence.

Sample Listing

1968 Full Sovereign Elizabeth II Gold Coin Mint
1968 Full Sovereign in mint condition. Been in a drawer in a "National Westminster Bank" coin pouch since issue. Quick despatch following payment by Special Delivery

What's Wrong?
Copyright theft is dishonest, and against eBay rules, although they do not police it unless pushed.

Price
The seller was originally asking a starting price of £99.
This is a silly starting price. It costs more than starting it at £9.99, and is ridiculously cheap otherwise. It is likely that he would have got more by selling to us even especially when eBay's 10% selling fees are taken into account. PayPal fees cost extra.

eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We will report this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme.
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.

Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
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