sward589 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller sward589 stole our gold sovereign images without permission, &paired up an 1899 reverse with an 1871 to 1887 obverse, to create an anachronistic rare mule error. What an idiot!
He stole 2 of our gold gold sovereign photographs, of two different dates, and failed to tell buyers that neither of the coins pictured are not the one they will receive.

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Sample Listing

Genuine 1899 Full Sovereign coin
Genuine 1899 Full Sovereign coin
Excellent Condition!!
You are bidding for a solid 22CT sovereign gold coin.
This coin does come mounted in gold link chain so it can be worn as a necklace. If you do not wish to have the chain, of which is worth (sic) a high value on its own, then it can be easily removed, as it is not soildered (sic), this is common throughout all soverign (sic) coins.
I accept payment via PayPal and will send item via recorded delivery within 3 days having recieved (sic) payment.
Thankyou (sic) and happy bidding! :)
If you would like any extra photos please let me know and i will email them to you.

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 not only stole two of our high quality gold sovereign images, he failed to inform his potential buyers that neither of the coins in the photographs are the one he owns, or that they will be bidding on. This is deception.
Sadly, it is also typical of eBay!
This dishonest idiot can't spell, and can't write in English, but this seems almost standard for eBay sellers.

Rare Mule Error?
After a few weeks when there has been near hysteria about rare undated twenty pence error coins reportedly selling on eBay for thousands of pound ( and up to £10 million), this dozy, lazy, dishonest and stupid seller, has shown the obverse (head side) of an 1899 sovereign which should have Victoria's old veiled head portrait on its obverse, and showing the reverse of an 1879 young head sovereign. At least they both have the same "M" mintmark, but then possibly the coin being sold is from an entirely different mint. The vendor probably does not know or care.
What a complete idiot!

Extra Photos
Why would any buyer need extra photo's?
This is probably his get-out (of jail free card), so when a buyer complains, he can say he offered to supply a photograph of the actual coin!

Price
The starting price of this coin is £0.99.
If it had been a perfect specimen of a rare mule error shown in our picture, it would have been worth thousands of pounds, so it looks as though buyers were not fooled, but this kind of listing helps to destroy and undermine any credibility for honest buyers and of eBay itself because of all the cheats and crooks, and also because of eBay's tolerance of copyright abuse and dishonesty.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
sward589	290331235635	14th Jul 2009	Genuine 1899 Full Sovereign coin	£0.99

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