As many of you probably do, I visit other coin and/or precious metals forums.
Just a moment ago, I saw a new post in the SilverStackers forum (under the Modern Chinese Coins & Medallions section ) that is quite relevant to this thread. The post reads:
On October 21st I received a message from eBay based of of a saved search request. The message informed me that an item just became available for purchase on eBay. When I clicked the link, to my surprise, the item had already sold.
This is the item: "
1984 China Great Wall Proof Silver Medal in Box No Heros Sealed" (
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-China...917930?hash=item5b4e506e6a:g:LKkAAOSwctJb0IDu ).
My question is: is this a genuine of fake item? The reason I ask is not because something looks obviously wrong with the medal itself, but rather because I am not aware that these medals ever came issued in plastic pouches back in 1984. I'm aware that there are allegedly fakes of this rare type of medal out there....and based on the fact that this item sold for about $2,500, I'm very much concerned that perhaps yet another fake may have just been sold.
If for some reason you are unable to see the auction listing, then let me know and I'll share the auction photos here in this thread.
Any and all thoughts regarding this are welcome.
https://www.silverstackers.com/forums/index.php?threads/genuine-or-fake-rare-great-wall-medal.90204/The person raises a good question and point. Is that a fake or genuine Great Wall medal?