OK, I believe this coin being sold is a fake, and am working towards proving this. <<NOW PROVEN>>
The reason I think this is twofold
1. I believe the font is wrong on that coin
2. I believe I hold the genuine coin
At best the authenticity of the coin is in question, whilst 2 people both claim to hold the same coin (ie one of the coins MUST be a fake)
The honourable thing would be to pull the sale of the coin, while this is sorted out. If the coin being sold on ebay and here is genuine, then it could be relisted. (and in that scenario by inference I hold a fake coin)
I bought the coin I hold through ebay, in August last year, Item number <<NOW REMOVED>>, from forum member te_platt
Pictures of the coin I hold are at
<<LINKS NOW REMOVED>>
The font of this coin is more in line with the font on the first bits I have seen on other coins, than the coin being sold on ebay.
Shame I am having to post the pics to demonstrate this, as they can then be used ... but I see no other way
I am trying to validate the audit trail for the coin I have, hopefully with help of the ebay seller I bought from, and from Mike C, this will happen
Obviously what I really dont want to have to do, is open the coin I have to get the BTC's, and prove my coins authenticity, and ruin the coin in the process
Like I say, I am pretty sure the coin I have is sound. But I cant yet prove this beyond 'all reasonable doubt'. But it does cast a cloud of the validity of this other coin - at least until this gets resolved.
<<EDIT - See post from Mike C at
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=437465.new#new >>