Old Asian silver on Ebay?

[rexmerdinus]

Seen a lot of these lately. I'm suspicious because I've seen nearly identical listings, but with items located in different states. Anyone know if these are genuine/valuable?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&hash=item4156fad382&item=280632152962&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=OhkMFr%252FznIZzsmwK%252BGaWb0jlYPs%253D

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-CHINESE-SILVER-BULLION-BAR-4-43-Troy-Oz_W0QQitemZ250762872972QQcategoryZ151737QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D280632152962%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7206305521939357886

[didou]

Purity 999.99 ? wait...

Asian ?

sound safe....

[blackrabbit]

I severely doubt it. I would be surprised if they contained any silver at all.

[blackrabbit]

These are silver plated base metal so do contain a trace of silver. Most of the sellers selling these are rip off artists and I would never give them even a zinc penny.

[natsb88]

Somebody on another forum said they sent some into a refiner and was told they are silver plated lead...

[Ethon]

Ebay is flooded with them, its getting really annoying.

[cesariojpn]

I've heard of stories this also happened in the 80's when silver was going for $50 an ounce. Mostly "Hong Kong" Bars from the Hong Kong Assay Office.

[Thogey]

Tiny silver foreign coins and US Dimes are looking better and better.

The Chinese counterfeiters are messing things up.

A silver test kit it on my shopping list.

[argent_pur]

Did you guys see the supposed date of manufacture--circa 1790 Refining techniques were nowhere near good enough to refine silver to five nines in 1790! This is why folks should stick to known brands of silver stamped in ENGLISH. I don't care if you're tired of looking at the same design on your silver, for goodness sake some poor fool just threw away over 100 dollars! There would've been more dignity in just burning a C-note in protest of the Fed

[coinking2005]

I would steer clear of those bars. I have seen ones that look something like that on a site called DH Gate, and nock-off merchandise has been known to be sold there. I know someone was selling fake Tiffany jewelry on that site.

The higher the silver prices the more cons entering the market trying to take your fiat dollars from you.

Here is a link to one of the suspect silver on DH Gate. They now have 1 ounch AGE and ASE coins also.
http://www.dhgate.com/qing-dy-quot-dragon-phoenix-shou-quot-relief/p-ff8080812c622bd7012c6f88048c5485.html

Here is a link to one of the AGE coins, this is not an auction so notice the price.
http://www.dhgate.com/-2-2004-american-eagle-unc-50-1-oz-gold-coins/p-ff8080812da25091012db3e0ee692051.html

Here is a link to one of the ASE coin seller, this one is for 160 ASE for, wait for it...... $91.20 for 160 ASE?????
http://www.dhgate.com/160-silver-american-eagle-1-oz-coins-2010/p-ff8080812da2516e012db8c24ea420e3.html

You know what they say "if it's to good to be true, it's not" be careful what your buying.