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coins.sovereigns.exchange Ms Giselle Quadros of 26 Benfield Way, Portslade, Brighton
Sussex BN41 2DA United Kingdom, stole our 2008 British Gold 'Emblems of Britain' Proof Coin Sets Photographs to use on eBay, and failed to tell buyers they were not the same coins she was selling. Totally dishonest.
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Many eBay vendors use our coin photographs to sell inferior quality coins on eBay. These eBay members are dishonest and should be avoided.
We believe eBay profits from IP rights infringements (copyright theft), and does so knowingly, only removing infringing items reluctantly, if at all.
Sample Listing
2008 British Gold 'Emblems of Britain' Proof Coin Sets
i (sic) have a total of 4 sets 2 x royal arms and 2 x emblems of britian (sic)
Contains seven coins struck in 22 carat gold to Proof quality
Low issue limit of just 2,008 collections
All the coins are dated 2008
Purchase the ?Last of the Old? and get first opportunity to purchase the ?First of the New? (to be released late spring 2008).
The Emblems of Britain Gold Collection of seven definitive coins is the ideal gift for coin collectors and is the perfect memento of this historic time in numismatic history as the ?last of the old? coin designs are changed in 2008.
Product Information
The Gold Collection comprises seven coins bearing the definitive reverse designs, the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS on their obverse, and are all dated 2008. Each coin is struck in 22 carat gold to Proof quality. For such a magnificent collection, the Royal Mint has commissioned high-quality hand-crafted oak veneer cases designed exclusively to house the gold Proof coins. An informative booklet featuring a potted history of the iconic designs completes the presentation. Incorporated into each booklet is an individually numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint.
Background & History
The introduction of the new decimal series of coins was no easy task 40 years ago. From settling the dimensions of the coins, to the creation of the designs, to their production by the Royal Mint it was a mammoth undertaking. Not only did the different denominations need to be readily distinguishable by sight and touch from each other, they also needed to avoid being confused with existing coins of the pre-decimal system.
As for their designs, a new portrait of the Queen by Arnold Machin RA had already been prepared and approved, while for the reverse designs it was announced in November 1966 that a public competition would be arranged. More than 80 artists took part and, from the 900 or so designs that were received, a series by Christopher Ironside was eventually approved, his designs drawing praise for the ?lack of clutter?, a requirement that had been stressed in the creative brief.
Specifications
Denomination Description Diameter Weight Alloy AGW*
Pound Royal Arms 22.50 19.62 .9166 0.5782
Fifty Pence Britannia 27.30 15.50 .9166 0.4568
Twenty Pence Crowned Rose 21.40 9.75 .9166 0.2873
Ten Pence Lion Passant Guardant 24.50 12.66 .9166 0.3731
Five Pence Crowned Thistle 18.00 6.33 .9166 0.1866
Two Pence Prince of Wales Plumes 25.91 13.96 .9166 0.4114
One Penny Crowned Portcullis 20.32 6.98 .9166 0.2057
Total All Seven Coins 84.90 .9166 2.4992
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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coins.sovereigns.exchange | 380236364325 | 24th May 2010 | 2008 British Gold 'Emblems of Britain' Proof Coin Sets | £7800
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coins.sovereigns.exchange | 380236371274 | 24th May 2010 | 2008 British Gold 'Jig-Saw' Proof Coin Sets | £2750
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coins.sovereigns.exchange | 380236939241 | 25th May 2010 | 2008 British Gold 'Jig-Saw' Proof Coin Sets | £2750
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coins.sovereigns.exchange | 380245249644 | 17th Jun 2010 | 2008 Pound Gold Proof 25th Anniversary Set | £7800
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What's Wrong?
We invest a great deal of time, effort, and cost into creating some of the best photographic coin and gold bar 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.
Some, like Giselle Quadros alias coins.sovereigns.exchange, also steal our carefully crafted descriptions and specification tables from our websites.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers.
In the past few years we have read numerous accounts online where buyers have been cheated by Giselle Quadros alias coins.sovereigns.exchange.
Both the number of these, and the reliable sources, satisfy us that Giselle Quadros alias coins.sovereigns.exchange is dishonest and should not be trusted. Potential buyers should avoid her. This may be difficult because she has been known to use multiple eBay IDs in the past, and presumably will not hesitate to do so again in the future.
She remains, to our mind, one of the glaring examples of the many things which are wrong with eBay and its feedback system. That such an obvious crook can manage to attain a near perfect feedback beggars belief.
If the images and text are stolen, how about the coins? Would you want to buy a valuable gold coin set from a known crook?
Price
The seller was asking a starting price of £2,750.
Aliases
We list just a few of the many different names this eBay seller uses:
A Alves, Audrey Alves, Giselle, Gail Quadros.
giselle3000@hotmail.co.uk
01273 419764
eBay Shop: FINE JEWELLERY DEALS
eBay ID: coins.sovereigns
Location: BN41 2DA, United Kingdom
E-mail Address: alves31@hotmail.co.uk
eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We will be reporting this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme, and wait to see if they chose to action or ignore our report. 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.
We should probably delay reporting this item until a buyer has sent some money. This may sound cynical of us, but if enough greedy buyers got conned, they might kick up enough fuss, go to the media, and get eBay the publicity it deserves. It is not our job to act as unpaid policemen for eBay.
Repeat Offender
Within hours of her previous listings being removed, she had relisted the one shown on this page, with only slight modifications.
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Coin Seller Giselle (coinseller.biz)
coins.sovereigns.exchange also used our photos on her own website.
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Some years ago, we reported here that she was on of many crooks selling misdescribed crap on eBay, in particular a 1911 Gold Quarter Sovereign.
We note she is currently offering a large selection of replica "coins" on eBay, and fraudulently describing them as restrikes (see our page about restrikes for further information).
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