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greatvalues99 in eBay Copyright Theft
greatvalues99, of HOUSE OF GREAT VALUES, United States, stole our 1915 Austrian Gold One Ducat photographs to use on eBay, and failed to tell buyers the image was not of the same coin or coins he was selling, that the coin was a restrike. Totally dishonest!
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Sample Listing
1915 AUSTRIAN GOLD COIN 1 DUCAT AMAZING PRETTY INVEST
SPECIAL!!
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AMAZING GOLD COIN, UNUSUAL AND HARD TO FIND
GREAT FOR
GOLD COIN INVESTOR, LOVER'S JEWELRY
HISTORY BUFFS,
GIFT
I PERSONALLY ACQUIRED THIS COIN DECADES AGO
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This coin has an amazingly beautiful intriguing double headed eagle design on it.
Could be made into a spectacular necklace pendant, just add bezel
Similar to one shown on a different coin possibly prettier bezel
I have this coin as shown with the horse and dragon up at auction too
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DUCAT SPECIFICATIONS
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA, DATE: 1915, MATERIAL: HIGH PURITY 23 3/4 KARAT GOLD
ACTUAL GOLD CONTENT : .1106 TROY OUNCES
DIAMETER: 22.0 mm, THICKNESS .8 mm
WEIGHT: 3.49 GRAMS,
CONDITION EXCELLENT UNCIRCULATED
FINENESS .986
DESIGN:
Obverse : The laureate head, facing right, of Emperor Franz Joseph I FRANC IOS I D G AUSTRIAE IMPERATOR
Reverse: The arms of Austria superimposed upon a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle. HUNGAR BOHEM GAL LOD ILL REX A A 19
A LITTLE HISTORY
Austrian Gold Ducats
Ducats were gold coins, and also units of account, formerly used in most European countries; including Holland, Russia, Austria, and Sweden. The value of a ducat was generally about 9s. 4d, that is nine shillings and fourpence.
In 1284, the first gold ducat, also called a zecchino d'oro, was struck at Venice
Ducats were issued by Austria in 1612, and probably earlier. The last regular issue of ducats was in 1914. All the ducats dated 1915 are restrikes, 1920 1936. . Franz Joseph I was born in 1848, and died in 1916.
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On Aug-31-03 at 12:07:26 PDT, seller added the following information:
After purchasing, pay instantly with your credit card through PayPal!
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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greatvalues99 | 130344262074 | 14th Nov 2009 | 1915 AUSTRIAN GOLD COIN 1 DUCAT AMAZING PRETTY INVEST | $249
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greatvalues99 | 130344111492 | 14th Nov 2009 | 1908 BRITISH GOLD COIN SOVEREIGN HORSE DRAGON "WOW" | $343.93
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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 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 our images of a 1915 Austrian Gold One Ducat, he used it to sell his own coin on eBay. He did not mention to potential buyers that the high quality photographs of a mint condition coin was not his own photograph.
It's possible he is ignorant of such fine points, or just plain ignorant.
It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar coin, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.
The vendor is not only cheating us by stealing our copyright images, he is fraudulently or ignorantly misleading and deceiving all potential buyers. Gaining pecuniary advantage by deception is the definition of fraud.
Price
The seller was asking a starting price of $249
He would probably get more by selling to us when eBay's new 10% selling fees are taken into account, even ignoring PayPal fees.
eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
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