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Canadian Notes => Show and Tell => Topic started by: canada-banknotes on July 10, 2024, 10:51:45 pm

Title: 1871 Dominion of Canada - $500 and $1000
Post by: canada-banknotes on July 10, 2024, 10:51:45 pm: Hmmm ...
Title: Re: 1871 Dominion of Canada - $500 and $1000
Post by: Breanna72 on July 11, 2024, 09:58:05 pm: Are they fake CBN?
Title: Re: 1871 Dominion of Canada - $500 and $1000
Post by: Breanna72 on July 11, 2024, 10:26:31 pm: They look a lot like these!!!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225880026766

Edit: And ... if you can believe this ... Ebay now has an entire section entitled "Replicas and Reproductions for World Paper Money". As if calling them Replicas or Reproductions doesn't also mean they are "counterfeit".

https://www.ebay.com/b/Replica-Reproduction-World-Paper-Money/162194/bn_2310657

Clearly, law enforcement does not consider this an issue (don't know if stating up front that they are replicas makes it okay), but as Gucci or Cartier would take issue if this was happening with their products, doesn't the BoC hold some sort of Copywrite on the design of Canadian notes? Hmm ...
Title: Re: 1871 Dominion of Canada - $500 and $1000
Post by: canada-banknotes on July 12, 2024, 01:09:59 am: Quote from: Breanna72 on July 11, 2024, 09:58:05 pm
Are they fake CBN?
Definitely reproductions. They have been offered on eBay since last fall by a seller out of Israel. Hard to believe that eBay condones these sales even if the notes are declared reproductions. I guess there is a market for these based on the number of completed sales this seller has made.
Title: Re: 1871 Dominion of Canada - $500 and $1000
Post by: walktothewater on July 12, 2024, 07:44:39 am: There have been shady sellers hawking copies/reproductions for at least a decade (or more). The only thing we can do is report them but often they're Power sellers or the platform doesn't care.

Here's a thread on the subject on a US based forum (Coin Community Forum):
http://goccf.com/t/414325
(http://goccf.com/t/414325)

And copies of the 1935 series still sold on etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1055395479/canada-1-1000-dollars-1935-english?click_key=6f3ee217bcc86308f2f3d76cccca7b0ad0661c2c%3A1055395479&dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coincommunity.com%2Fforum%2Ftopic.asp%3Ftopic_id%3D414325 (https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1055395479/canada-1-1000-dollars-1935-english?click_key=6f3ee217bcc86308f2f3d76cccca7b0ad0661c2c%3A1055395479&dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coincommunity.com%2Fforum%2Ftopic.asp%3Ftopic_id%3D414325)
Title: Re: 1871 Dominion of Canada - $500 and $1000
Post by: Dean on January 07, 2025, 01:55:18 pm: Quote from: walktothewater on July 12, 2024, 07:44:39 am
There have been shady sellers hawking copies/reproductions for at least a decade (or more). The only thing we can do is report them but often they're Power sellers or the platform doesn't care.

Here's a thread on the subject on a US based forum (Coin Community Forum):
http://goccf.com/t/414325
(http://goccf.com/t/414325)

And copies of the 1935 series still sold on etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1055395479/canada-1-1000-dollars-1935-english?click_key=6f3ee217bcc86308f2f3d76cccca7b0ad0661c2c%3A1055395479&dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coincommunity.com%2Fforum%2Ftopic.asp%3Ftopic_id%3D414325 (https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1055395479/canada-1-1000-dollars-1935-english?click_key=6f3ee217bcc86308f2f3d76cccca7b0ad0661c2c%3A1055395479&dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coincommunity.com%2Fforum%2Ftopic.asp%3Ftopic_id%3D414325)

How is the production and sale of reporduction banknotes not considered to be counterfeiting?
Title: Re: 1871 Dominion of Canada - $500 and $1000
Post by: Breanna72 on January 08, 2025, 06:23:45 pm: Quote
How is the production and sale of reporduction banknotes not considered to be counterfeiting?

I've wonder if it has to do with whether or not a note is in circulation or not? IMHO the BOC should be going after the websites to enforce Trademark/Copyright infringement for starters ...