Tinnies Fake tinnies

[Scowen]

A worrying number of fakes coming on the market these days. These are openly on sale as copies......

[Scowen]

An original, a different year though....

[Scowen]

It's the reverse that really gives them away....... Original is a mirror image as crisp as the front.

Cheers

Don

[Scowen]

Even the beloved 1933 RPT isn't safe......

[Nick]

Cheers Don

It shows nothing escapes the fakers flame

[Scowen]

These are on sale for 5 Euros.......

[Mike]

Even the beloved 1933 RPT isn't safe......

Hi Don ...Are all the 1933 RPT repros semi hollow back or , are they also selling the solid style (unmarked)as well ?

[Bob Hunter]

It looks like the muddy detail and the pin backs are the bell ringers on this batch.

[Scowen]

Hi Don ...Are all the 1933 RPT repros semi hollow back or , are they also selling the solid style (unmarked)as well ?

Mike,

This particular company only appear to be doing the hollow backs at present. I imagine someone else is probably doing the solids, but I haven't knowingly seen one yet. I don't know if that's good news or bad to be honest....

They have added more to their range, the backs have the same style on all of them. Here's their site http://www.azzie.biz/

Bob,

That's very true, this company advertise them as copies & make no pretence that they are real. What really worries me are the ones that try to get them correct in every detail

Cheers

Don

[Guest Rick Research]

OooooooooooooooohKay, I'll bite.

Who BUYS sold-as-fake tinnies???

Is this the old nudge nudge wink wink wholesale outlet to small time junk purveyors?

I don't, alas, get out to many shows, so haven't seen these-- individually or by the box full-- being passed off "retail" as "real"-- yet, anyway.

Are they making it that far on the wheel of commerce yet?

[Scowen]

OooooooooooooooohKay, I'll bite.

Who BUYS sold-as-fake tinnies???

Is this the old nudge nudge wink wink wholesale outlet to small time junk purveyors?

I don't, alas, get out to many shows, so haven't seen these-- individually or by the box full-- being passed off "retail" as "real"-- yet, anyway.

Are they making it that far on the wheel of commerce yet?

It certainly make you wonder doesn't it Rick . I don't go to shows either so can't say if that's where they are heading. As with most fakes, they won't fool the experianced eye, but may catch out someone just starting I suppose

Cheers

Don

[Nick]

I have seen these for sale in Europe at medal dealers as well as fleamarkets so they are out there ! I have also a lot of plastic 'modern' copies of various tinnies many of which were not originally made in plastic.

[Bob Hunter]

A questionable Quidlinburg...

[Bob Hunter]

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[Bob Hunter]

This Coburg tinnie I believe to be a '50s Souval reproduction. Can anyone confirm this?

[Bob Hunter]

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[Wood]

Yes Bob, on the Colburg, that catch is a dead giveaway.

Having never seen a Quidlinburg in the flesh I don't know on yours but gut feeling is a no, a very untypical pin, and for some reason I believe that this is a pressed badge.

Regards,

Pete

[Bob Hunter]

Thanks,that was my thinking also.

[Avitas]

There should be a law requiring reproducers of historical items to mark it as such, and we would all be better off. That way we could have a healthy market for fakes as fakes and originals as originals. I've recentl found out a few badges were all fakes, casts of originals so all the details matched to the amatue eye. A marking would end all this thievery.

My two cents,

Pat

[Richard V]

Sad as it is to say, I have seen the lowly Seefahrt ist Not tinnie reproduced as well. Who in the *ell wants to buy a fake for $5-$10 when a real one can be had for $10 to $15?

Richard V

[VonBierStein]

Seriously who would buy these fakes? Some people have no shame.