Hi guys! thanks for the thread!
I want to know if you can help me to verify if those coins (Imgur album) are fake or real? It would help me a lot not to make a bad decision.

All of them were funded as part of the same batch, probably out of the same roll.  That is another positive sign.

Hey, thank you all for your responses! I will show some photos again if I found more casascius.

This thread is obviously great for Casascius coins but for other coin issues/scams etc you’d want to refer to this pinned topic - https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/3315347.0

Fake Casascius holograms being offered/sold..







https://m.alibaba.com/product/1600052674615/Custom-Print-Lasering-Holographic-Void-Sticker.html

Super cheap also...  Definitely cause for concern for folks buying these coins.  Granted, it looks as though these would be easily spotted as being fake by someone who is familiar with them, I'm sure there are going to be people who lose a lot of money as a result of their existence.  Sad.  This is also the reason why I charge such a high premium for mine that I sell.  At least the buyer can know they're legitimate and have been held in a collection for close to a decade.  Be careful out there.  In this field there are more people trying to steal from you than there are people looking out for you.

For experts these aren’t going to work. Non-experts, you could just copy first bits of active coins.

The problem lies when these are sold outside of bitcointalk. I’ve seen countless marketplace websites across the world where these types of coins are sold. Many which most browsers will never pick up, not to mention the ones I’ve never seen or ever will and I do a lot of looking around. This hobby continues to face a lot of head winds. I almost hesitate to post/say any of this as to not give people ideas (I’m talking to you scumbag scammers reading this as I know many of you are) but it needs to be known plus this page has been shared a good bit online and places like https://casascius.uberbills.com/?page=tools . Also hopefully people will do research and potentialy come across this thread and prevent potential losses. (This is a reply to everyone, I know you know all this MJ lol)

The Longding Co. sucks, in my opinion.

Also, I think this Ebay sale, while not technically a counterfeit, lives in the same category of ripping people off and hurting the hobby for collectors.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185406688766?hash=item2b2b198dfe:g:D0MAAOSwnftiLCnF

Steeley