jdbullion from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada stole our 1874 Victoria Young Head Shield Sovereign photograph to use on eBay, without our permission, to try to sell his own. It is totally dishonest. Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member’s feedback was 181 with 100% Positive Feedback according to eBay.
eBay Copyright Thieves
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.
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. It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar item, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers. 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.
Under section 107 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 it is a
criminal offence to possess in the course of a business with a view to
committing any act which infringes copyright, an article which is, and
which you know or have reason to believe is, an infringing copy of a
copyright work. The sentence for this offence is 3 months’ imprisonment
and/or a fine of £5,000. It is also a criminal offence to communicate a
work to the public in the course of a business, if you know or have reason
to believe that, by doing so, you are infringing copyright in that work.
The maximum sentence on indictment for this offence is 2 years or an
unlimited fine.”
Sample Listing
RARE
1874 Gold Sovereign Full Victoria Young Head Shield Melbourne Fine gFine
SUPER RARE VERY LUSTROUS GOLD COIN FINE
The shield design by Jean Baptiste Merlen is depicted on the reverse of the coin. The mint mark M is shown below the wreath.
The William Wyon portrait of Queen Victoria is depicted on the obverse of the coin showing the young head portrait. The date can be seen below the neck.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Weight (grams): 7.98Pure gold content (grams): 7.32200
Fineness: 916.7
Dimensions: Diameter: 22.05 mm; Thickness: 1.52mm
TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED SHIPPING
- Seller ID:
- jdbullion
- Item Number:
- 112078755927
- Date:
- 8th August, 2016
- Description:
- VERY RARE1874 Gold Sovereign Full Victoria Young Head Shield
- Price:
- £632.04
The seller was asking for a starting price of $1099 CAD.
