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Now I've Heard It All...Titanic Penny?

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WpgLwr
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 Posted 01/15/2009  11:21 pm Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add WpgLwr to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

Check out this eBay lot for a bit of a laugh:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-British-Pe...ip_W0QQitemZ310115012910QQihZ021QQcategoryZ3397QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Now, I don't want to call the guy a liar, but doesn't this have a lot of wear on it for a coin that would have been at best only two years old?

I pity the person who believes this tale and bids on this lot....

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 Posted 01/15/2009  11:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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The coin was damp from rainwater for a week or so and then dried.
Didn't realize it took 7 days for a small piece of metal to dry.
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 Posted 01/15/2009  11:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chrycopaul to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
it looks like more than two years of wear on that coin.
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 Posted 01/16/2009  12:03 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KurtS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Unfortunately, the letter it was with was ruined in Hurricane Andrew, back in 1992.
No, that would be convenient.
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 Posted 01/16/2009  12:06 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I went ahead and reported it as "Fraud" with a very colorful explanation
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 Posted 01/16/2009  07:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Smileycorpse to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
"it's the most unlucky coin of the 20th Century!"

must be the unlucky coin...convenient that the letter got damaged in the hurricane eh xD.
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 Posted 01/16/2009  07:56 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NumisMattyUk to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Haha...that's a good one! Looks like it comes straight out of one of his Marvel comics...
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 Posted 01/16/2009  11:21 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BlackSheep to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sent them a little message from my heart

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Just a heads up the coin in question is only worth around $0.35 in that condition. It has the standard wear on it from being passed through circulation for several decades. If it had been "new" and kept in a safe place for the last 98 years then it'd actual be worth $75+ in that condition.

Please end this auction as the story is meaningless. It very well could be true but the coin has NO value outside of it's normal graded condition. Anyone can write some dribble making up a history of a penny they find in a gutter outside their local gas station and sell it for big bucks to a gullible fool.

thanks
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 Posted 01/16/2009  2:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Mr Finger to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Why would you report this as fraud?There is no way to prove the story isnt true and nowhere does he say the condition of the coin,leaving it up to the buyer!

He IS asking 49.80 more than the coin is worth,but hey "Buyer Beware" and I doubt anyone is going to buy it anyway!
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