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Bedrock of the Community
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Buyers will NEVER learn. Next up, positive feedback for an "awesome coin".
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One of the saddest things is that you can buy a certified one in that approximate grade for roughly the same amount or less.
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Pillar of the Community
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Altered '44. And not a bad one.
I need to get a table of date alterations up on TBC.
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I think that the $175 wasted will make the buyer wake up to learning before impulse.
If not..oh well.
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Pillar of the Community
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I just bought one. That's to cool. Edited by CopperCastle
02/18/2015 09:17 am
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I just bought one. *Ahem* That idiom usually implies a $3 FRN. ;-) |
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Bedrock of the Community
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However, possibly the Mint remade that 19 14D to help collectors fill a space.   I just don't know why or who would buy such stuff. When are people going to learn? |
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I would have bought it. Only, and only if the seller moved the decimal in the selling price over four places to the left! (and included free shipping)  Edited by Nickel Guy
02/19/2015 12:44 pm
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Ouch you can clearly see the patch job and discoloration where it was tooled . That sucks . So question do you follow the seller to see if he posts other fakes?
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This is an obvious 1944-D Lincoln altered to look like a 1914-D. The gap between the "9" and the "1" is an obvious give away. Further, all genuine 1914-D Lincolns have a style of mintmark that matches all Denver cents produced from 1911-17. It is a much small D than the one used on the 1944-D cents.
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The amount of 1914 D fakes I've reported on ebay within the past couple months is insane.. Well, three, is an insane # to me at least. One ended up selling & never got removed, 1914 D fake (non altered) for $463 |
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It is amazing how some people just cannot see what they are looking at. One would think that after looking at so many of them for the right one the gap in between the 9 and 1 is more than it should would be instantly noticeable.
The buyer of this coin is getting no empathy from me as he should have known what fake 1914-D cents look like before he bid on this coin.
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02/23/2015 11:37 pm
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One would think that after looking at so many of them for the right one the gap in between the 9 and 1 is more than it should would be instantly noticeable. You are assuming the buyer is fairly knowledgeable and has been spending a lot of time looking for the "right" one. The buyer could also be a fairly new collector who doesn't really know what to look for and got into this one when the auction was lower because it was a "good deal". I would guess a lot of things like this are bought by collectors who need one and just happen to have the money available right now. So they buy the first one they find. |
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As we've all said at one time or another on here....Knowledge and experience is everything; or buy the book before the coin. These phrases really come into play when purchasing coins on ebay. Personally, before I even consider buying a coin on ebay, I assume it's counterfeit. I don't have any exceptions to this rule either. Even if it's a coin from a dealer I've purchased from in the past. When, and if the coin passes the diagnostics and arrives at my home, it goes straight to the dial caliper and scale. Finish it off by double checking the diognostics and grade. It never goes straight into a hole in an album!Paranoid, maybe.  |
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