1984 One Cent Mint Error, What's It Worth? Pics Included

Thank you Bobby,,, I have put up with a lot of heckling. I spent HOURs surfing looking for anyting close to my coin's appearance. I am thick headed, am I not. I spent hours looking at the coin through high power magnification. I tired duplicating the coin. All proved to me that my coin is really a mint error.

The only problem I have is that the "other" coin sold Over the 4th of July weekend and most likely didn't get the attention that ebay offers.

Only the final ding will determine what this coin is truly worth, UNSLABBED, but with a guarantee that it could be slabbed.

ps this is the FIRST and only coin I've tried selling ebay or otherwise, it IS as I've stated from the very beginning, and I might even through in the little plastic bag that I've had it stored in,,,

Bryan I know you weren't bashing him, he been getting it other places though.

One of the major concerns for me is that with coins, unless the coin is in hand in order to view it personally, what we say here is a best guess. A best guess based upon a picture may or may not be correct. It is not as cut and dry as listing parts for automobiles where a wheel cover for a 1963 Buick Wildcat can be identified by it's look, for example.

If you list a coin and add my description of what a coin might be, that lends credence to the listing even though the best guess may be wrong in some cases.

Some of us are published authors and our opinions hold some weight in the coin field. You can be sure that if our best guess was used in an ad by someone else to sell a coin and the best guess was incorrect, the buyer of your coin would be looking to us for answers as we can easily be found with a few well placed words in a google search bar.

For some of us, our credibility is at stake. I am not willing to jeopardize it. You didnt upset anyone, but I wouldn't want to be responsible for someone getting a coin that may not be what it is listed as based upon a description I might give, based upon a picture and not the actual coin.

With what you do for example, If I posted a picture of a fender from a 1968 Mercedes and you said, "Well, It looks like it could be" and I used your words to sell my fender which really is a fender from a 1967 Mercedes, the first thing I might use as a reason for the "mistake" was that you said it was from a 1968. It's just a tricky position to be in. I hope you understand. We offer assistance in helping collectors learn about what they have but at least what I post is not intended to be used as sales material on an ebay item that isn't mine.
Thanks,

I now understand Bobby, I really wish I hadn't quoted anyone. It was an err of judgement on my part. Had I not placed the $20 featured listing bet with ebay, I would consider canceling the auction and cleaning it up a bit. You'll notice I wasn't to good with the overly large picture, I should have spent some time and done it right. Haste makes waste, well in this case haste makes some want to shower and scrub down with a wire bursh,,,
My past experience with the Mercedes forum was completely different, as far as opinions, but that's another story,,,
I am thankful though that the quotes got all mushed up and don't flow good making them hard to read,,,
Sneaky, I don't think so, once someone posts something to a forum, it's public record, did anyone mind me posting a link to this thread? I did however have the thoughtfulness to inform members that my error in judgement might want to be cleaned up,,,
Actually in re-reading the quotes, I think it mostly is informative and will probably increase the number of forum members,,,
Most of the discussion was about how the coin might have been made, how coins are minted, different errors about coins,,, it wasn't 10,000 this coin is a "one-of-a-kind, super-rare, extreme to the max error. Neato! " hype,,, it's mostly educational,,,
But none-the-less I shouldn't have pladgerized anyone on this forum.
Sorry

Also FYI, you say in the listing.....

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As it turns out, this coin is a MAJOR DIE BREAK a much RARER coin then a Cud.

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You do realize that this coin is a Cud right? A Cud is the result of a die break on the rim. All Cuds are die breaks.

All the knowledge, every last bit of it concerning error coins has been learned in the last 7 days or so. I had absolutely no idea what a Cud was, before I listed. One kind forum member recommended I use the word Cud in the item title. I quickly changed it (maybe a few minutes before the first bid) Then the learning started as my thread was posted to. Some of the things I said about the coin are incorrect, such as the last item you pointed out. Just shows my inexperience in dealing with "one-of-a-kind, super-rare, extreme to the max error. Neato!" I love that quote,,,
I tired, to the best of my ability, to accurately describe the coin. I even offer a guarantee that the coin will grade to be a mint error - AND - require no deposit from the winning bidder if teh price exceeds 10x the cost of the certification -AND - give the winning bidder the coin if it doesn't certify,,,
Seems to me like I'm going a bit overboard,,,

You know, I'd hate to take a "one-of-a-kind, super-rare, extreme to the max error. Neato! " coin off the market and upset a bunch of bidders. I realize I may not get as much because it's not certified or graded, but since quite a few buyers took the time and iniative to bid, I really don't want to yank it away from them, like some other ebay sellers do because they're not happy with the price,,, this coin will sell, unless ebay pulls the listing.

p.s. I never was into being microsoft certified, but that didn't stop me from the IS field.