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Rest in Peace
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Yeah right, I guess it would be impossible for anyone to slip that seal tie over that bag ! Is this guy serious ?  |
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Rest in Peace
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Where is he buying the bag from? Another attempt to fleece the unsuspecting.
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Valued Member
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Where do I buy bags that say "unsearched wheat cents"? Seems legit to me...
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Bedrock of the Community
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There are no unsearched wheat cents on ebay. That bag absolutely cracks me up! Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
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I can't believe somebody actually paid a printing company to make those! He could have at least given the bag a coffee bath to make it look a bit older.
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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He could have at least given the bag a coffee bath to make it look a bit older. But then that would be dishonest and would look like he's trying to deceive people. |
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Lol they must be unsearched, bags don't lie...
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Pillar of the Community
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It may not be outright dishonesty, but the $11.97 shipping charge is for darn sure a deceptive practice.
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Pillar of the Community
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There a bid already!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm the one who bid. It says it's fastened and unsearched, so I figured it probably has some key dates in it. Is it not a good deal? Should I do a bid retraction? |
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If not searched, how does he know they are wheat cents I'm wondering? Oh, my error, says it right in the bag, will me!
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Moderator
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I am going to make up some bags of "UNSEARCHED SHIELD CENTS", fill them with random shield cents from circulation. In my will, I will leave them to my first great grandchild (not born yet) upon their 18th birthday with instructions to sell them on ebay. Wait, ebay won't be around then....and the bags may just hold zinc dust by then. Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Pillar of the Community
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Folks... we've become so accustomed to searching for the single leaf in the forest that proves something is not as it seems, that we've missed the essential truth here - the entire listing is a Potemkin village. Every SINGLE ELEMENT here is illusion.
There is no such thing as unsearched - even the act of putting the 'old' ones in a jar is selection a/k/a search
There are no contemporary bags of unsearched wheat cents. Until the design change was announced, there was no reason to call them "wheat cents", they were just "cents". The oddity would have been the occasional Indian Head still in circulation. The design change announcement came very late in 1958, according to Q David Bowers' 2008 A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents, it wasn't publically known until December 21, 1958. The coins were released officially on February 12, 1959.
The bag is clearly not as old as I am - it has much less wear and dust and dirt accumulated.
The seal isn't (a seal).
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Valued Member
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Folks... we've become so accustomed to searching for the single leaf in the forest that proves something is not as it seems, that we've missed the essential truth here - the entire listing is a Potemkin village. Every SINGLE ELEMENT here is illusion.
There is no such thing as unsearched - even the act of putting the 'old' ones in a jar is selection a/k/a search
There are no contemporary bags of unsearched wheat cents. Until the design change was announced, there was no reason to call them "wheat cents", they were just "cents". The oddity would have been the occasional Indian Head still in circulation. The design change announcement came very late in 1958, according to Q David Bowers' 2008 A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents, it wasn't publically known until December 21, 1958. The coins were released officially on February 12, 1959.
The bag is clearly not as old as I am - it has much less wear and dust and dirt accumulated.
The seal isn't (a seal).
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Whew, I was going to buy it! |
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