Fake Chain Cent?

That, ladies and gentelemen, is why I would never ever buy something like that on ebay!

LOL Moe. The minute wouldn't budge on the return policy I had already popped smoke. I figured it was a long shot for being real when I first saw the auction, but I decided to at least ask about return it if it's not. From that point I knew I would stay away from it. I just posted here because I was still curious if it could possibly be real.

It's funny when someone is selling a coin of this rarity, and does not want to provide a reverse pic. Why?
There is a chance its genuine but with no return policy, why take the chance. Avoid.

Good advice. That is the sign of a sheisty seller when they wont accept their products back when they are defective.

I agree makes absolutely no sense that the chain is in fine condition, but the area around the coin looks like it's been hit by a train.

good move

The wear on te reverse is unusual. The chains are typically strong on these coin even in very low grades and the One Cent and often disappear even with a strong chain due to sinking of the dies in the center. But the reverse rim seems unusually strong on a coin with that much wear and most chain cents lose the tops of the letters on the reverse first rather than the bottoms. Actually with the relatively strong legends the links of the chain seem oddly worn and broad. But I would really like to compare it to some other lower grade S-2's just to make sure the wear pattern is atypical.