Littleton Yard Sale

With the internet anyone can be anyone and anyone can say anything. It shouldn't surprise that people doubt your story and want pictures.

Bigcartwheel,
Here are the facts:
- An ex-coin guy (not some widow who knows nothing about coins)knowingly hands you over $165,000 (Greysheet) worth of coins for a mere 1,000 bucks.
And you expect us all to believe this with no proof ?
And what the heck are you posting here... I'd sell that thing and take a trip to the Carribean or buy myself a Ferrari.

I used to be into cars and you'd have newbs going into the boards saying that their Honda Civic with just an exhaust and intake can run a 12 sec quarter mile, but not a single one has ever produced a legit time slip or video of their achievements. Whatever floats your boat.

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I used to be into cars and you'd have newbs going into the boards saying that their Honda Civic with just an exhaust and intake can run a 12 sec quarter mile

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They still do say that.

Regardless of photos of some coins it makes little difference as proof of such a sale. I too find it difficult to understand why someone that has worked in a coin collecting company would be able to purchase coins worth well over $100,000 for so little he could sell them for $1,000. Just how much did he make? Did he purchase them all for maybe $500? Or even less? If a person just found this in a garage/yard sale from say some elderly people I could start to think it's a real story. But as already noted why not just take them to a coin show and sell for possibly $100,000. Why not a coin store? I know there are a lot of weird people out there but for a person with coin experience to sell something worth so much for so little is very strange indeed.
Photos of such a collection would prove nothing. I've been collecting for well over 60 years and have some fantastic coins, or so I think. I have a completed collection of Lincolns in mostly MS something or other. This set includes ALL that have slots in the Whitman Album such as 22plain, 09S VDB, 14D, 55Double, etc. I could post a similar story and say I purchased that set at a garage sale for $10 and show photos of them. So what. Just not true but would sound great, maybe if that is something I wanted to do. I could but to old to take photos of all that stuff.

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could post a similar story and say I purchased that set at a garage sale for $10 and show photos of them.

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or you could just take someone else's pictures off the internet, click "save file as", and post them here claiming them yours. Pictures don't prove anything. What if I told you I am the secret owner of a 1913 Liberty Head Nickel? The Hawn Speciman to be exact. I bought it for a mere $3,000,000 from some Lady who said she wa sa dealer, owned some shop called "Legend Numismatics". And then, to top it off, two months later I picked up an 1804 Trade dollar, UNC, for a little less than $50. Would a picture make this story more believable?

Alright, maybe my tale is a little more extreme but the point remains the same. Its kind of like going to the store and buying a big trophy, then inviting some people over and saying "hey look, I won first place in a swing dance competetion." very odd....

I think a lot of us are a bit skeptical, but really also want to see pictures because the set sounds so nice.

I doubt many of us have seen a set like that, or known anyone who has finished/acquired one.

Of course you don't have to go to the bank and into your deposit box to snap some photos, but if you did I think a lot of people here would really appreciate it.

I'm sure '1sikevo' is right and this is just an April Fools joke.