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Bedrock of the Community
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Edited by DVCollector
09/24/2009 1:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm no expert on these by any means, so maybe you can help me out and others by pointing out what's raising the red flags. Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm not an expert on these--but it's a cheap knockoff all the same. It was pointed out to me that the position of LIBERTY to the bust was wrong, and probably countless other things. I'd never buy one of these without being really familiar with the details of the coin--so I don't have to "authenticate" the slab  Edited by DVCollector
09/24/2009 2:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks wrong to me! Pictures are pretty bad for people to be bidding that crazy! Another reason I avoid slabs! These people are bidding on the slab.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Red flags are all over this auction and none of them concern the diagnostics of the coin in the slab. #1 - This coin offered in an ebay auction. It happens, but when I see a high value offering on ebay, my radar goes way up! #2 - No return policy - RUN AWAY! #3 - Slab diagnostics. On genuine PCGS slabs the bar code is crisp and clear (hard to diagnose from the seller's picture). And the "sonic seal" points on the slab are not there. See highlighted pic below. The sonic seal points (four of them are just barely visible on this genuine slab... they are more noticeable from an angle)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Current bid is at 6800+
Anyone buying this sort of coin should know full well how to instantly ID them. This coin would not pass against someone in the active buying market. My money is the high bidder is either a shill or knowledgeable collectors are just bidding it to the moon to kill the auction.
I honestly wouldn't be too worried even if it runs it course.
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Bedrock of the Community
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My money is the high bidder is either a shill or knowledgeable collectors are just bidding it to the moon to kill the auction. I sure hope so too...seeing that bidder IDs are now hidden, and ebay is not acting on numerous complaints.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bidding was almost 9000,....but luckily they killed the auction in last minutes.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 I imagine the seller was a tad disappointed. |
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Quote:I sure hope so too...seeing that bidder IDs are now hidden, and ebay is not acting on numerous complaints. I cannot overemphasize the importance of this: Use the link for reporting ebay auctions found here at Coin Community It's the link directly below this forum. I have reported a couple dozen coins using that link, and ebay has acted on every single one. Including this one, which I reported on the afternoon of the 25th. |
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My girl Heidi, knocked it out again. My report... Quote:This slab is a Chinese fake. Pictures of the real slab, same serial number, from Heritage are here... https://goccf.com/t/53455Thanks! Heidi's reply... Quote:Thanks for reporting listing 330362272123 to us. I investigated this listing and confirmed that it violated our Selling Currency policy. As a result, I removed the listing. Again, thank you for your report. We appreciate your help in keeping ebay a safe and reputable forum to conduct business. Sincerely, Heidi ebay Customer Support |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does anyone remember who the seller was? This would be good info now that the listing is gone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe it was eyekrasyisu, which no longer comes up as a user I.D. so he may have been NARU'd. From a google search that brought up a different conversation on another forum, he apparently listed it a 2nd time which also got pulled. Edited: Do we have auto-word-replacement in replies now? I.D. (minus the .'s) was being replaced with I'd..  Edited by xshift
09/28/2009 1:47 pm
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Forum Dad
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Edited: Do we have auto-word-replacement in replies now? I.D. (minus the .'s) was being replaced with I'd.. Ack.  Yeah, occasionally I see things and try to automagically clean up common spelling mistakes. I forgot about that usage though. It's removed. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks, Bobby  Scubu, thanks for the link. I searched by the name in advanced search and it came up as unknown.. weird  |
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Posted 09/24/2009 2:05 pm
