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Pillar of the Community
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I'm pretty sure we already had a discussion of this coin on a recent thread. Is it being resold on ebay? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Darn it!!! The verdigris ruins it.
KK
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Pillar of the Community
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left in the microwave for just a bit too long  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like it was shrunken with magnets.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks like they wanted to make a coin ring and gave up.
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Pillar of the Community
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I reported this listing to ebay for no other reason than to prevent the one person who actually bid on the coin from buying a virtually worthless coin for way too much money. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the coin ring scenario was my first thought as well. I have seen allot of coins with this type of damage where someone started a ring and figured it was to much work or just lost interest and this is what everyone else is left with Quote:I reported this listing to ebay for no other reason than to prevent the one person who actually bid on the coin from buying a virtually worthless coin for way too much money. you will drive yourself crazy if you plan to go around ebay and report every listing where someone is paying to much for an item that is basically worthless. I do not believe anything about this listing is breaking any rules so I don't think reporting these types of things will have any result |
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Pillar of the Community
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Hard to say what people like. I certainly wouldn't touch this, but if it were a chain cent, tell me you wouldn't at least think about it.
This seller has terrible listings. Pretty much random piles of unrelated coins with lousy pictures. They have an 1857 LC in one lot that I'm pretty sure is just an 1851.
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Bedrock of the Community
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but if it were a chain cent, tell me you wouldn't at least think about it.
I actually bid $1100 on an S-1 chain cent that looked like that. It went for over $2K. Quote:I reported this listing to ebay for no other reason than to prevent the one person who actually bid on the coin from buying a virtually worthless coin for way too much money. If it was a really rare variety it would still be worth that. I haven't done a full attribution and I but I don't believe this one is though. Still I wouldn't report it. Sometimes you just have to let fools do foolish things. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Why would you report this? There are no rules being broken. The coin is shown clearly and no false claims are made. The condition of an item is NOT a reason in any way to screw with a seller. YOUR opinion on the value of this coin is just that, YOUR OPINION. It is not your or anyone elses duty to control what someone else chooses to buy. NOT cool dude.
As for the coin, I might actually go as high as 100 for that. Simply because I dont know that I can afford one with the detail this one has. And it does have good detail aside from the damage.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:you will drive yourself crazy if you plan to go around ebay and report every listing where someone is paying to much for an item that is basically worthless. I do not believe anything about this listing is breaking any rules so I don't think reporting these types of things will have any result  Different people like different things. Value is up to the buyer to determine. I believe that reporting should be saved for dishonest listings and fraudulent ones |
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's hoping that this wasn't a "starred reverse" variety!
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Bedrock of the Community
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It isn't. This is one of the later 1794's. Note the curl by the 1 in the date, it's a complete loop. If I remember correctly (no references handy) that is and earmark of the Heads of 95, S-69 through 72, not the Starred rev S-48.
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Pillar of the Community
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Let's face it, the seller is at least honest: "coin grading is subjective, so I leave the final judgment of grade up to you." Some folks here would probably grade this basal state. Some would give it a Good on the basis that the details, aside from the rim, are still good. It's not like they're going "HEY GUYS THIS IS GEM UNCIRCULATED." They know the goods are damaged and are offering them for whoever wants something as-is.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Posted 08/10/2012 2:21 pm
