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Valued Member
United States
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I think fake should have been in the heading too, but the buyer should have read the whole decription before bidding. The pictures were awful.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Look out for that one to return to ebay and be sold as real. "I know nothing about coins, found in grampa's drawer blah,blah,blah" |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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ebay encourages this. Buy it. If it's genuine, you make out like a phat ratt. If not, ebay buyer protection refunds your money. Title to counterfeits can't pass, no expiration date on guarantee. HPA requires incuse copy, but I see copies with copy in raised letters. Side peeve: was that a coin or a moon rock? There are fuzzy images, and there are "no excuse for that" images.
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
This is like the 1000 Morgan and Peace dollars for $400 per hundred that someone posted about. Even if ebay honors a $4000 refund to the woman who ordered them all, someone still got $4000 for nothing. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
3039 Posts |
Absolutely unbelievable! That much for a posted fake. Real or not how could anyone bid with the lousy (planned) pictures? Since the seller posted an accurate description of the item, too bad for the buyer (and what's he gonna do with it anyway except try to double his money passing it off as legit.) IMHO !
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Rest in Peace
United States
3039 Posts |
By the way, at my local coin show today, a 1909 VDB with an added S was brought to the ICG table for grading. It was immediately rejected.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
That penny does not appear to be marked with "COPY". If it is a COPY/Reproduction as the seller claims, and not an added mint mark or overstrike, that would make it a counterfeit.
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Valued Member
United States
361 Posts |
I tend to agree with the posters who think this coin will be back on ebay within the next couple of weeks. There were 2 bidders at the end of that auction that really bid it up to ridiculous levels. I might be going a bit too far and don't intend to accuse anyone of anything dishonest (Legal disclaimer LOL) but I don't see how you bid that much without looking at the coin or description again before you raise your bid over and over. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That penny does not appear to be marked with "COPY". If it is a COPY/Reproduction as the seller claims, and not an added mint mark or overstrike, that would make it a counterfeit.  If I'd seen this earlier, I would have reported it to ebay.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So that seller is basically tricking (the less intelligent, lol) public, hence the 300 dollar plus FAKE Lincoln wheat penny Quote:
I still believe the seller was being sneaky. How can someone be sneaky and tricky about it when it is NOT even listed with the real Lincoln cents? Quote:
Listed in category: Coins & Paper Money > Coins: US > Replicas & Reproductions If someone is too stupid to keep themselves from bidding real money on a coin properly listed in the Replica & Reproduction category, then I have zero sympathy for them. The seller had it properly listed and did nothing wrong other than have some bidiot win the auction  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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doesn't the Hobby Protection Act prohibit the sale of such items regardless of whether they're claimed to be real or fake? If it is not real, and lacks "COPY" on the coin itself, it is in violation, is it not? Unless it was made before 1973. Of course the problem is determining when it was made. |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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I saw a show and didn't they only make 5 of those 1913 V nickels? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote:I saw a show and didn't they only make 5 of those 1913 V nickels? Yep |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Quote:I saw a show and didn't they only make 5 of those 1913 V nickels? Yes, but you would be amazed at the thousands of "unknown sixth specimen"'s that turn up. And it is also surprizing how difficult it is to convince their owners that they aren't real, even with pictures that show how their coins are very different from the real ones. All they can see is 1913 and dollar signs. |
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Posted 03/27/2011 9:46 pm
