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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This one smells fishy to me, will go as far to say counterfeit. Current bid $710.00 with 3 bidders. Seller also has some dubious other listings. Buyer beware. ebay listing 114632921067 
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Pillar of the Community

United States
1969 Posts |
Looks like a fake to me! Surfaces are off, small raised bumps are noticeable especially on the reverse. Possibly cast. Date is off, especially that 1.
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Bedrock of the Community

United States
54702 Posts |
A crude counterfeit to my eye. Reported, for what it's worth.
Edited by Coinfrog 01/24/2021 9:56 pm
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Bedrock of the Community

United States
14865 Posts |
Absolutely Fake ! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5146 Posts |
I don't spend that much money on ANY coin that isn't slabbed by PCGS or NGC.
Describe it as if there were no picture. Picture it as if there were no description.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1722 Posts |
Aside from all the other issues, this coin is Obverse II and Reverse III, which didn't exist prior to 1901. As far as counterfeits go, it ranks 10 on the lame scale. I reported and contacted the seller.
For other members' reference, Obverse II has a distinct rib of cartilage in the ear and pointed leaves. Reverse III has wingtips extending beyond the legend.
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Bedrock of the Community

United States
11363 Posts |
Quote:I don't spend that much money on ANY coin that isn't slabbed by PCGS or NGC. 
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 "If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves." -Carl Sagan
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
Who are those people that want to plunk down $700+ for this piece of garbage?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9773 Posts |
Quote: Who are those people that want to plunk down $700+ for this piece of garbage? fake bids to draw attention?
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Valued Member
United States
184 Posts |
Yeah, the whole coin looks off to me, not like a genuine mint coin, especially in that grade...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
919 Posts |
Ebay does not and has never shown any real effort cracking down on this type of seller. I reported this coin twice to them, emailed the seller telling them "your coins almost certainly a counterfeit". I'm just whistling in the dark. Sheezzz all the effort ebay puts in writing up 119 page user agreements telling you how they 100% enforce blahblahblah. Ebay... I yi yi yi yeah
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Valued Member
United States
184 Posts |
Well, winning bid was a painful 998.00 dollars out the door...and were all calling it a fake...someone won't be happy when they find out the truth...    And 17 bids to boot...wow.
Edited by mrwhatisit 01/25/2021 8:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community

United States
1969 Posts |
Sold $998. Ended up being 5 bidders, winning bidder had 140,000+ Sales/purchases.....you'd think they'd learn a thing or two by now. Or it was an overzealous shill bid. Do your research people  Edit: oops, mrwhatisit beat me to it
Edited by Ty2020b 01/25/2021 8:51 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community

United States
54702 Posts |
Sold for $998 to some clueless soul. 
Edited by Coinfrog 01/25/2021 9:16 pm
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Valued Member
United States
184 Posts |
Yeah, this fits the bill for one of the worst coins on ebay, etsy thread...on this site. And a genuine 96-s in around AU-55 would be approximately 8.5 grand, and would look a wee bit sharper than our fake one here, and then spending 1000 bucks wouldn't be so bad. I looked at some of the PCGS examples to compare to this fake.
Edited by mrwhatisit 01/25/2021 9:38 pm
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