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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cheap 1950 D? No way! What we have here is a 1959 D or maybe a 1958 D I am thinking. Haven't seen one of these in a long time. [eBayItem]270830589762[/eBayItem]  Edited by TNG
10/13/2011 11:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks to me like you can still see the remenant of the lower curl of the 9
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I tried to report it but ebay does not provide any options that cover faked or altered coins. LATE EDIT: I did find a better way right here on CCF to report the altered coin. Here is the link to the forum topic to report such things. Here's what I wrote: This 1950 D Jefferson nickel that is closing in 4 hours is an altered date. The date it once was is a common 1959 D or 1958 D where the last digit in the date was "tooled" to appear as a 0 which makes the coin a "key date" and thus fools unsuspecting buyers to pay much more money than the worn common and altered date coin is worth. Please end the auction as it is bad for the hobby as a whole. Thank you! Edited by TNG
10/13/2011 11:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not only is it fraudulent, but they are trying to use someone else's feedback rating to legitimize theirs
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks for looking unholyroller, it makes me feel better that somebody else saw it. Hope I saved the buyer a disappointment. Lets see if they get caught in time.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What bothers me even more is the " I am selling this for so-and-so" and using someone else's account's feedback to legitimize this sale. If someone referenced your positive feedback do you have recourse to sue them for false representation?
Edited by unholyroller
10/13/2011 11:32 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow, nice catch. This is the main reason why I completely skip over any type of out of focus or sketchy pictures on ebay. Lots of crooks out there. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm no expert but even I can see it's been altered.  Good catch TNG! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The 0 on a 1950 is pretty much almost twice the size as the one on this coin, plus this is an old trick, old as the coin itself. I've seen it before.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That looks altered from far away even. That 0 is way too small. Can't believe people are actually bidding on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not trying to sound elitist, but you can get a BU 1950 D for just a few dollars. Why would three bidders be willing to pay $6.25+ for this well circulated example?... assuming it is real.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How many is a few? I thought a 50D was worth quite a bit as nickels go
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice catch NickelGuy. And thanks for the link. We should try to make that link easily accessible for everyone on the forum because it seems like CCF members catch fakes or misrepresented coins on ebay daily.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I literally found a fake 50-D while nickel searching that looked exactly like that. Using a 10x I determined it was clearly a 58-D. I kept it as a novelty.
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Posted 10/13/2011 11:12 pm
