CC99999's Curious Ebay Coin Listings

Well, this is sort of a case of buyer beware. It depends on the origin of this coin. According to the US Mint, silver-clad Kennedy halves (40%) were minted in 1982 for special 3-coin sets. That said, regular clad Kennedy halves sold in rolls would also have "mint" luster. They have no silver content. Unless this coin was verified by a bonafide coin service, then its a case of buyer beware.

@cinemabon - I'm not aware of any silver proofs from that year, except for the Washington commemorative. Am I missing something?

I couldn't amend my post above. Although it was a "proof" coin, it had 0% silver in it (some proofs were minted with a silver fascia. This one wasn't!) Sorry for the mix up.

BUT did you all notice the shipping was free

Not sure what the point is here. There was no claim of grade, no claim of it being silver, absolutely nothing wrong about the listing at all. I use those exact same slabs. Ever consider that may well be a business name? So, were I to put one of my Morgans up that I have slabbed the same way and put D Squared Coins on the label, I would be a target of your derision as well.

This whole thing of posting peoples listings and bashing them is getting a bit out of hand.

@smokeriderdon

Now, I will admit that I can be catty by nature, and by and large I'm not that cynical about people's intentions.... my point was really just to post some interesting listings. I think a "Genuine" SBA dollar is quite unusual considering its age and desirability. I find it also interesting to offer a "genuine" uncirculated common-date Wheat cent for eleven times its retail value. As for Beverly Hills Bullion? Well, if you read a listing that leaves some doubt as to what the seller is implying with the listing- then I think it's worth noting.

If the thread isn't worth reading, that's a decision you'll have to make.

The point is that there was NOTHING implied anywhere in that listing. As VACookey said, I was right. Beverly Hills Bullion is simply the name of the business. So by your comments and line of thinking, they can only sell bullion because otherwise they implied something else through their name. Thats by your words "Even the slab mentions the word "bullion"." And the brief history the seller gave of the composition of the Kennedy halves was just that, a simple history lesson. If anyone garners anything else out of that, I cant rightly say how anyone would get anything extra out of that.

As for the other stuff, again, whats the point? Not a single thing you have brought up here deserves snide commentary. These are people simply trying to sell something. Nothing nefarious. If there was something truly false or suspicious then I would be right there with you.

smokeriderdon,

There most certainly IS something implied in that listing. There is no reason whatsoever for the seller's entire description to focus the history of the composition of Kennedy halves, with so many mentions of silver. Why does he list the fine details of the coins make up EXCEPT the composition (despite having a "composition" heading? Why is it slabbed? It could more easily and cheaply be put in an airtite.

Both of these things are ways to suggest the item is silver without actually saying it (i.e. plausible deniability). It reminds me of those gold Buffalo ads where they go on and on about the real US gold buffalo $50 coins then smoothly transition into their gold plated copy with 10mg. of .9999 pure gold. They may not be lying, but they hope you don't really understand what they are saying. I'm not saying this is as bad as the gold buffalos, just that it is along the same lines.

I do agree that the name of the business itself should not be considered misleading, but the rest of the description is.