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Valued Member
United States
143 Posts |
I died laughing when I ran into this complete nonsense on ebay. Do they honestly think there is someone dumb enough to buy this story and then drop 8 MILLION dollars on a coin? Just wondered what you guys thought P.S. I sent him an offer of $500 just to see what type of response I would get  http://www.ebay.com/itm/1995-P-Penn...em1c208f94de |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
This exact same coin for this exact same amount with this exact same story from the exact same seller was up a little while ago. It wa sposted here as a matter of fact. Obviously nobody took him up on this tremendous deal.
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Pillar of the Community
1028 Posts |
Is it even allowed to spend 8.5M on an item. That would be a lot of money moving around. How would you pay...a personal check, what, paypal.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Firstly, is it possibly a real overstrike? If real...an incredibly optimistic asking price! |
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Valued Member
United States
63 Posts |
i would make sure that the 8 million was paid to him in pennies lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
If real it's unusual but certainly not worth the $8.5-10 million he is hoping to get, more like a tens of thousands or less I'd guess.
Hardly the worlds most valuable double denomination, I'd bet there are a few early gold or copper errors out there that would make this pale in comparrison.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
There's one on Heritage right now (also a 1995 with two clear dates), so hardly one of a kind. The one on Heritage is up to $1265 (with BP) and I think that's probably the right price range, though I've heard of them selling for less. |
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Valued Member
United States
128 Posts |
As extreme as the asking price is, I have to say the story in the description is the best part of the auction to me.
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Moderator
 United States
16677 Posts |
I saw this last week. These sellers are quacks. This will never sell.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
208 Posts |
Look at the ungraded Peace dollar he sold a few weeks ago. It has clearly been cleaned and he is listing it as unc, and description says uncleaned. That right there would make me not buy anything from him. Argh! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
Ive seen the Mona Lisa-- its not like this-- JOKE Quote:
The Mona Lisa in Numismatist World.-Accidentally Minted
Retired USAF 1983-2003
Edited by Coinstar
11/09/2011 01:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
I will buy it. I will send a man to his house with a suitcase and offer him either 8 millions dollars or a different penny. See if he takes the money this time. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12813 Posts |
The prose alone is worth 10 million (somethings).
"The Story of 1995 Penny On Dime/The Gratitude"
The Gratitude? Please. How badly do y'all want to give this clown the 3 Stooges double eye poke?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1150 Posts |
This guy is an idiot, but the coin is cool.
Edited by mitchhailey
11/09/2011 02:42 am
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Moderator
United States
14463 Posts |
I think its very responsible that he is wearing gloves.... ... to hold the slab. |
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Valued Member
United States
212 Posts |
If I remember correctly, this guy mentioned this coin in the middle of someone elses thread right here on Coin Community Family a few months ago. A couple of members got after him a little bit for being rude and he went away.
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Posted 11/08/2011 10:54 pm
