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Valued Member
Australia
363 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
1119 Posts |
well he has to get the value of the other 2 rare pennies he wasted making this one ;)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
I have reported this and I hope that it is pulled before the buyer gets stung  Obviously a hammer job with another penny on top of this one 
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
552 Posts |
It takes some bidders the bitter taste of being ripped off before they learn Bet he/she thought they were getting a real bargain
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Valued Member
 Australia
363 Posts |
(trout love the whirlwind emoticon thingy...)
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Valued Member
United States
172 Posts |
I saw vice toothmarks on the rim of the obverse. It is fairly obvious what happened here, that this error is post mint damage ( PMD). I reported him also as an act of goodwill.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
What really concerns me about these cretins is that they will put new collectors off the hobby with their dishonest and criminal behavior. Once these new collectors get stung that is normally all that is needed to turn them of this great hobby and we will loose an up and coming numismatist, Just because there are a minority of ratbag sellers out there   
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
507 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1607 Posts |
Federal Police should be kicking in this scums front door in,i think online fraud squad would also be interested in his productions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1054 Posts |
Unbelievable, can't believe anyone would be naive enough to think this would be an error.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1295 Posts |
He just bought a roll of 1979 1c and 1981 20c. Want to bet me a dollar that a 1979 1c "error" and a 1981 20c "error" will appear shortly?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
looks like he is set to give his vice a good workout  
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1005 Posts |
Has anyone reported this guy anywhere other than ebay?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Do people honestly think the AFP or likewise are going to do anything about it. My money is on them not giving a crap about someone making bottle top impressions on demonetised coins when they have other things to contend with eg. those fake $1 coins from china. Dont get me wrong what they are doing is vlearly wrong, preying on unsuspecting people but in comparison its likely not to get any attention.
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Valued Member
 Australia
363 Posts |
The difficulty in prosecuting this guy with any sort of statutory offence is that proving that he actually defaced/mutilated/changed etc the coins. It's in all probability that he did, but in a court the burden of proof is "beyond all reasonable doubt". It doesn't fall under state jurisdiction, & would be referred to the AFP for investigation. They would only look at this guy if he was counterfeiting. Having said that maybe a course of conduct ie his ebay history, might spark an investigation. just an opinion of course. Simon
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