$700 For A Pair Of 2009 Lincoln Silver Dollars?

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bkprewitt Valued Member United States 157 Posts	Posted 03/21/2012 9:56 pm Someone please explain to me how this listing of a proof and uncirculated 2009 Lincoln Silver Dollar sold for over $700 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...p=true&rt=nc while a listing for the same two coins sold 12 minutes earlier for $85 shipped: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...p=true&rt=nc I don't get it. The first one above had better pictures. Is the purchaser somehow assuming he's getting 70's? -Brian Report this Post to the Staff

oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 03/21/2012 9:59 pm "A fool and their money are soon parted". I don't think that any knowledgeable numismatist would fall for a "shill" this big. I almost got caught-up on a coin auction and hit the "7" key one too many times ($777.77 instead of $77.77). Thankfully I was able to retract my bid since it was clearly a "mistake on my part". Edited by oih82w8 03/21/2012 10:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
commems CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives United States 12281 Posts	Posted 03/21/2012 10:50 pm Certainly shocking if it's not a mistake! I had a look at the bidders list on this lot - something seems amiss. The bid increments and timings on the bids don't seem to be in the proper escalating sequence -- I wonder if something went wrong? (Maybe I'm just misreading it.) Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved. Report this Post to the Staff
wquinn Pillar of the Community United States 2295 Posts	Posted 03/22/2012 11:03 am People are crazy. The bidder o*o put in a bid of $710 at Mar-21-12 16:45:21 PDT, just after putting in a bid of $72.99 at Mar-21-12 16:44:08 PDT. while bidder m*m was bidding and kept bidding, until the end. It could be shill bidding, but you never know. I could see either person as the shill bidder, if there was any shill bidding, at all. If it was o, then the seller could just contact m and ask if they want to buy it. If it was m, then o won and so did the seller. Both bidders are big commem buyers, so you never know. You'd have to ask both bidders to confirm it though and not assume it. Report this Post to the Staff
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