Some Idiot

Interesting effect. Perhaps it could be called the "In Gou We Ihusi" error.

As to why it might have been pulled: perhaps someone thought the coin had been "tooled" or "filed" to make it look like that. Either that, or someone didn't think your error was "erroneous enough" and you were hyping a perfectly ordinary, error-free coin. Either could qualify as a "counterfeit error" as far as the "We Know Nothing" eBaycrats are concerned, I suppose.

Unfortunately, ebay really seems to listen to two classes of people on their site: Sellers with whom you are competing, especially if they are the so-called "Power Sellers", and, as you indicate, idiots. The people who run ebay are, IMHO, among the LEAST knowledgeable about coins that I've ever seen. They will rather consistently over-react to the complaints from said idiots and dealers, and pull auctions without properly researching the claims from the complainant. Sadly, most sellers to whom this happens, are just out of luck. ebay has not shown much willingness to educate themselves, or to "play fair".

Hey they responded with an idiotic response as I expected. Here is my response followed by what I'm reponding to.

idiots.....


Akira, My coin is NOT an Upside Down variety!!!!!!

PLEASE LOOK at my auction and READ my description and LOOK at the PHOTOGRAPHY.

This IS a True Error Coin.

Thank You, Chris





On Mar 15, 2007, at 11:31 AM, ebay Customer Support wrote:

Dear Chris,

Thank you for writing ebay in regard to the removal of your George
Washington dollar listing.

We recently received clarification concerning George Washington dollars
that are listed as "errors" if the edge-lettering or edge-inscription
are upside down in relation to the obverse of the coin.

The clarification that we received is that these coins are not errors
but simply a result of the minting process. Part of ebay's
Coins/Currency policy reads, ?Sellers agree not to knowingly participate
in any way in the advertisement, sale or trade of any numismatic
material using any deceptive practices including, but not limited to,
false or misleading claims of sales scarcity, value, condition or
investment potential.?

With this in mind, any George Washington dollars with the inverted
edge-inscriptions that are marketed as "errors" in either the title or
description will be ended and removed from the site.

We thank you in advance for your cooperation, and wish you luck with
your future ebay transactions.

Sincerely,
Akira

ebay Customer Support

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Message: Please read my auction and look at my photo. This coin came
this way from the US mint. I have a clear photo and an acurate
description of the coin. Please explain to me why this auction was
pulled for I see no reason for it.

Chris

quote:

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With this in mind, any George Washington dollars with the inverted
edge-inscriptions that are marketed as "errors" in either the title or
description will be ended and removed from the site

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I think ebay needs to put their money where their mouth is. I just searched Washington error upside and found 187 auctions.

It's great to see that they accepted that they were wrong!!

This would be considered a very minor error. There is no top of the "T" so I believe you are correct that it is a weak strike but it is not the way the mint intended so it is an error.

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