Who Are They Trying To Fool (â£2 "Errors")

Strange coincidence that both sellers use virtually the same description (I got this coin today at the shop.../This coin a got from the shop today...). Also very strange is that in different completed sales, they used the same photo!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1kg-of-mixe...047675.l2557

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100g-mixed-...047675.l2557

Caveat emptor (buyer beware!). Re Gondwana comment - 1KG of unsorted mixed foreign coins and using the same photo to illustrate the sale is not clever!! (completed listings).

That seller is very shady and is always pushing 'grandads old coins'. Infact I know they've also left themselves feedback from another account because I recognise the style and the woeful spelling from their listings.

Re Bacchus2:

The term is "cut and shut". It happens where one car gets its rear end smashed up and another identical vehicle gets the front damaged. Both then get written off by insurers. Some unscrupulous car dealers have cut the two cars in half and joined the good parts to make one "good" one without declaring what they have done. Not only is it illegal, but it is highly dangerous. Any such car being involved in a crash is likely to split wide open causing serious injury. Things like crumple zones for passenger protection will not work.

It is very easy to make these so called errors with dates on the wrong side, or the queens head on the wrong side......Put a £2.00 coin in the freezer overnight.....Next day, take the coin out, tap the centre out, turn it over, put it back, then let the coin reach room temperature......You now have an error £2.00 coin.