Scratching My Head Here...

I already stated the price was "ridiculous". Why are you so hung up on tying my factual comment with what the guy was asking for the coin? When I see several posts that clearly did not recognize that it was a double denomination it would seem that bringing that up would be important for those following this thread.

If your comments had anything to do with what I posted was relevant, then that would matter to me but unfortunately you have completely missed my point that I have repeatedly tried to make. Just maybe there was someone out there that appreciated my comment that it was a double denomination. That will be my last comment since I have already wasted my time since my 1st comment.

I don't think so....

This is NOT a double denomination. Where on earth are you seeing elements of the 50-cent reverse, either from the coat of arms or the 1967 wolf? I have seen the coin in hand. In fact, is it double struck, in collar, with an ever so slight die rotation. Look at the legends on both sides of the coin, elements of the first struck are further out to the rim. Being double struck, the coin probably fully expanded to the collar. Of the handful of these I have seen, this is probably the ugliest one, and it explains why it took so long to sell.

Make no mistake, this is a back door job. This was struck on a blank 50-cent silver planchet, probably from planchets used for the 1967 specimen sets. They are ALL proof-like strikes (all six to eight known). They all came from ONE person, who also smuggled out 1969 25-cents struck on silver planchets/coins and 1969 10-cents struck on silver planchets/coins at the same time. I know the dealer who bought them all from a former mint worker.