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 Posted 01/15/2014  4:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Henry M Smith to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Poll Question
Here are a few really bad listing errors I noticed over the years. Which is worse? Or, add a comment on what you have seen.

A. A 1/4 oz (0.25 oz) gold coin listed as a 1/25 oz, (0.04 oz) coin. True size determined from image and the speed the auction was cancelled after I emailed the seller.

B. A 1/10 oz Pt Maple Leaf called a 1/10 oz silver coin. Seller said would leave up and expect bidders to be fair.

C. A $3 gold piece listed as a 3 cent silver piece.

D. A Trade dollar (counterfeit) that had a date prior the the country being formed.

If you look there I am certain you have found many.

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 B
 C
 D

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 Posted 01/15/2014  4:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wade to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
99.999999999% of every coin listed as RARE or SCARCE
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 Posted 01/15/2014  6:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nathancrh1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A & B are mistakes, pretty bad but I can see how they happen (A is very close in size and For B the coins are the same colour). The Trade dollar I wouldn't consider an auction mistake but a counterfeiters mistake. Now for C, I can't see that happening, unless he mixed up the photos I don't have any idea how the seller could have mixed the two up. They aren't even remotely the same! C gets my vote for sure.
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To clarify how C happened, a seller was listing many coins, and listed a 3 cent piece, then listed a $3 gold coin without changing categories, so it just popped up when I searched 3 cent pieces. The result is the seller got a very low amount for what was sold, about 25 - 50% of the value.
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 Posted 01/16/2014  07:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joseph7420 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I vote C.
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