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I know lots of online and ebay dealers use "stock" photos for some bulk sales of coins, but this is a first for me!! Whether the dealer knows it or not - the "stock photo" being used here, for a 1969 nickel dollar, is one of the low-resolution images of a 1969 dollar struck on a 50-cent silver planchet. The colour caught my eye immediately, and a closer look shows that it is not quite fully struck in collar. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CANADA-1969...110963623368Here is one from the Heritage archives: http://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/worl...3014-23318.sThis one is mine, (photographed myself through the PCGS holder): http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/coi...146354&sid=0There are about 8 of these off-metal dollars known. This stock photo on ebay looks like the one that was graded PL-64 by PCGS... part of me was tempted to hit "Buy It Now"... just to be a trouble-maker...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
Edited by SPP-Ottawa
11/12/2014 2:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Like you said, he has a lot of them and used a stock photo. Have you contacted him to give him a heads up?
$8 for the entertainment though, cheaper then a movie.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Forum Kid
Canada
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Oh wow interesting! nice one harmonica!
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Pillar of the Community
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Roger, I asked this seller to supply me an actual photo of the coin. This was his reply " Hi,
Scan is always sharper and clearer than the actual coin. Coin is in Uncirculated condition from 1969 year.
Thank you "
That said I would tell everyone to stay away
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 Canada
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Oh for sure.... this seller definitely "mined" the image off the internet somewhere... the ironic thing is that the image they chose, was of a rarity, and not a normal 1969 dollar...
At least I thought it was amusing...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Forum Dad
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What caught my eye right away was "Rare" in the title for something 5 bucks and change.
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Canada
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I can cook you a steak, rare, for $5 and change  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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11/13/2014 1:27 pm
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If its moose then heck ya I'm in. But wait I'm having moose filet mignon tonight |
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